Elizabeth Wilson, best known for her role as Dustin Hoffman’s mother in the 1967 film The Graduate, died on Thursday at a hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. She was 94. According to a report from the Washington Post, Elizabeth Wilson…
Tippi Hedren Mourns Passing of ‘The Birds’ Costar Rod Taylor
Tippi Hedren starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film The Birds alongside critically acclaimed actor Rod Taylor. Taylor died on Wednesday evening of a heart attack. He was 84. In addition to The Birds, Rod Taylor starred in more than 50…
Sophia Loren Honored at Cannes Film Festival
International film star and Italy’s most renowned actress Sophia Loren has been named the Guest of Honor at the 67th annual Cannes Film Festival, which runs May 14-25 in Cannes, France. Aside from attending a screening of her new film,…
Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst in New Thriller
Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst brought an Alfred Hitchcock-inspired thriller to life at the Berlin Film Festival this past week. The Two Faces of January premiered at the festival Tuesday, and also stars Oscar Isaac. This films marks the directorial…
Tippi Hedren Wins $1.5 Million Lawsuit
You may remember Hollywood actress Tippi Hedren for her iconic role in Alfred Hitchcock’s frightening film The Birds. Now you may wind up remembering her for winning almost $1.5 million for a gallon of water falling on her head. According…
“The Lady Vanishes”: Remake Better, Worse, the Same?
Whenever a classic is remade, it’s risky and bound to be compared. The 2013 version of The Lady Vanishes premiered on PBS Sunday, and it had some Hitchcockian shoes to fill. The newest version received the TV movie treatment for…
Now Streaming: Rare Hitchcock Film “The White Shadow”
Thanks to the efforts of the National Film Preservation Foundation, you can now watch a recently-recovered mid-twenties Alfred Hitchcock film for free online. Well, kind of and kind of. Hitchcock is not the credited director of the film, called The…
Tippi Hedren: Alfred Hitchcock Was “Evil” And “Dangerous”
It’s no secret to those who take an interest in Hitchcock film lore that his leading ladies didn’t always think very highly of him; rumors have churned for years that he was mentally abusive to those who refused his advances…
Jessica Biel and Scarlett Johansson have Gone Psycho!
Jessica Biel will play Vera Miles in the film Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. The movie is about Hitchcock’s directorial struggle to make the psychological thriller a masterpiece. The film was adapted from a book by Stephen Rebello…