Tag: psychological thrillers

From the Archives: (Some of) The Women Who Wrote Hitchcock

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Hitchcock gets a lot of credit for his mystery and suspense films, rightfully so, but sometimes that credit goes as far as erasing the writers who came up with the mysteries, twists, dark jokes, thrills and stories Hitchcock built his films on. Hitchcock himself gave credit where it was due. He put writers’ names on screen for everyone to see. But if film history has taught us anything, it’s that credits, dedications and acknowledgments are not enough to keep women both trans and cis, genderqueer and nonbinary people from disappearing from memory and history.

(Some of) The Women Who Wrote Hitchcock

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This year for Switcheroo Month I thought I would doubly switch things up by writing about something reputable–the films of Alfred Hitchcock–and something I would not usually write about–the films of Alfred Hitchock. Hitchcock is a filmmaker I struggle with. I recognize the quality of his work. I […]

Summer Fun Time Reading ’23

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Summer isn’t quite here, but it’s been hot and a chunk of North America is already on fire, so I thought I’d go straight ahead with my Summer Fun Time Reading recommendations. There’s Gilded Age tomfoolery, science fiction, horror, mysterious figures with antlers, UFOs, ghosts, cats with skulls […]

“The Hole in the Fence”

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The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on the Mexican/Polish psychological thriller, The Hole in the Fence / El hoyo en la cerca (2021). “With its presentation of the sons of privilege brutalizing each other in the woods, The Hole In The Fence will likely remind people […]