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June 2014

  • Stories of the week - This is Local London (01/Jun/2014)
    Story one: A painter has spoken of his pride at working on a mural tribute to Alfred Hitchcock near the director's childhood home. Working with illustrator Anna Mill, Mateusz Odronby created a flock of birds on flat fronts in High Road, Leytonstone, which pays ...
  • "Grand Piano" less than grand as a tribute to Hitchcock and De Palma - The Virginian-Pilot (01/Jun/2014)
    But this tribute to Alfred Hitchcock and Brian De Palma fails on so many levels it's hard to find anything positive about it. OK. The HD picture looks good, with rich, saturated colors. Set in the world of high-end theater, the camera conveys a sense of opulence ...
  • Woman Knocked Out Cold By Aggressive Neighborhood Hawk - CBS Local (02/Jun/2014)
    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Remember that 1963 movie where Alfred Hitchcock in a cameo appearance walks out of a pet shop as Tippi Hedren walks in? “And when I came up, it just blind-sided me, hit me,” said Eileen Bridge. Bridge has taken to watching the ...
  • Angry bird attacks suburban Pittsburgh woman - CBS News (02/Jun/2014)
    PITTSBURGH - It was like a scene from the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock horror classic "The Birds." And a suburban Pittsburgh resident found herself cast in the Tippi Hedren role. Elaine Bridge told CBS Pittsburgh she has taken to watching the skies ever since ...
  • Angry bird attacks suburban Pittsburgh woman - WTSP 10 News (03/Jun/2014)
    PITTSBURGH (CBSNews.com) - It was like a scene from the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock horror classic "The Birds." And a suburban Pittsburgh resident found herself cast in the Tippi Hedren role. Elaine Bridge told CBS Pittsburgh she has taken to watching the ...
  • Crows 'With a Grudge' Against Blondes Launch Hitchcock-Style Attacks in ... - International Business Times UK (04/Jun/2014)
    The incidents in Eltham Park South are remniscent of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds. Blonde women have been ambushed by crows while walking or jogging in the park, with some even to afraid ro return to the green space after the terrifying encounter ...
  • Grace of Monaco - historically accurate? You've got some de Gaulle - The Guardian (blog) (04/Jun/2014)
    It's 1961, and Alfred Hitchcock is trying to persuade his former leading lady Grace Kelly, now Princess Grace of Monaco (Nicole Kidman), to star in his next project, Marnie. Both Hitch and Grace are bossed around by Madge (Parker Posey), a lady-in-waiting ...
  • Leytonstone 'Birds' mural honours local boy Hitchcock - 24dash (press release) (04/Jun/2014)
    Waltham Forest Council has paid homage to local boy Alfred Hitchcock as part of their £9 million investment in local high streets, with a mural of 'The Birds' on Leytonstone High Road. Leytonstone's best known son has been commemorated at the place of his ...
  • PSN RPG Flash Sale and Update, Elder Scrolls Online, Alfred Hitchcock - Kotaku (04/Jun/2014)
    New Playstation Plus offerings and discounts are joined by a PSN RPG flash sale, which has marked down games like Ni no Kuni to a ridiculous $5. It's a great selection, so check out the full list below and let us know what you'll be snapping up in the ...
  • Hitchcock Essentials, Spaced, Back to the Future, PSN RPG Flash Sale - io9 (04/Jun/2014)
    ... iShare to Twitter · rGo to permalink. Hitchcock Essentials, Spaced, Back to the Future, PSN RPG Flash Sale. Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, blu-ray, limited edition, 30 bucks. [Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection, $30] ...
  • Watch: Nicole Kidman Meets Alfred Hitchcock In 3 Clips From 'Grace Of Monaco' - Indie Wire (blog) (04/Jun/2014)
    In our rundown of The 6 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Moments From Cannes Opener "Grace Of Monaco," Jessica Kiang noted the appearance of Alfred Hitchcock, as played by Roger Ashton-Griffiths, as one of them. "He's Hitchock, see, so obviously he'll ...
  • VIDEO: Angry bird knocks woman out, gives her black eye - WPEC (04/Jun/2014)
    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Remember that 1963 movie where Alfred Hitchcock in a cameo appearance walks out of a pet shop as Tippi Hedren walks in? “And when I came up, it just blind-sided me, hit me,” said Eileen Bridge. Bridge has taken to watching the ...
