A Complete Ranking of Mystery Television of the 1970s

I was perusing the IMDB, the International Movie Database, website where millions of fans vote for their favorite films and television shows. I asked myself a simple question: of the two iconic 1970s detective shows (and personal favorites), Columbo and The Rockford Files which did fans rate higher? Not...

Continue reading →

Hitchcock by the Numbers.

I recently finished reading Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train and I linked it in my mind to Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Both were written by women and both were darker in tone and plotting than their corresponding Hitchcock films. With The Birds as another example immediately springing to mind,...

Continue reading →