All posts tagged "Alfred Hitchcock"
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1.8KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Vintage Hitchcock – A Live Radio Play
Playwright Joe Landry's Vintage Hitchcock is a clever reworking of three classic 1930s Alfred Hitchcock British films (before Hollywood discovered him), The Lodger:A Story Of The London Fog (1929), Sabotage (1936) and The 39 Steps (1935).
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1.0KEntertainmentTheatre Review: The 39 Steps
In its returning season, a fresh take on an Alfred Hitchcock classic The 39 Steps is a marvellous example of a strong ensemble driven physical theatre comedy.
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784ArtsTheatre Review: North By Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock was (and probably still is) thought of as the 'Master of Suspense' when it comes to films. Simon Phillips is certainly one of the 'Masters' when it comes to directing stage shows, especially those that have an extremely entertaining appeal to a wide range of audiences. So, it is rather fitting that there has been a very successful teaming of the two talents to produce this wonderful and highly entertaining stage adaptation of North By Northwest.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Nonsomnia, by Maria Raven
A dark trip of short horror stories featuring tales of resurrection, of hauntings, of visitations and other supernatural trappings, but the thread that joins the stories and drives the narrative of each is human greed.
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769Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Nothing, by Hanif Kureishi
An ageing film maker with ailing health begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair with a family friend and he becomes obsessed with the idea.
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416Film & TVFilm Review: The Girl on the Train
Rachel commutes to work by train and fantasises about her neighbours, Megan & Scott, until she witnesses something from the train and learns Megan has vanished.
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1.5KArtsTheatre Review: The 39 Steps
This 'The 39 Steps' is a funny, good natured send-up of the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie that was in turn based on John Buchan's famous British thriller novel.
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574Film & TVFilm Review: The Gift
A married couple unexpectedly meet old school acquaintance who slowly integrates himself into their world with secrets threatening to unravel their lives.
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1.6KFilm & TVDVD Review: Breaking at the Edge
A happily married, pregnant woman begins to fear for her life, witnessing disturbing visions of a murdered girl reaching out for vengeance from beyond the grave.
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Film & TV
Film Review: Grace of Monaco
Grace Kelly was an Academy Award winning actress who moved to Monaco and married a prince, but was her life really a fairytale? Apparently not, as Olivier Danin (La Vie En Rose 2007) shows us in his latest film Grace of Monaco. Set in Monaco in 1962, Grace of Monaco looks at a year in […]
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405Film & TVFilm Review: The Two Faces of January
Visiting Greece in 1962, a married couple befriend a tour guide carrying a few secrets & get caught in a seemingly inescapable web of lies.
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1.2KFilm & TVAlliance Française French Film Festival Review: Finally, Sunday! (Vivement dimanche!)
This 1983 murder mystery was director François Truffaut's final film and a tribute to the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.
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537LatestFringe Review: Hitchcocked by Sound & Fury
A murder/thriller parody salute to the Master of the Macabre, Alfred Hitchcock, performed by American comedy trio, Sound & Fury.
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946Film & TVItalian Film Festival Review: The Lithium Conspiracy
The Lithium Conspiracy is an interesting take on the thriller format which should appeal to fans of tense thrillers.
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521Film & TVInaugural British Film Festival
The inaugural British Film Festival comes to Adelaide this November, celebrating one of the world’s most illustrious and established cinema industries. The exceptional program includes contemporary and classic films.
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Film & TV
DVD Review: Passion
Full of the sensual danger its title promises, Passion is one of DePalma’s best. He is still as fearless as he was when he started out. His latest is highly recommended.
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The 39 Steps
This great night of farce definitely has to be your first choice if you need a good laugh to shake off the winter blues, but don't wait too long as bookings are bound to be heavy now that word has got around.
