One of the most chilling last lines in movie history sounds more like someone inviting a friend into their study for a glass of sherry: “Alex, will you come in, please? I wish to talk to you.” Yet every time I see the scene, it gives me goose bumps. It’s terrifying in a way that Norman Bates crashing Janet Leigh’s shower isn’t. It’s more menacing than a flock of crows silently assembling on a jungle gym behind Tippi Hedren as she smokes a cigarette, blissfully unaware of impe

In Part One, I explained why I felt Dana Andrews should have been nominated for an Oscar in 1946 – and in this post, I share my...

Humphrey Bogart told Orson Welles that he was shooting “the worst picture I’ve ever been in.” Ingrid Bergman pleaded with director...