My Name is Alfred Hitchcock

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My Name is Alfred Hitchcock

Released Oct 25, 2024

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A century after the debut of Alfred Hitchcock's first feature, he remains one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. But how does his vast body of work and legacy hold up in today's world? Mark Cousins, the award-winning filmmaker behind Women Make Film, The Storms of Jeremy Thomas, and The Story of Film: A New Generation, tackles this question and looks at the auteur with a new and radical approach: through the use of his own voice. As Hitchcock rewatches his films, we are taken on an odyssey through his vast career -- his vivid silent films, the legendary films of the 1950s and 60s and his later works -- in playful and revealing ways.

Critics Consensus

A peek at the man behind the persona, or vice versa, the work of Mark Cousins sings with genuine compassion for Alfred Hitchcock.

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (LAist)

A lot of [the voice-over] is just made up and drawn from here and there... But it's two hours of clips from some of the greatest Hitchcock films ever made.

Nov 13, 2024

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

The impressionist Alistair McGowan reproduces Hitchcock’s plummy drawl. But the insights belong to Cousins, a world-class close reader known for his mellifluous journeys through film history and cinephilia.

Oct 29, 2024

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Every great director deserves the vigorous engagement of a documentarian like Cousins, who comes to the work with passion and fresh eyes.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 28, 2024

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Tyler Doupe

Screenopolis

On the whole, My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock is an exhaustive and informative tour through some of the celebrated director’s favorite narrative themes.

Jul 23, 2025

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Wade Major

FilmWeek (LAist)

If you're not deeply steeped in Hitchcock, this is a wonderful introduction.

Nov 13, 2024

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

It’s just incredibly dumb, featuring baffling gags like McGowan-as-Hitch talking about modern technologies that came along decades after his death.

Nov 8, 2024

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Scott E

Being a fan of Hitchcock doesn’t guarantee that you can make a good movie about him. This movie lacks the details that reveal what a genius he was. It lacks the intrigue that revolves around his life. And most importantly it lacks the interviews and archive footage that this film needs. It looks as though it was made with stock video. Underwhelming and disappointing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Meme D

Nut.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

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Teddy B

An incisive and intricately researched dive into one of the most influential filmmakers of this or any other given time that just oozes and explodes with enthusiasm and devoted passion for the subject the director is undertaking. The film also both subtly and boisterously explains what exactly makes him such an endearing icon as well as diving into the psyche that makes Alfred Hitchcock so interesting to study and further dissect.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/05/24

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Alistair McGowan

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Mark Cousins

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John Archer

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Synopsis

A century after the debut of Alfred Hitchcock's first feature, he remains one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. But how does his vast body of work and legacy hold up in today's world? Mark Cousins, the award-winning filmmaker behind Women Make Film, The Storms of Jeremy Thomas, and The Story of Film: A New Generation, tackles this question and looks at the auteur with a new and radical approach: through the use of his own voice. As Hitchcock rewatches his films, we are taken on an odyssey through his vast career -- his vivid silent films, the legendary films of the 1950s and 60s and his later works -- in playful and revealing ways.

Director: Mark Cousins
Producer: John Archer
Screenwriter: Mark Cousins
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Production Co: Hopscotch Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 2024, Limited
Release Date (DVD): Jan 14, 2025
Runtime: 2h 0m

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