  • Movie Review: Grace Of Monaco (PG) - Birmingham Mail (05/Jun/2014)
    Jun 05, 2014 15:03; 0 Comments. Opinion; by GrahamYoung. Nicole Kidman plays Grace Kelly, the Philadelphia-born actress who starred in Dial M For Murder and Rear Window for Alfred Hitchcock and won the 1955 best actress Oscar for The Country Girl.
  • My “Hitchcock obsession” - Black and Magenta (05/Jun/2014)
    One of the directors that we both equally love is Alfred Hitchcock. I am not one of those horror movie lovers, but I do greatly enjoy an Alfred Hitchcock thriller. This summer is when I began to have my “Hitchcock obsession.” I literally ordered the majority of his ...
  • Grace of Monaco - The Skinny (06/Jun/2014)
    Early on in this Grace Kelly biopic, Alfred Hitchcock (Roger Ashton-Griffiths) visits Princess Grace (played by Nicole Kidman) to convince her to return to acting for his film Marnie. It's a lightly-played sequence that takes on a strangely unnerving edge, given ...
  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'What is Cinema?' It sure isn't this - Wicked Local Kingston (06/Jun/2014)
    ... zero context or continuity. It's as if he's randomly spliced together more than a 100 clips from classic movies, then went back and added archival voice tracks featuring Robert Altman, Alfred Hitchcock and other deceased filmmakers who can't possibly sue.
  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'What is Cinema?' It sure isn't this - Wicked Local Weston (06/Jun/2014)
    ... zero context or continuity. It's as if he's randomly spliced together more than a 100 clips from classic movies, then went back and added archival voice tracks featuring Robert Altman, Alfred Hitchcock and other deceased filmmakers who can't possibly sue.
  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'What is Cinema?' It sure isn't this - Wicked Local Eastham (06/Jun/2014)
    Posted Jun. 6, 2014 @ 9:00 am. By Al Alexander For The Patriot Ledger Posted Jun. 6, 2014 @ 9:00 am. WHAT IS CINEMA. (Unrated.) A documentary by Chuck Workman featuring interviews with David Lynch, Mike Leigh, Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Altman.
  • Sheffield Doc/Fest: War crimes, pop stars and skaters - BBC News (06/Jun/2014)
    The rise and fall of a 1980s pop band, the tragic story of two skateboarding champions and an unfinished Alfred Hitchcock film about World War II concentration camps. These are the subjects of a few of the 130 documentaries that will be screened at Sheffield ...
  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'What is Cinema?' It sure isn't this - Enterprise News (06/Jun/2014)
    ... zero context or continuity. It's as if he's randomly spliced together more than a 100 clips from classic movies, then went back and added archival voice tracks featuring Robert Altman, Alfred Hitchcock and other deceased filmmakers who can't possibly sue.
  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'What is Cinema?' It sure isn't this - The Patriot Ledger (06/Jun/2014)
    ... zero context or continuity. It's as if he's randomly spliced together more than a 100 clips from classic movies, then went back and added archival voice tracks featuring Robert Altman, Alfred Hitchcock and other deceased filmmakers who can't possibly sue.
  • $30 of LIVE Credit for $20, The Witcher III CE, Alfred Hitchcock - Kotaku (06/Jun/2014)
    Have an Xbox? Like free money? Today Best Buy will sell you a $25 Xbox Gift Card for $20, and then throw in an additional $5 digital card for free. 33% discounts on digital credit like this are basically unheard of. Buy it. [Best Buy] ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Collection, Xbox LIVE Credit, The Witcher III - io9 (06/Jun/2014)
    Alfred Hitchcock Collection, Xbox LIVE Credit, The Witcher III. If that deal we recently posted on 5 Hitchcock movies didn't cut it, how about 15? [Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection, $107]. Alfred Hitchcock Collection, Xbox LIVE Credit, The Witcher III.
  • Like something from an Alfred Hitchcock movie: Cambridge pensioner Ron ... - Cambridge News (08/Jun/2014)
    I joked about it with him, saying that in view of his age it might have been a vulture, or maybe a bird mistaking his white hair for nesting material – but it sounds just like something out of that Alfred Hitchcock film, The Birds.” Mr Wells said the incident was ...
