Sibling Cinema

This week, we discuss the groundbreaking and enduringly popular computer-animated feature film, Toy Story . SPOILER ALERT We will be talking about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we strongly suggest you do so before listening to our takes. A Walt Disney Pictures release from Pixar Animation Studios. Released on November 22, 1995. Directed by John Lasseter . Written by Jo...

For our season finale, we look back upon our year-and-a-half journey through the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

This week we talk about what may be Alfred Hitchcock's most enduringly popular film, Psycho. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Universal Picture. Released on September 8, 1960. Produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Written by Joseph Stefano, based on the novel by Robert B...

This week we turn our lens to Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic Rear Window. Jimmy Stewart stars as a photographer stuck in his apartment while recovering from an injury who takes to watching his neighbors. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Paramount Picture. Released on Septemb...

This week we discuss Vertigo. Arguably Hitchcock's most critically acclaimed film, it follows a former detective who reluctantly takes up a new case at the behest of an old college friend. What follows is a tale of romance and obsession. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Param...

This week we discuss the classic 1959 cross-country thriller, North by Northwest. Enjoy. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. An MGM Picture. Released on July 1, 1959. Produced and Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Written Ernest Lehman. Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, M...

The focus of this week's podcast episode is Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 romantic spy thriller Notorious. We are into the top five, and this is probably the least well-known of the top five. But don't sleep on it! Check out this gem and come back and listen to our yapping about it. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you...

This week we return once again to Manderley. We podcasted about Rebecca a while back during our Best Picture Oscar countdown, and now we encounter it again in our Hitchcock countdown. Tune in to hear us discuss how the film has held up for us. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Sel...

This week's podcast covers Alfred Hitchcock's classic murder swap thriller, Strangers on a Train. A tennis player has a chance meeting on a train that suddenly turns his world upside down. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Warner Brothers Picture. Released on June 30, 1951...

This week we dive into Shadow of a Doubt. This is Alfred Hitchcock's 1943 thriller about a small California town that get shaken up by a visitor from the city. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Universal Picture. Released on January 12, 1943. Produced by Jack H. Skirball and D...

Our Hitchcock series takes us to the master's famous long-take, single-setting, real time macabre thriller Rope. Loosely inspired by the real-life Leopold and Loeb case (depending on who you ask), we follow to cold-blooded students as the host a very unusual dinner party. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it bef...

Our Hitchcock countdown takes us one last time into his British era. This week we discuss the 1938 classic, The Lady Vanishes. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Gainsborough Picture. Released October 7, 1938. Produced by Edward Black. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Si...

The Breakfast Club is a movie.

We're taking another break from our Alfred Hitchcock series to bring in our final Chaplin checkpoint: Charlie Chaplin's 1952 drama Limelight. This is Chaplin's swan song, thematically at least--he would still go on to make three more feature films. It features an aging performer and his friendship with a struggling young ballerina. This film is a bit of a departure for the Tramp. It&#3...

This week we take a look into Hitchcock's popular chamber room mystery, Dial M for Murder . Set in a luxurious London flat, a marital drama unfolds that leads into blackmail and murder. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Warner Bros. Picture. Released May 29, 1954. Produced and...

This week we discuss Hitchcock's 1963 thriller about birds attacking humans. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Universal Picture. Released March 28, 1963. Produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Evan Hunter based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier. Starri...

This week, we did into one of the films that helped put Alfred Hitchcock's name on the map to international audiences, the spy thriller The 39 Steps. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Gaumont-British Picture. Released June 6, 1935. Produced by Michael Balcon and directed by Al...

This week we discuss Foreign Correspondent , Hitchcock's spy movie set at the outbreak of World War II and released only shortly after. This is Hitchcock's second American movie. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A United Artists Picture. Produced by Walter Wanger, directed...

This week's podcast is all about jewelry theft in the south of France. The lightly comic caper film, To Catch a Thief was released in 1955 and became one of Grace Kelly's last movies. It is her only pairing with Cary Grant. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. A Paramount Pictu...

We're plugging along with our Alfred Hitchcock countdown. This week, we are up to number 16, Hitch's second-to-last movie, Frenzy. Perhaps his most R-Rated movie, this one has Hitchcock returning to his London roots with a grisly serial killer thriller. Enjoy! ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before list...

This week we return to our Hitchcock countdown with his remake of his own The Man Who Knew Too Much . The 1934 original, which we reviewed here about 2 1/2 months ago, was a pleasant, very British kidnapping espionage movie. Here we have a glossy Hollywood remake with big stars, big locations, and big hit song to boot. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan...

We are taking a short break from our Alfred Hitchcock count down in order to check in with Chaplin. This time, we're taking a look at his early classic, The Gold Rush. It's celebrating it's centennial anniversary. This 1925 silent gem follows our hapless hero into the wilderness as the tramp braves the harsh Alaskan winters in a desperate attempt to strike gold.

This week, we tackle Barry Levinson's 1988 drama Rain Man. The movie, which features Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman as estranged brothers--one a cocky yuppie and the other a sweet-natured austic savant, ranks at #54 on our countdown* of Best Picture winners. *What is this list? We explain it in more detail in our Trailer and its Description, but as a high-level answer: we aggregated several differe...

This week, we talk about 2012 and its Best Picture winner, Argo , directed by and starring Ben Affleck . It's ranked number 60on our countdown of the best Best Picture Academy Award winners. For more information on the countdown we're using, check out our Description or give a listen to our Trailer. Segments by timestamp: 0:00 - Introduction 7:07 - The other nominees 18:18 - Discussion of Argo 54:...

Episode 51: AMADEUS This week we're making one final trip to the 1980s for Milos Foreman's Amadeus. F. Murray Abraham stars as Salieri, the Austria court composer who recounts his rivalry with the brash young genius, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, played by Tom Hulce. Tune in for our debate over whether the movie is about Mozart or Salieri. It won Best Picture for 1984 and ranks #19 on our countdown.* C...