What is so great about Alfred Hitchcock?

The older a film is, the less interested most people are. Some people wonder why the films of Alfred Hitchcock are still even discussed. Here are five reasons in five films. read more

Yet, so many filmmakers today still "quote" scenes from old Hitchcock films- that is to say, they copy his style, and sometimes entire scenes, directly. Brian DePalma's "The Untouchables," for example, famously quotes Hitchcock's style and pacing. read more

And "Rope" is famously shot to look as if it's all one long take; it isn't, but Hitchcock blended the scenes so skillfully that you really feel as if you're in that room, right beside the credenza where the corpse has been hidden. read more