Hitchcock for the Holidays
Friday 9 December - Saturday 7 January
Double-feature winter chills from the Master of Suspense!
Films include:
Lady Vanishes
directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave (1938)
Travelers on a trans-European train are stopped for the night due to bad weather and are hosted by a local hotel. Iris Henderson meets an old woman, Miss Froy, who disappears as the journey begins again. Iris, helped by musician Gilbert, decides to find her.
Marnie
directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery (1964)
In terms of psychological power and innovative visual techniques, MARNIE ranks alongside VERTIGO and PSYCHO as one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most exceptional films. This thriller revolves around a pathological liar and compulsive thief (Tippi Hedren) who is befriended by her latest victim, Mark Rutland (Sean Connery). MARNIE is one of Hitchcock’s most underrated and underappreciated films
Rear Window
directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1954)
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Rebecca
(1940)
When a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants.
Rope
(1948)
Two young men murder their “inferior” classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the “perfection” of their crime.
Strangers on a Train
(1951)
A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder…a theory that he plans to implement.
Vertigo
(1958)
A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend’s wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
To Catch A Thief
(1955)
When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence.
North By Northwest
directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Cary Grant (1959)
North By Northwest
(1959)
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
Lady Vanishes
(1938)
While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Birds
directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Tippi Hedren (1963)
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.
Marnie
(1964)
Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.