Fond of His Mother: Queer-coded Hitchcock

April 25, 2026 by Jon Kitley in Movie Events and tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Perkins, Farley Granger, Jimmy Stewart, Music Box Theatre, Psycho, Rebecca, Rope, Strangers on a Train | Leave a comment

No matter how you want to, or not want to, read into the subtext of some of the films from Alfred Hitchcock, he no doubt was pushing the limits of certain subject matters in some of his films. Whether it be sex, violence. or queerness, Hitchcock was not only a master of suspense, but subtext, getting different things past the censors and studio heads without them even realizing it. Next month, the Music Box Theatre is celebrating 4 of those films: Strangers on a Train (1951), Rebecca (1940), Psycho (1960), and Rope (1947). While Rebecca will be from a DCP, the rest of the films will be screening from 35mm prints.

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Friday Favorites: Hitchcock!

July 10, 2020 by Jon Kitley in Friday Favorites and tagged Alfred Hitchcock, I Confess, Lifeboat, Man Who Knew Too Much, Psycho, Rear Window, Rope, Strangers on a Train, The Birds, Vertigo | 7 Comments

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This Friday we’re going to talk about the one of the greatest directors that ever said “Action!” The one and only Alfred Hitchcock. Unlike most fans, my first introduction to him wasn’t any of his films, but his television series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. But once it came to movies, Psycho was definitely the one I remember as being one of the first, if not the first. But way before we were introduced to Norman and his domineering mother, Hitchcock gave us so many great titles, from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 and then remade in 1956), Lifeboat (1944), Rope (1948), I Confess (1953), Rear Window (1954), and so many more.

So for this Friday Favorites, let us hear what yours is from our friend Sir Alfred.