Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Monday, September 29, 2008

I Confess (1953)

Rating: **

Good performance by Montgomery Clift, but Hitchcock is miserable at melodrama.

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Saturday, September 20, 2008

The Trouble With Harry (1955)

Rating: *** (on its own terms); **1/2 (as a Hitchcock movie)

Good dark comedy, but not exactly what you expect from Hitch. Well executed, with good photography and score.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Rating: ***

Good early Hitchcock, but definitely bettered by the later version.

The Hudsucker Proxy

Rating: ***

Very original.

Burn After Reading

Rating: ***

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Saboteur (1942)

Rating: ***

Good but not great.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Masters of Horror: Pelts (D: Dario Argento)

Rating: **1/2

Tales-From-The-Crypt-ish. Enjoyable and entertaining . . . also disgusting.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Monday, September 1, 2008

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Rating: *** 1/2

Solid Hitchcock