Skip to content

Seeing Things Secondhand

Tag: North by Northwest

Alfred Hitchcock Meta-Analysis

Here’s a fun game to play: try to find a ranking of directors which doesn’t have Alfred Hitchcock in the top five. I can tell you that out of sources that I find generally credible (even if I largely disagree with them), I haven’t been able to do so. In 2002, Sight and Sound polled… Read More Alfred Hitchcock Meta-Analysis

November 11, 2021 speakerformediocritiesLeave a comment

Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 6

To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here We’ve reached the top 10! At this point, every star gets their own post. 6) Cary Grant On the Mount Rushmore of Hitchcock movies, there are four pictures which would have their faces inscribed in the rocky mountains of… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 6

September 29, 2021 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

Better than AFI’s Top 100: 70-66

The following is part of an overview of the top 100 American narrative fiction feature films, from my perspective. For an introduction to the project and an index of other entries in the series, click here. For a list of more than 800 films which I considered for the top 450 and my eligibility qualifications, click here.… Read More Better than AFI’s Top 100: 70-66

June 5, 2017June 24, 2017 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

Categories

Archive

Top Posts

  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  • "I Don't Care Much," from Cabaret
  • Which Movies Will Be on the Next AFI Top 100 List?
  • Jezebel (1938)
  • Ten Thoughts on the Other 164 Movies in the 2022 Sight and Sound Poll
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
  • "The I Love You Song," from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005)
  • La haine (1995)
  • The Final Countdown (1980)
  • "Losing My Mind," from Follies

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts.

Follow Seeing Things Secondhand on WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Seeing Things Secondhand
    • Join 149 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Seeing Things Secondhand
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...