“Great deal of gratitude”: When Joan Fontaine demanded Alfred Hitchcock slap her on set
He was happy to comply.
Alfred Hitchcock Archives: 01/2025
The Alfred Hitchcock movie Roger Ebert adored: “The most elegant expression of the master’s style”
A turning point in the director’s career.
David Lean, Orson Welles, and Alfred Hitchcock’s favourite Burt Reynolds movie: “Shocking, really”
According to Burt Reynolds, anyway.
How did Alfred Hitchcock get the longest kiss in movie history past the censors?
Pushing the limits even by today’s standards.
The only actor Alfred Hitchcock was afraid of: “There was steel under all that mush”
Getting played at his own game.
The scariest movie Anthony Hopkins has ever seen: “I was knocked out by it”
“I couldn’t believe it.”
Sigourney Weaver picks her all-time favourite movie scene: “Such a hard picture”
An under-appreciated classic.
The one scene Alfred Hitchcock always regretted: “Bad technique, never repeated it”
A controversial movie.
