Talking Hitchcock

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum with special guest –actor, director and Hitchcock enthusiast-Christopher Diehl who last year put on awonderful Hitchcock Theatre Festival.

In this interview, we focus on staging The Birds as amongst other things we cover what attracted Hitchcock to du Maurier’s work, the challenges of adapting The Birds, costume, sound, score and the importance and the power of theatre.

After our conversation, I’ll be back to answer some questions which were kindly sent by listeners, as is the Talking Hitchcock tradition, to mark the closing out ofSeason 2.

Thank you to everyone who has supported the podcast in its second season, I hope you have enjoyed coming along on the Hitchcockian adventure with me and I look forwardto bringing you more discussions in Season 3.

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You can find Christopher Diehl /Chino Community Theatre Company in the following places:

Instagram @chinocommunitytheatre

Online  Chino Community Theatre (google.com)

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Listen to Talking Hitchcock Episodes Referenced

Staging Patrick Hamilton's ROPE–Talking Hitchcock – Apple Podcasts

ARCHIE-THE MAN WHO BECAME CARY–Talking Hitchcock – Apple Podcasts

REAR WINDOW (1954) with Ygraine–Talking Hitchcock – Apple Podcasts

Read Rebecca’ Article for FANGORIA

 The Past, The Present And The Perverse: VERTIGO As A Possession Film

References

AFI Salute to Alfred Hitchcock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn8uRMCENkE&pp=ygUkaGl0Y2hjb2NrIGFmaSBsaWZlIGFjaGlldmVtZW50IGF3YXJk

Cinema Cinemas -Hitchcock Special

Cinéma Cinémas - Speciale Hitchcock - James Stewart - 1984 - YouTube

Why Alfred Hitchcock was a "little afraid" of James Stewart

Lawrence J. Quirk’s James Stewart: Behind the Scenes ofa Wonderful Life

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum as she shares her reflections on what 2024 has been like for Talking Hitchcock and plans for 2025!

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Blusky @talkinghitchpod.bsky.social

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Visit the Talking Hitchcock Linktree where you can find links to all my work Rebecca McCallum | Twitter | Linktree

Supporting Rebecca and Talking Hitchcock

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LINKS:

Listen

Listen to Rebecca guesting on What A Scream Podcast discussing ROPE (1948) and DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)

Ep140:Hitchcock with Rebecca –What A Scream – Apple Podcasts

Listen to Rebecca guesting on The Projection Booth podcast discussing FRENZY (1972)

 TheProjection Booth Podcast: Episode 676: Frenzy (1972)

Listen to Rebecca guesting on The Movie Palace Podcast discussing SUSPICION (1941)

Suspicion–TheMovie Palace Podcast – Apple Podcasts

Listen to Rebecca guesting on The Boxing Movie Podcast discussing THE RING (1927)

TheRing–The Boxing Movie Podcast – Apple Podcasts

Read

Read Rebecca’s review of Hitchcock Storyboards by Tony Lee Moral for Dread Central

'Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards' Review

Read Rebecca’s editorial on Marnie for Fangoria

Mothers, Men And Memories: Revisiting Hitchcock's MARNIE At 60

Read Rebecca’s editorial on Hitchcock Mother’s for Fangoria

The 9 Best Alfred Hitchcock Movies To Celebrate Mother's Day

Purchase The Age of Thrills Magazine featuring Rebecca’s essay on THE 39 STEPS with Hemlock Books www.hemlockbooks.co.uk/Shop/category/110

Purchase The Nottingham Horror Collective Zine Issue IX ‘The World’ featuring Rebecca’s essay It’s the End of the World-Nurturing and Nihilism in The Birds (1963) THE NOTTINGHAM HORROR COLLECTIVE ISSUE VI: THE DEVIL – The Nottingham Horror Collective

Visit and Learn More About Cinema’s and Community Spaces

Storyhouse Chester Home | Storyhouse

Mockingbird Cinema Birmingham Mockingbird Cinema | Home

National Science and Media Museum National Science and Media Museum

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Joining me this month is special guest actor Jack Hammett who starred in the role of Brandon in Theatre Clwyds adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s ROPE which I saw earlier this year.

