HitchPod - A Podcast About Alfred Hitchcock Movies

Time for a peeping Cat and peeping Dan peek at Michael Powell's Peeping Tom from 1960. We're covering movies within movies, psychobabble, a quite startling proliferation of redheads and loads of other stuff. Modern-day critics are already calling this podcast episode 'beastly', 'corrupt and empty' and 'perverted nonsense', but we remain hopeful that it will be reassessed more favourably by future...

Dan has developed a new podcasting process that's worth billions of dollars. Naturally, Cat is going to con him out of the process so she can have the money all for herself. With this as a background, we discuss The Spanish Prisoner, covering Mamet Speak, the primitive past of 1997, Hitchcock Easter eggs and much, much more. Please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/Hit...

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The best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Rear Window from 1954. On our rewatch of Rear Window, we discuss stealing from James Bond, negligee compression and Jimmy Stewart as Dr Strange. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every single Hit...

We continue our look at the 2nd best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Psycho to the Oscar’s Best Picture of the same year, The Apartment We also discuss actuary foreshortening, meaningless busy work and committing to the bit, screenplay-wise, before revealing the best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue. If you want mo...

The 2nd best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Psycho from 1960. On our rewatch of Psycho, we discuss its status as a Christmas movie, succumbing to basic opinions and the overratedness or otherwise of the shower scene. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Seaso...

We continue our look at the 3rd best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s North By Northwest to the Oscar’s Best Picture of the same year, Ben-Hur We also discuss NPC deities, Heston-hidden homoeroticism and the Ben-Hur drinking game, before revealing the 2nd best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue. If you want more Hitch...

The 3rd best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is North By Northwest from 1959. On our rewatch of North By Northwest, we discuss microcosms (with microfilm!), the second most famous Hitchcock scene and a lack of contiguity. For a behind the scenes breakdown on the making of this movie, check out https://newsletter.danliebke.com/p/north-by-northwest If you want more Hitchcock content, plea...

We continue our look at the 4th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Vertigo to the Oscar’s Best Picture of the same, er, prior year, Bridge on the River Kwai We also discuss Hitler's testicular limitations, vulture kite fake-outs and the Laws of Cricket, before revealing the 3rd best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword cl...

The 4th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Vertigo from 1958. On our rewatch of Vertigo, we discuss Severance transitions, the difference between acrophobia and agoraphobia, and poor calf raising form Check out The Divide by Morgan Richter, a novel with Vertigo elements! https://morganrichter.net/blog/the-divide/ If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchP...

We continue our look at the 5th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s The Birds to the Oscar’s Best Picture of the same year, Tom Jones We also discuss methods for shortening films, root rats, and allowing your children to vote for Oscars, before revealing the 4th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue. If you want m...

The 5th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The Birds from 1963. On our rewatch of The Birds, we discuss Bob Newhart sketches, lava lamps and television show Birdland, before closing out with genuine audio from our local cockatoos A comedy sketch about Hitchcock publicising this movie can be found at https://newsletter.liebcricket.com/p/the-birds If you want more Hitchcock content,...

We continue our look at the 6th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train to the Oscar’s Best Picture of the same year, An American in Paris We also discuss Aunt Harriet-Lois Lane crossovers, elongated Take On Me-style song and dance numbers and fourth wall slippage, before revealing the 5th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable me...

The 6th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Strangers on a Train from 1951. On our rewatch of Strangers on a Train, we discuss broken clowns, anonymising your accessories and the benefits of blunt exposition If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 cover...

We continue our look at the 7th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder to the Oscar's Best Picture of the same year, On The Waterfront. We also discuss inexplicable omnipresence, Superman parenting and shoehorning musical numbers into the script, before revealing the 6th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic cross...

The 7th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Dial M For Murder from 1954. On our rewatch of Dial M For Murder, we discuss possible 3D wordplay, Cary Grant impressions and stocking-stealing dogs. A comedy sketch about a deleted scene from this movie can be found at https://newsletter.liebcricket.com/p/dial-d-for-deleted-scene If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becomin...

We continue our look at the 8th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock's Notorious to the Oscar's Best Picture of the same year, The Best Years of Our Lives. We also discuss disappearing sons, the Important Symbolism of airplane graveyards, and the unfunny Ted Stryker, before revealing the 7th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic cr...

The 8th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Notorious from 1943. On our rewatch of Notorious, we discuss the history of basketball, South Park writing tips and Australian punk rock bands of the 1970s. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of...

We continue our look at the 9th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt to the Oscar's Best Picture of the same year, Casablanca. We also discuss the handsomeness or otherwise of Humphrey Bogart, fogsets and possible George Lucas tweaks, before revealing the 8th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue....

The 9th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Shadow of a Doubt from 1943. On our rewatch of Shadow of a Doubt, we discuss deleted interviews with Dick Cavett, little-known 1940s superstitions and the difficulties associated with dancing widows to their death. That deleted interview: https://www.hitchpodonline.com/doubt If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a Hi...

We continue our look at the 10th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Rope to the Oscar's Best Picture of the same year, Hamlet. Sort of. We also discuss Shakespeare's IMDB page, the scientific method, and the big twists of both Desperate Housewives and Psycho, before revealing the 9th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossw...

The 10th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Rope from 1948. On our rewatch of Rope, we are forced into taking on murderous characteristics, threaten iambic pentameter and risk being sued by Mark Zuckerberg. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 cover...

We continue our look at the 11th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps to the Oscar's Best Picture of the same year, Mutiny on the Bounty. We also discuss school houses, rum rebellions and the delicious, McGuffinesque flavour of breadfruit, before revealing the 10th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue...

The 11th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The 39 Steps from 1935. On our rewatch of The 39 Steps, we bemoan phonetically spelled dialogue, puzzle over MacGuffin details and delight in belated chemistry. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverag...

We continue our look at the 12th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes to a zero-Oscar nomination film of the same year, Bringing Up Baby. (We already covered the Oscar winner that year in our rewatch of Young And Innocent.) We also discuss absurdly named millionaires, the ridiculous ease of 1930s car theft and George Bush memes, before reveali...