Tag: Rebecca McCallum
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Strangled into Silence – Margot Wendice in DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954) – PART II
Rebecca McCallum concludes her analysis of Grace Kelly’s performance in Dial M For Murder… The Murdered Becomes the Murderer If we map out Margot’s journey, it reveals nothing but mistreatment time and again. To begin with she is stalked and blackmailed by her husband Tony, who we hear admitting has thoughts of ‘killing her’. What makes this doubly […]
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Strangled into Silence – Margot Wendice in DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954) – PART I
Rebecca McCallum continues her Hitchcock’s Women series with a tale of murder, mystery and a woman who fights back… A tightly wound mystery set in a confined space, in Dial M for Murder Hitchcock takes a traditional whodunnit blueprint and adds his trademark touches of love, murder, and suspense. Set almost exclusively in the Wendice residence, situated in […]
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Hearts and Minds – Constance Petersen in SPELLBOUND (1945) – PART II
Rebecca McCallum concludes her analysis of Ingrid Bergman’s performance in Spellbound… I’ve Been Watching You It is not merely her colleagues who objectify and demean Constance, as throughout Spellbound she is underestimated and threatened by men occupying supposed positions of authority. There are several occurrences where she is questioned by or finds herself in the same room […]
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Hearts and Minds – Constance Petersen in SPELLBOUND (1945) – PART I
Rebecca McCallum continues her Hitchcock’s Women series, here looking at a character who risks everything for love… A figure sits behind a desk authoritatively. She wears glasses, a long white coat and is smoking whilst engrossed in work. In our first encounter with Spellbounds’ protagonist, Hitchcock codes Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) as masculine, mysterious and with multiple […]
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: A Woman in Danger – Eve Kendall in NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) – PART II
Rebecca McCallum concludes her analysis of North By Northwest, part of her Hitchcock’s Women series. Degrees of Deception Themes of reality and pretence pervade North by Northwest with Eve (Eva Marie Sant) herself leading multiple lives of the secret agent, a kept woman of Vandamm (James Mason) and the love interest to Roger (Cary Grant). Both Eve and Roger have […]
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: A Woman in Danger – Eve Kendall in NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) – PART I
Conflict, control and coolness: Rebecca McCallum continues her regular series examining gender in the films of Alfred Hitchcock, focusing this month on his seminal spy thriller… A secret agent, an accomplice to a gang of kidnappers, or a woman falling in love with an advertising executive? Throughout what is often referred to as the most […]
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: A Marked Woman – Alicia Huberman in NOTORIOUS (1946) – PART II
Rebecca McCallum concludes her analysis of Notorious, part of her Hitchcock’s Women series. A Pawn In A Game of Chess Alicia (Ingrid Bergman) is constantly shown as an instrument used under the instruction of – and for the purpose of – men, be it her father, Devlin (Cary Grant), the intelligence agency, the Commodore (Charles Mendl) or Sebastian (Claude Rains). […]
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: A Marked Woman – Alicia Huberman in NOTORIOUS (1946) – PART I
Spoilers In the latest instalment of her Hitchcock’s Women series, Rebecca McCallum goes undercover with a tale of sex, spies and second chances… Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) is the daughter of a Nazi spy who, in the film’s opening, finds himself facing a life sentence for being an American traitor. Juggling coming to terms with her […]
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TOP 10: Films of 2021
It’s been another tough year across the board, but horror cinema has continued to thrive, showcasing a veritable smorgasbord of incredible films. Here we polled our contributors to come up with our Top 10 of 2021… 10. Come True Anthony Scott Burns’ film is a cracking combination of Carpenter and Craven, a nightmarish journey with […]
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Murder in Mind – Lina Asygarth in SUSPICION (1941) – PART II
Spoilers Rebecca McCallum concludes her analysis of Suspicion, part of her Hitchcock’s Women series exclusively for Moving Pictures Film Club. The Spell of Murder Is Cast Whilst out driving one afternoon, Johnnie asks Lina if she has any regrets marrying him, a question she adroitly turns around on him, possibly because she is worried she […]
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