As listeners may know by now, ROPE is a firm Hitchcock favourite of mine and therefore I was thrilled to have the opportunity to speak with Jack!

In the first part of the podcast, we get underneath the charming, controlled and pristine exterior of Brandon, as Jack shares details of how he brought the character life in performance, including his research, preparation and readings of the role. In the second part of our discussion, Jack shares his exclusive thoughts and initial responses to Hitchcock’s ROPE which he watched for the first time ahead of our discussion. To get such fresh and new takes on ROPE was such a treat for me indeed and I am so pleased to bring you this episode of Talking Hitchcock!   

Where to find Talking Hitchcock and Links to Rebecca’s Work

Find Talking Hitchcock on X @hitch_pod and Instagram @talkinghitchpod where you can support the podcast and keep up to date with releases or email me on [email protected]

Read Rebecca’s editorial for FANGORIA to mark ROPE’s 75th anniversary-Cat And Mouse: Who Is The Real Villain Of Hitchcock's ROPE?

Find Out More and Access Talks from HITCH CON 23 including Rebecca’s talk ‘Rooting for Rupert-How Hitchcock Complicates Our Responses to the Hero/Anti-Hero of ROPE’ here-  HitchCon 23 Home — HitchCon International Alfred Hitchcock Conference

Find Rebecca and her work on X and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Links to Jack and his work

X: JackHammet

Instagram: Jack_Hammet

Find out More About Theatre Clwyd

Home | Theatr Clwyd

References    

Rope-play- Patrick Hamilton

Rope-film -(1948) dir Alfred Hitchcock

Rope -play-(2024) dir Francesca Goodridge at Theatre Clwyd

Music used from Trailer for Rope at Theatre Clwyd

WET OFF THE PRESS!!!

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room!

Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum with special guest , award-winning writer, performer, theatre-maker and workshop leader Adam Robinson for this deep dive episode into what is often referred to as the first true Hitchcock film. 

We carry out our own wet off the press investigations, discussing the film in detail as well as exploring new readings of the McGuffin, Gothicism, bringing danger into the domestic and the beauty of Ivor Novello ….

Find Talking Hitchcock on X @hitch_pod and Instagram @talkinghitchpod where you can support the podcast and keep up to date with releases or email us on [email protected]

You can find Adam Robinson on the following platforms:

X: @Adam_Zed

Instagram: @adam__zed

Website: Adam Z. Robinson (adamzrobinson.com)

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References

The Lodger (1927)-dir Alfred Hitchcock

Literature Film Quarterly (1983)-Hitchcock’s The Lodger-Lesley W. Brill

Early Hitchcock: The German Influence-Hitchcock Annual-(1999)-Sidney Gottleib

Working with Hitchcock-Sight and Sound (1980)-Ivor Montagu

Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut Interview-(1962)-The Lodger

The Lodger and the Aesthetic Origins (2001)-Richard Allen

Action-Bob Thomas and Alfred Hitchcock The German Years (1973)-TV Interview

The Haunted Screen-(2008)-Lottie Eisner

Undertones of Expressionism in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger (youtube.com)-IUCinema

Hitchcock’s Heroines-(2018) Caroline Young

www.brentonfilmcom

The Times Review-January 1927

To-Night Golden Curls, Murder and Mimesis (2013)- Sanford Schwartz

Doubles and Doubts in Hitchcock The German Connection in Hitchcock Past and Future edited by Richard Allen and Sam Ishii-Gonzales (2004)-Bettina Rosenbladt

TRIPLE HITCH!!!

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room.

Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum as she makes a special announcement!

Talking Hitchcock is back on tour with three very exciting events taking place at Mockingbird Cinema Birmingham in the next few months!

