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Alfred Hitchcock’s 53rd and final movie Family Plot, made in 1976 when he was 76, is a deliciously playful, witty farewell. He called it ‘a melodrama treated with a bit of levity and sophistication. I want […]
Co-writer/director Alexander Payne’s appealing 2004 little gem won him his first Best Screenplay Oscar. Adapted from the novel by Rex Pickett, Payne’s script is co-written by Jim Taylor, like his earlier film Election (1999). Paul […]
Co-writer/director John Milius’s 1978 cult movie favourite offers a poignant, haunting toast to male friendship, beaches, girls and perfect waves. Unfortunately, it was spurned for what they considered its lack of commercial chances by its […]
Based on a tale by Daphne du Maurier, author of two other of his film adaptations, Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, the 1963 horror mystery drama The Birds is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most distinguished, unnerving […]
‘Do you have any vacancies?’ ‘Oh, we have 12 vacancies. 12 cabins, 12 vacancies.’ Alfred Hitchcock’s once dreaded and despised nail-biting 1960 horror classic Psycho had people boycotting it in fear at the cinema and […]