  • Tippi Hedren talks 'Marnie' at 50, and more - News Sentinel (09/Jun/2014)
    Released in the summer of 1964, “Marnie” wasn't a typical Alfred Hitchcock thriller. While a moderate success at the box office, the eponymous psychological mystery was panned by some critics at the time. “People didn't understand the film when it first came ...
  • VIDEO: Revenge-seeking crows terrorize an Istanbul neighborhood - Hurriyet Daily News (09/Jun/2014)
    A murder of crows has been attacking passersby for almost a week in an Istanbul neighborhood, creating scenes reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 masterpiece ”The Birds.” A nestling was killed under the wheels of a car last week, after it fell from its nest ...
  • [E3 2014] A Game Inspired By 'Alone in the Dark' and Alfred Hitchcock - Bloody Disgusting (09/Jun/2014)
    For the unfamiliar, the game is heavily inspired by old school survival horror — specifically Alone in the Dark — as well as German Expressionism and the works of Alfred Hitchcock. It's set in the early thirties and follows a man who stumbles upon an ...
  • Tinseltown Talks: Tippi Hedren Talks 'Marnie' at 50 - Sunbury Daily Item (12/Jun/2014)
    Released in the summer of 1964, “Marnie” wasn't a typical Alfred Hitchcock thriller. While a moderate success at the box office, the eponymous psychological mystery was panned by some critics at the time. “People didn't understand the film when it first came ...
  • My five: KR Kumaresh - The Hindu (12/Jun/2014)
    This 1959 thriller is one of Alfred Hitchcock's best, and it is without doubt one of the most entertaining films ever made. The film stars Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, an ordinary man who becomes a victim of mistaken identity. What follows is a chase across ...
  • Hitchcock Movie Happening in Queens - New York Magazine (12/Jun/2014)
    1963, American actor Tippi Hedren and a group of children run away from the attacking crows in a still from the film 'The Birds' directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (Photo by Universal Studios/Getty Images) Photo: Universal Studios. It's the end of the world, ...
  • 'Signal' director William Eubank channels King, Hitchcock, Kubrick - Fresno Bee (13/Jun/2014)
    William Eubank grew up reading a lot of Stephen King novels. He also watched a lot of movies, particularly those directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick. Eubank used those influences in making "The Signal." Just as King likes to put average people ...
  • Tippi Hedren Talks “Marnie” at 50, and More - Mesquite Local News (13/Jun/2014)
    Released in the summer of 1964, “Marnie” wasn't a typical Alfred Hitchcock thriller. While a moderate success at the box office, the eponymous psychological mystery was panned by some critics at the time. “People didn't understand the film when it first came ...
  • What They Saw On His House Had Neighbors Afraid to Go Outside - TheBlaze.com (14/Jun/2014)
    It seemed like a scene out of the Bible or an Alfred Hitchcock movie: an enormous swarm of bees surrounded a Spring, Texas home on Friday and appeared to be searching for entry into the home. But it was the neighbors, not the occupants of the home, who ...
  • On this day: June 16 - KY3 (16/Jun/2014)
    The first roller coaster in the U.S. opens, Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" premieres, a Soviet cosmonaut becomes the first woman in space, and the Monterey Pop Festival begins, all on this day. OTD June 16 - Anthony Weiner. 1 / 33. Brendan McDermid/Reuters.
  • Monday Medley: Shower power - Pueblo Chieftain (16/Jun/2014)
    You might want to forgo taking a shower today. It's the 54th anniversary of the premiere of “Psycho,” Alfred Hitchcock's classic movie that featured the memorable (and chilling) scene of Janet Leigh's character being murdered in the shower. The scene runs ...
  • Watches of Switzerland shuns luxury watch clichés with Hitchcock-inspired ads - Marketing Week (17/Jun/2014)
    Watches of Switzerland is drawing on the creative flair of celebrated filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock to ensure its first major campaign in nearly 20 years stands a part from the traditional celebrity-backed efforts that define the category.
  • Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' screens at Landmark Classic Film Series: GET OUT - The Post-Standard (18/Jun/2014)
    The 1958 Alfred Hitchcock classic "Vertigo" will kick off the first ever Landmark Classic Film Series this summer. The Syracuse theater will continue to screen 19 films though July, from comedies to horror flicks. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis.