THE BIRDS

Intro Talk+ Film + Q and A

Sat 19th October, 5:30pm at Mockingbird Cinema Birmingham

Tickets-Mockingbird Cinema | Talking Hitchcock Podcast Presents - The Birds

HITCHCOCK PRESENTS

Intro talk + 3 Episode screening as part of Square Eyes TV Festival

Sat 2nd November, 4pm at Mockingbird Cinema Birmingham

Tickets- Mockingbird Cinema | Talking Hitchcock Podcast Presents - Alfred Hitchcock Presents

NORTH BY NORTWEST 65th Anniversary screening in 4k

Into talk + Film + Q and A

Sat 29th November, 5pm at Mockingbird Cinema Birmingham

TICKETS ON SALE SOON!

For more about the Square Eyes TV Festival and to see their full line up please visit:

Square Eyes TV Festival | Midlands Arts Centre (macbirmingham.co.uk)

To find out more about Mockingbird and to view their full listings visit Mockingbird Cinema | Home

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Love and duty, consent and control, Miami and Rio!

Make sure you step carefully, quietly and unseen into the wine cellar for this feature length episode of Talking Hitchcock where amongst other things, my special guest and I discuss modes of identification, daddy issues and that kiss! Keep tight hold of that key as you are invited to join us for a deep dive of what might be best described as 'a film of faces.'

Sit as a silhouette figure in the shadows but be careful with that after dinner coffee as we are about to embark upon an exploration of a true Hitchcock masterpiece.

In this epic episode, I am joined by Assistant Professor, film lecturer and author of multiple books-Ali Taylor! There was so much to be said about Notorious that we had to meet three times and I could not have wished for a more wonderful guest.

Find Talking Hitchcock on X @hitch_pod and Instagram @talkinghitchpod where you can support the podcast and keep up to date with releases or email us on [email protected]

You can find Ali and her work here:

X: @preferenepas

Instagram: @acephalica

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References:

Notorious (1946) -Alfred Hitchcock

Hitchcock's Films Revisited-Robin Wood

Hitchcock Humour Tone and Suspense-Susan Smith

The Women Who Knew Too Much-Professor Tania Modleski

Hitchcock and Selznick-The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O Selznick in Hollywood-Leonard J.Leff

Ingrid Bergman My Story-Ingrid Bergman and Alan Burgess

Edith Head's Hollywood-Edith Head

Hitchcock's Heroines-Caroline Young

Alfred Hitchcock-A Life in Darkness and Light-Patrick McGilligan

Cary Grant-The Making of a Hollywood Legend-Mark Glancy

The Object and the Face, Notorious, Bergman and the Close Up-Joe McElhaney

Reframing Hitchcock-Selected Essays from the Hitchcock Annual-edited by Sidney Gottlieb and Christopher Brookhouse

The Hitchcock Murders-Peter Conrad

The Making of Hitchcock's Notorious

Notorious (1946) Hitchcock The Making of

John Bailey on Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)

Picture Post (16 Feb 1946) -Ingrid Bergman: she's making a film with Producer Hitchcock

Ingrid Bergman Notorious-Her Classy 1940s Fashion-Classic Critics Corner-Vintage 1940S, 1950s, 1960s

A Woman of that Sort-Hitchcock's Notorious and the Feast of St Alicia-The Spool

The Ragged End of Nowhere-Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946) Senses of Cinema

Inside, Around and About Notorious-Filmtidsskrift

How Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant Shot Hitchcock's Notorious-Vulture.com

Notorious (1946)-The Blonde at the Film

Notorious: Hitchcock's Mature and Intricate Espionage Masterpiece-Cinephilia and Beyond

The Essential Hitchcock with Douglas Cunningham (Context Podcast)

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum with special guest author and free-lance writer Neil Alcock to discuss his new book Hitchology- A Film-by-Film Guide to the Styles and Themes of Alfred Hitchcock-a book which considers how Hitchcock uses narrative tropes and formal flourishes to create some of cinema’s most unforgettable experiences across Hitchcock’s filmography.

