This piece of news almost slipped me by, but Cohen Films and Finishing Post Productions have partnered with the British Film Institute to restore Jamaica Inn (1939). According to the press release (PDF): The restoration project marks the first time RRsat has undertaken this technique. With the help of FPP, the RRsat team in London was tasked with achieving the best possible restoration, at the highest suitable data rate, in order to create a high… (read more)
If you want to complete your Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour collections, then you need to look to Australia, where Madman Entertainment have released complete collections of both series. If you just want to own the episodes that were actually directed by Hitchcock, then you might want to treat yourself to their 3-disc “Alfred Hitchcock Directs” collection. As an extra bonus, it includes the Startime “Incident at a Corner” episode. It’s not… (read more)
For Hitchcock collectors out there, Amazon US are currently listing a limited edition steelbook Blu-ray of Psycho (1960):
A contemporary newspaper advert from the Manchester Guardian (11/Feb/1924) for Woman to Woman (1923)…
