Sentences with phrase «master of the suspense»
The modern master of suspense has sold more than 400 million books.
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Dr. Fung is a master of suspense.
It goes without saying that now is way too easy to get paranoid, I mean, The Master of Suspense open our eyes to the worst monster, the monster that is impossible to see until is too late, the monster that we can become, that maybe we already are and just do not know it.
The master of suspense unravels a compelling tale of a psychopath manipulating an average Joe into a complex murder plot.
The script is soggy and sloppy and Waters is no master of suspense, but he does have a pair of engaging stars flirting in a world of chic New York glamour.
The film would open in US theaters three months after Hitchcock left this Earth, demonstrating quickly that the Master of Suspense's work would give him immortality, a fact that feels no less true thirty - five years later.
Don't misunderstand: Kent Jones» documentary about the extensive 1962 interviews between French New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut and master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock is fascinating, insightful, and highly recommended.
More than anything else, the film keeps its preeminent place because this is the movie in which Hitchcock became «Hitchcock,» earning the reputation he never relinquished as «The Master of Suspense.»
The 91 minute doc is an all - encompassing look at the revolutionary shower scene in the Master of Suspense's 1960 film, Psycho.
Imagine a bit of the Master of Suspense's «Rope,» a hefty helping of Henri - Georges Clouzot's «Diabolique» and more than a little of the class conscious comedy of Wes Anderson's «Rushmore,» and you're on the right track.
Hitch wasn't really a horror director outside of Psycho, but The Master of Suspense was a master of thrillers, and this set features his very first thriller:
(1930) but before Hitchcock had firmly established himself as «the master of suspense,» Rich and Strange is not a thriller at all but a romantic comedy of innocents abroad directed as a satire of bourgeois complacency and cultural provincialism.
One of the more consistently underlined truisms in Hitchcock / Truffaut, a work of cinephilic devotion that takes the titular 1966 book as its starting point, is the notion of the master of suspense as a director with full control over every effect in his films.
What it truly lacks is acuteness, because as a end - up of the Hitchcock style, the moments where Brooks actually spoofs the Master of Suspense are too few and far between, and the rest of the film is mostly uninspired filler.
A pair of gray suede gloves abandoned on a department store counter; a small 35 mm still camera obscuring a woman's face except for her eyes; an electric train set; a finger on the disconnect button of a telephone; an ungloved, well - manicured hand resting briefly on another woman's shoulder: Todd Haynes's Carol is not a Hitchcockian thriller, although it is adapted from the second novel by Patricia Highsmith, whose first, Strangers on a Train, was the basis for one of the master of suspense's great movies.
Every year they partner with the Riverview Theater and Heights Theater to present a variety of films from the Master of Suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock.
Having turned in a couple of ill - received films delving into the matters of political intrigue, Alfred Hitchcock went back to Britain and, practically at the very end of his career, made another great film on the trail of the works that had given him the title of the master of suspense and the macabre.
Berberian Sound Studio stars Toby Jones who's becoming a house hold name in the horror genre with his fantastic role in The Mist and his turn as the Master of Suspense as Alfred Hitchcock in HBO's The Girl.
The Master of Suspense would never have turned in a movie this sloppy.
After several failed films, it looks like the once «master of suspense» has finally found his way Read More →
Besides Psycho, other films that Hitchcock directed that made him known as the «Master of Suspense» include: Lifeboat, Rear Window and Vertigo.
What do you say about a movie that introduces the master of suspense as you've never seen him before, proves once again that Helen Mirren is one of the finest actresses alive and launches a charm assault that is damn near irresistible?
New York Film Festival director of programming Kent Jones has done a connoisseur's job of bringing to life the famous series of interviews that director François Truffaut conducted with the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.
And don't forget to show this new generation of fans the adult version of «Where's Waldo» — the master of suspense always included a cameo appearance in each of his productions.
Hitchcock and Other Masters of Suspense Apr 6 - Jun 10 Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto stanfordtheatre.org
by Walter Chaw Nicknamed «The Italian Hitchcock,» Dario Argento is more aptly classified «The Italian DePalma»: a director with his own set of stylistic excesses who, especially early in his career, borrowed many tropes from the Master of Suspense en route to crafting his own distinctive thrillers.
Anthony Hopkins is «Hitchcock» in this 2012 bio-pic about the master of suspense during the making 1963's «Psycho.»
Credit director / co-writer Sam Raimi of Spider - Man superhero fame who proves himself a master of suspense as well by crafting a spine - tingling adventure guaranteed to elicit blood - curdling screams and to make you jump out of your seat when you least expect it.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK By Richard Combs Britain reclaims the Master of Suspense by resurrecting his earliest features
My mom and I both loved the Master of Suspense — in ways that seem different but were, ultimately, not unrelated in the least.
Unfortunately, The Face of Love lacks The Master of Suspense's steady direction and doesn't quite come together.
February 11th, 2016 Comments Off on Hitchcock / Truffaut offers unique insight into mind of Master of Suspense
reached this ending and Alma and Reynolds reached a perverse understanding, I felt as if I had watched one of Hitchcock's later, more psychologically explicit films — albeit one layered with an aching vulnerability that the Master of Suspense wouldn't have dared.
So to have something to talk about, Kevin and Kristin look at Hitchcock and reminisce on the Master of Suspense's best films.
The Stanford Theatre's spring retrospective, «Hitchcock and Other Masters of Suspense,» demonstrates the iconic director's range: from civilized movies of intrigue, to films that are absolutely blunt instruments.
So - called Master of Suspense (yeah, right) Dean R. Koontz adapted this piece of trash from his lackluster novel and makes one of the most gruesome and dull films to come out in some time.
Publicists called him «the master of suspense,» but Alfred Hitchcock certainly had competition.
Alfred Hitchcock dubbed the Master of Suspense for his ability to play the audience like a piano.
The Master of Suspense never won the statuette for directing (despite being nominated five times), even though his Rebecca won Best Picture in 1940.
The Space will air five short films that provide context to the master of suspense and his early work.
(I discussed the film on WBUR»S Weekend Edition Sunday) In 1962, the 63 year - old «Master of Suspense» Alfred Hitchcock agreed to sit down for a series of filmed conversations with the 30 year - old «nouvelle vague» filmmaker and critic Francois Truffaut who idolized him.
First there was the HBO movie «The Girl,» with Toby Jones playing the Master of Suspense as a blonde - obsessed boor.
may have been released before Hitchcock had fully established himself as the «Master of Suspense», but the film is an early revelation of his talent as well as hinting at his near - fetishistic obsessions.
Only Scorsese could make an advertisement for Catalan wine maker Freixenet into a beguiling love letter to the master of suspense.
Double Take (Unrated) Hitchcock mockumentary mixing found footage featuring musings by the master of suspense with archival Cold War news footage to paint a chilling picture of sheer paranoia.
True, he's not quite the master of suspense that everyone hoped he would be, but Shyamalan isn't a one - hit wonder either.
Recently, the staff here at Way Too Indie put together a list of independent films we thought Alfred Hitchcock might have made if The Master of Suspense had come up in the Kickstarter Era.
«One of the best, pleasurable and most insightful documentaries on Master of Suspense's techniques» — GS
Anthony Hopkins plays the Master of Suspense «obsessed by murder», alongside Helen Mirren who plays his wife, Alma.
DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Suspense-less Shyamalan Thriller Released on DVD In 1999, The Sixth Sense established M. Night Shyamalan as the heir apparent to Alfred Hitchcock's as the master of suspense.