In this episode we discuss Neil’s book at length as well as his fascinating process for selecting a wonderful list of the Essential 10. We also take time to discuss several Hitchcock films in detail including The Lodger, Blackmail, Rebecca, Rope, Vertigo and North by Northwest.

This was such an enjoyable, open and organic conversation that went in so many exciting directions, you may even say we found ourselves caught in an endless Vertigo-like spiral!

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You can find Neil and his work on the following platforms

      Twitter: @MrNeilAlcock Instagram: @mrneilalcock

And you can visit his website here NEIL ALCOCK | Film journalist and author and pick up a copy of his book Hitchology via this link HITCHOLOGY – NEIL ALCOCK | Filmjournalist and author

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You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room for another episode of Hitch Takes where Rebecca explores a specific topic, theory or idea in detail!  

Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum as she presents an exclusive theory– ‘Jasper as the Rebecca Stand In’.

Rebecca applies close critical analysis of key scenes in the film in support of this theory whilst also inviting many opportunities for questions around the magnetic and magnificent presence of Rebecca!

The second Mrs de Winter may have arrived, but the first Mrs de Winter is going nowhere-and she might just be manifesting her presence and strength of will, through the silent and ominous Jasper.

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References

Rebecca (1940)

Rebecca -Daphne du Maurier

The Women Who Knew Too Much-Professor Tania Modleski

Robin Wood On The Horror Film-Robin Wood

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum with special guest author, researcher and Professor of Film History-Mark Glancy who has written at length about Hitchcock and specialised in researching and writing about the life and work of Cary Grant. In this feature length episode, we take time to discuss our thoughts and responses to the ITV drama series Archie (2023). However, given Mark’s expertise, this also leads (inevitably) to a broader discussion of Cary Grant’s life and career. Mark was a wonderfully knowledgeable and engaging guest and offered so much texture and insightful analysis to our discussion. 

Find Talking Hitchcock on Twitter @hitch_pod and Instagram @talkinghitchpod where you can support the podcast and keep up to date with releases or email us on [email protected]

Links to Mark and his work:   

Twitter/X: @mark_glancy Purchase Mark’s book on Cary Grant here:

Cary Grant, theMaking of a Hollywood Legend

Purchase Mark’s book on The 39 Steps here:

The 39 Steps: The British Film Guide

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum with special guest – film maker, multi award winning writer and Hitchcock expert Tony Lee Moral to talk all about his wonderful new book- ALFRED HITCHCOCK STORYBOARDS.

We explore the role of storyboarding, the inspirational team of artists who helped bring these films to life and the musicality of Hitchcock. We also discuss the architecture of space, the importance of colour and mood and the influence and impact of storyboarding and ask the question of how Hitchcock would have used modern film making technology.

Find Talking Hitchcock on Twitter @hitch_pod and Instagram @talkinghitchpod where you can support the podcast and keep up to date with releases or email us on [email protected]

Tony is a film maker, multi award winning author and Hitchcock expert. You can find him on Twitter @TonyLeeMoral and Instagram @tonyleemoral and visit his website: tonyleemoralbooks.com  

You can purchase his book ALFRED HITCHCOCK STORYBOARDS via Amazon, Titan and in all major book retailers.

AlfredHitchcock Storyboards @ Titan Books

Read Rebecca’s review on ALFRED HITCHCOCK STORYBOARDS for Dread Central here: 'AlfredHitchcock Storyboards' Review (dreadcentral.com)

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠⁠Hitchcock’sWomen (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠

Join Talking Hitchcock for a weekend of suspense and entertainment!

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum as she makes a special announcement about a Hitchcock festival she has curated in partnership with Storyhouse Chester.

Rebecca will be screening The Apartment Trilogy at Storyhouse on 7th and 8th June, showcasing Rope (1948), Dial M for Murder and Rear Window (1954).