  • On the 75th Anniversary of Alfred Hitchock's Move To Hollywood, Box Office ... - Indie Wire (blog) (18/Jun/2014)
    75 years ago, director Alfred Hitchcock, buoyed by the success of films such as "The Lady Vanishes" and "The 39 Steps", emigrated from his London home to Hollywood where he would be responsible for some of the most frightening and intense films in ...
  • The story of ... the handbag - The Conversation (19/Jun/2014)
    Under attack from a flock of killer crows, Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 thriller The Birds, pauses to collect her handbag. It's an instinctive gesture that many women would recognise. For a…
  • Tinseltown Tales: Working with Hitchcock Hedren's big break - Topeka Capital Journal (20/Jun/2014)
    Released in the summer of 1964, “Marnie” wasn't a typical Alfred Hitchcock thriller. While a moderate success at the box office, the eponymous psychological mystery was panned by some critics at the time. “People didn't understand the film when it first came ...
  • THE 39 STEPS Comes to Lakewood Theatre Company, 7/11-8/17 - Broadway World (20/Jun/2014)
    THE 39 STEPS Comes to Lakewood Theatre Company, 7/11-8/17 The 39 Steps, a suspenseful-romantic-comedy based on the 1935 movie by Alfred Hitchcock, plays at Lakewood Theatre Company July 11- August 17, 2014. Four actors play over 100 ...
  • A deeper triangle - Times of Malta (23/Jun/2014)
    The novelist Patricia Highsmith has provided much fodder for film-makers over the years, including director Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1951 Strangers on a Train and, of course, 1999's The Talented Mr Ripley. The latter provided superb roles for the likes of ...
  • Storrs Library to begin 'Classic Summer Movies' series of showings tonight - MassLive.com (23/Jun/2014)
    1954 rear window jimmy stewart grace kelly.JPG. This 1954 file photo released by Paramount Pictures shows Jimmy Stewart, left, and Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's film, "Rear Window." (ASSOCIATED PRESS / PARAMOUNT PICTURES FILE). Print.
  • Bates Motel: A cleverly plotted out thriller that is nothing like the movie - The Express Tribune (blog) (26/Jun/2014)
    With modern alterations, it is based on the Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film 'Psycho', starring Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates. I must say that the movie was a twisted thriller that was cleverly plotted out. I recently purchased season one of the series and frankly ...
  • Psycho at Haydn - Austrian Times (26/Jun/2014)
    A 1960 horror-thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Janet Leigh. The screenplay is by Joseph Stefano, based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch loosely inspired by the crimes of ...
  • Bucks County Playhouse stages 'Deathtrap' - The Times, Trenton (27/Jun/2014)
    According to the legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, “Television has brought murder back into the home — where it belongs.” Ira Levin's comedy-thriller “Deathtrap,” currently running at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa., through July 13, provides ...
  • Grodin's Death by Hitchcock: Murder is this novel's opening act - The Wilton Bulletin (28/Jun/2014)
    When a college film student is murdered — just before a showing of Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound — in a fictional college in a fictional town, it's no surprise the teller of the tale is Elissa Grodin of Wilton. Ms. Grodin is no stranger to the world of movies, which ...
  • Lone Star Film Society honors master filmmakers with fitting retrospectives - CultureMap Dallas (28/Jun/2014)
    Buoyed by the success of a recent series of screenings that showcased the work of directors like Akiro Kurosawa and John Carpenter, the Lone Star Film Society will honor two more master filmmakers this August: Hayao Miyazaki and Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Blu-ray Review: 'Foreign Correspondent – The Criterion Collection' - Blogcritics.org (blog) (29/Jun/2014)
    Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent is a political romantic thriller set on the brink of World War II. Highlighting the United States lack of interest and denial of the current happenings in Europe was a brave topic for his second American movie yet it ...
  • The Voice Live Finals recap Monday 30 June - Sydney Morning Herald (30/Jun/2014)
    Today in history: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho premieres in 1960, the Battle of Arbedo takes place in 1422 and The Voice introduces live voting with some app. Yes some bigwig at Channel Nine really wanted The Voice to have an app so there's an app and we ...
  • Hitchcock's 'Saboteur' final show of spring movie series - Statesman Journal (30/Jun/2014)
    The final film of the Historic Elsinore Theatre's Wednesday is Alfred Hitchcock's 1942 film "Saboteur." The film is about a naive factory worker (Robert Cummings) wrongly accused of WWII munitions sabotage who flees to clear his name and pursue the terrorist ...