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Tea and Scones Suspense: Hitchcock’s “English” Movies of the Early 1940s

Tea and Scones Suspense: Hitchcock’s “English” Movies of the Early 1940s

Although Hitchcock left Great Britain for the United States in 1939, his first two films -- Rebecca (1940) and Suspicion (1941) -- nonetheless remained set firmly in English culture. His depictions helped craft perceptions of English life for decades to come.

‘Woodfall: A Revolution in British Cinema’ Captures the Changes in Britain’s Fortunes

‘Woodfall: A Revolution in British Cinema’ Captures the Changes in Britain’s Fortunes

Social realist films would spearhead the so-called British New Wave and Woodfall Films produced some of the New Wave's best and most enduring examples of the form.

Like a Storm in a Teacup: The ‘Vivien Leigh Anniversary Collection’

Rebecca

American Film Theatre: An Initiative for the Everyman

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)