Tickets and Details for The Apartment Trilogy at Storyhouse

The Apartment Trilogy | Storyhouse

To find out more about Storyhouse and what they do, visit them online www.storyhouse.com 

Find Talking Hitchcock on Twitter @hitch_pod and Instagram @talkinghitchpod where you can support the podcast and keep up to date with releases or email us on [email protected]

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Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here:

⁠⁠Hitchcock’s Women(movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠

In this episode, join me and my special guest -podcaster, writer and programmer Becky Darke as we cook up spaghetti and peel back the curtain to discuss what happens when a seemingly perfectly planned murder goes wrong, taking a look along the way at the art of showing and telling and making plenty of time to assess one of Hitchcock’s most calculatingly devious villains!

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You can find Becky and her work here:

Twitter @bunnydarke Instagram: @bunnydarke Letterboxd: @beckydarke Evolution of Horror: @EvolutionPod 

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References

Read my article on Margot Wendice for Moving Pictures Film Club

HITCHCOCK’SWOMEN: Strangled into Silence – Margot Wendice in DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954) –PART I (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)

HITCHCOCK’SWOMEN: Strangled into Silence – Margot Wendice in DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954) –PART II (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)

Listen to me guesting on Moving Pictures Film Club podcast with Tim Coleman discussing the Sight and Sound list and our own personal favourites! Moving Pictures Film Club: Bonus: Sight and Sound's Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time (libsyn.com)

Dial M for Murder (1954)

Martin Scorsese on "Dial M for Murder" - YouTube

Hitchcock and Truffaut Interviews (1962))

Dial M for Murder (1954) (cinemaessentials.com)

Dial M for Murder (1954) — Interiors : An Online Publication about Architecture and Film (intjournal.com)

Dial M for Murder (1954) – The Blonde at the Film

The Master of Suspense Blogathon: Dial M for Mediocre or Misunderstood? | nitrateglow (wordpress.com)

High Society (Donald Spoto)

Observations on film art : DIAL M FOR MURDER: Hitchcock frets not at his narrow room (davidbordwell.net)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Dial M for Murder The Submerged Televisuality of a Stage-to-Screen Adaptation in Hitchcock at the Source: The Auteur as Adapter - Google Books

Dial M for Murder: the detective thriller, the postwar uncanny, and 3D cinema: New Review of Film and Television Studies: Vol 20, No 1 (tandfonline.com)

Beyond the Blonde The Dynamic Heroines of Hitchcock’s Films, Elisabeth Karlin

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join me your creator, host and Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum for the final episode of Season 1 of the podcast. And to mark this occasion, I answer questions from guests and listeners in a special mailbag episode!

Your questions really put me to the test and I had a wonderful time thinking about Hitchcock’s films in new and interesting ways.

Amongst a wide range of topics, I answer questions on everything from Hitchcock’s Mothers, Misunderstood Villains, Overlooked Performances and find out my favourite scene in all of Hitchcock!

Thank you to everyone who submitted questions and for all of your support so far.

I’ll be taking a break in January 2024 to regroup, reset and plan content for the year ahead and Talking Hitchcock will be back in February 2024.

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Links and References 

What A Scream: Ep.95: Black and White Horror with Rebecca McCallum on Apple Podcasts

Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad: Bodies of Horror: Episode 52 - Hitchcock Moms feat. Rebecca McCallum on Apple Podcasts

Hitchcock’s Women (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)

ANALYSIS: A Kaleidoscopic Nightmare – The Horror of VERTIGO (1958) (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)

Moving Pictures Film Club: "A boy's best friend is his mother" - PSYCHO (1960) (libsyn.com)

Moving Pictures Film Club: "No one possesses you. You're safe with me" -VERTIGO (1958) (libsyn.com)

Hanging By A Thread: Ghost Around Us (Crimson Peak and Rebecca) w/ Rebecca McCallum on Apple Podcasts

A Year In Horror: 1998 (Part 1) on Apple Podcasts

Getting Dafoe You: SE1EP10: Antichrist (2009) on Apple Podcasts

‘You can’t have me. You can’t touch me – that’s mine.’ Modes of Possession in The Entity (1982) | Bloodletter Magazine

