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Vertigo

"12 Monkeys": Combining time-travel thriller and experimental film, Terry Gilliam's 1995 oddball classic steals a tale of doomed love and cruel fate from Hitchcock -- then pays back the debt.; By Virginia Vitzthum Aug 19, 2002
A funny valentine: Whenever I meet a woman who is beautiful but uneasy with it -- and there are a lot of them -- I get that strange Novak feeling.; By David Thomson Feb 16, 2001
The look of love: In "Vertigo" we fall for Kim Novak at the same time James Stewart does.; By David Thomson Dec 1, 2000
"Vertigo" by W.G. Sebald: The tale of a strange quest, haunted by the ghost of Kafka, from one of the oddest great writers around.; By Brigitte Frase Jun 26, 2000
Sharps & Flats: Swedish popsters Cinnamon have the singer, the songs and the sheen. They're like the Cardigans -- for smart people.; By Joey Sweeney Apr 12, 2000
A chat with Mr. Oscar: Damien Bona talks about "American Beauty" and Warren Beatty, "Titanic" and Roberto Benigni and more than 70 years of the academy's hits and misses.; By Bill Wyman Mar 24, 2000
Window washers: Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz bring the reds, whites, blacks and blues back into Hitchcock's nimble masterpiece about the burden of perception.; By Michael Sragow Feb 10, 2000
"Rear Window": James Stewart loves watching the defectives in Hitchcock's restored peeping-tom thriller.; By Charles Taylor Jan 21, 2000
Master of imperfection: Hitchcock may have been a master of many things, but his goofy endings were like a dead cockroach found at the bottom of a near-perfect cinematic sundae.; By Steve Burgess Aug 13, 1999
The Savage id: Camille Paglia talks about why Hitchcock has more to do with Madonna than he does with pomo theorists.; By Michael Sragow Aug 13, 1999
Lights, cameo, action!: Alfred Hitchcock's first rule of directing was to treat actors like cattle -- and even in his own cameos, he was no sacred cow.; By Sarah Vowell Aug 11, 1999
Ballad of a fat man: Orson Welles' recently reissued noir classic 'Touch of Evil' may be the sleaziest good movie ever made.; By Charles Taylor Sep 10, 1998

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Vertigo

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