Bloodletter Launch Event 1 - YouTube

Forgotten Females: Women in Jack the Ripper Films Part 1: "The Lodger" - Rue Morgue (rue-morgue.com)

Cat And Mouse: Who Is The Real Villain Of Hitchcock's ROPE? (fangoria.com)

Direct To Knowhere - Rebecca McCallum - Road To Knowhere | Podcast on Spotify

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum with special guest film journalist, producer and presenter and creator and host of Evolution of Horror Podcast-Mike Muncer.

Hitchcock and horror have always gone hand in hand-his fascination with death, murder and the repressed spans across his career from 1927’s The Lodger, a film based serial killer-Jack the Ripper, to the gothic notes of 1940’s Rebecca.

Elsewhere, we can find traces of the macabre in the Nietzchen theories at work in 1948s Rope and nihilism and brutality in the creature attacks of 1963’s The Birds.

In this episode, Mike and I discuss all things Hitchcock and Horror-from the gothic and the uncanny, to how the director uses space and knowledge to evoke suspense and fear.

We also have a fun time sharing our favourite villains, top five horror moments in Hitchcock and Mike rates listeners scary moments on the Hitch-o-meter of horror!

So, join us in the vast hallways of Manderlay, in the cosy and creepy parlour of the Bates motel and in the living room of a Manhattan apartment for a macabre buffet as we take a dizzyingly wonderful and dangerous carousel ride into the world of Hitchcock and Horror.

Find Talking Hitchcock on Twitter @hitch_pod and Instagram @talkinghitchpod where you can support the podcast and keep up to date with releases or email us on [email protected]

You can find Mike on the following platforms        Twitter @TheMovieMike Instagram: @mikemuncer

And you can find Evolution of Horror here:

Twitter @EvolutionPod Instagram: @evolutionofhorror Website: evolutionofhorror.com

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠⁠Hitchcock’s Women movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum with special guest writer, podcaster and founder/Editor in Chief of Moving Pictures Film Club -Tim Coleman.

In this episode, I had a truly memorable and enlightening conversation with my special guest and we got so carried away in our Merry Widow Waltz that we had to record this in two parts!

So, join us for a drink at the Till Two Bar as we discuss the disruption of the American family, Hitchcock’s identification with those he positions as heroic and villainous and whether a tune can really jump from one person’s head to another and as we peel back the layers of 1943’s magnificent Shadow of a Doubt.

Find Talking Hitchcock on Twitter @hitch_pod and Instagram @talkinghitchpod where you can support the podcast and keep up to date with releases or email us on [email protected]

You can find Moving Pictures Film Club on the following platforms -Twitter @MovingPicsClub and Instagram: @movingpicsclub    Website: movingpicturesfilmclub.com

And you can find Tim Coleman here: Twitter @fatscoleman and Instagram: @fats_coleman

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠⁠Hitchcock’sWomen (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠

References:

• Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• Bureau of Motion Pictures and a Manual for the Motion Pictures Industry (June 1942)
• Hitchcock and Truffaut (Interviews)
• Don’t Understand, My Darling-The Girl Grows Up in Shadow of a Doubt’ (Murray Pomerance)
• Ideology, Genre, Auteur: Shadow of a Doubt in Hitchcock’s Films Revisited- (Robin Wood)
• Shadow of a Doubt (Diane Negra)
• The Women Who Knew Too Much (Tania Modleski)

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room for post film drinks! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum with special guest film maker, writer, founder and editor of the Alfred Hitchcock Geek Blog and the Hitchcockian Quarterly and President of Hitch Con-Joel Gunz.

Joel and I discuss the origins of the event, what to expect this year and I get his thoughts on many aspects of Hitchcock!

Come and join us at Hitch Con happening online and in person at Mercy University on 7th and 8th October! I’ll be presenting at Hitch Con in a talk entitled Rooting for Rupert-How Hitchcock Complicates our Responses to the Hero/Anti-Hero of 1948s Rope?

Visit hitchcon.org. to read the full line up including details of all talks and speakers, evening screenings of films and post-film discussions. And I’ve got a special discount code for you to use and get 25 percent off your tickets. Simply apply the code TALKHITCH25 at the checkout and get 25 percent off your purchase.

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You can find Joel Gunz on the following platforms:

Twitter @JoelGunz

Instagram: @alfredhitchcockgeek

Facebook: Alfred Hitchcock Geek

Alfred Hitchcock Geek: www.alfredhitchcockgeek.com

Hitch Con: www.hitchcon.org  

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠⁠Hitchcock’s Women (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum with special guest film scholar, artist and educator Beth Bullock as they take some bad advice from a friend whilst saunering at the Beefeater Club and travel from New York to Lake Placid to discuss the screwball comedy MR AND MRS SMITH (1941).

I was delighted to be joined by such a special guest who is the absolute expert and go-to voice when it comes to this film. In what might be the biggest deep dive ever on the film to date, we cover Hitchcock’s relationship with the incredible Carole Lombard and theorise on what this film tells us about the art of playing, gender roles in marriage and did I mention, the Freudian slit?  

So, let the games begin as we bend the rules, take some bad advice from a friend whilst saunering at the Beefeater club and travel from Manhattan to Lake Placid as we press the doorbell of Mr and Mrs Smith!

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Beth is an alumna of the University of Chicago's Cinema and Media Studies Program. She teaches art history, cinema and humanities courses at the City Colleges of Chicago and film studies at Dominican University. She is at work on a chapter tenatively titled 'More Blessed to Give: Trackign the Reception of Alfred Hitchcock's Mr and Mrs Smith (1941)' to be published in a forthcoming Hitchcock anthology. As a freelance photographer, her work as been displayed and published locally around Chicago. She serves on the advisory board of "HitchCon" and has spoken at its yearly conferences.

You can find Beth Bullock on the following platforms:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/blbullock77

Twitter @bbullock77

Instagram: @bbullock

Visit her website: crackingacademic.wordpress.com 

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠⁠Hitchcock’s Women (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum with special guest - historian, author, scholar and leader in historic preservation and the study of American architecture -Christine Madrid French-to talk about her must-have book- The Architecture of Suspense-The Built World in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock.

Christine discusses her fantastic book, how architecture impacts upon our psychology and what she terms ‘the mystical Hitchcock’ as well as sharing insights on key moments and themes relating to architecture in Hitchcock’s films. She also shares EXCLUSIVE!! NEVER DISCUSSED BEFORE FINDINGS in her research relating to the Uncanny Valley and two key locations in Vertigo (1958)-the Legion of Honour and the Empire Hotel. I conclude by putting some listener questions to Christine about architecture in Hitchcock’s films.

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You can find Christine on Twitter @madridfrench and Instagram @madamhistorian and visit her website: madridfrench.com

You can purchase her book The Architecture of Suspense-The Built World in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock via Amazon or from the store on her website: madridfrench.com/store  

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Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠⁠Hitchcock’s Women (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room for a special bonus episode!

Have you ever wondered what Alfred Hitchcock might have to say about his films if he were still with us today?

Mark Cousins, the award-winning filmmaker behind The Story of Film: An Odyssey, The Eyes of Orson Welles and The Story of Film: A New Generation tackles the question of how Hitchcock’s vast body of work and legacy holds up in today’s society as well as looking at the auteur with a new and radical approach-through the use of his own voice.

Yes that’s right, as Hitchcock rewatches his films, we are taken on an odyssey through his career-including his silent films, his work in the 50s and 60s and his later works in the most playful and revealing of ways in Mark’s new documentary My Name is Alfred Hitchcock.

Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum as she interviews the director and writer to discuss his new documentary MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK is in cinemas and on demand from 21st July and you can visit the website www.alfred-hitchcock.film for more information.

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