We continue our look at the 5th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s The Birds to the Oscar’s Best Picture of the same year, Tom Jones

We also discuss methods for shortening films, root rats, and allowing your children to vote for Oscars, before revealing the 4th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue.

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The 5th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The Birds from 1963.

On our rewatch of The Birds, we discuss Bob Newhart sketches, lava lamps and television show Birdland, before closing out with genuine audio from our local cockatoos

A comedy sketch about Hitchcock publicising this movie can be found at https://newsletter.liebcricket.com/p/the-birds

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The 5th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The Birds from 1963.

Here's our original coverage of The Birds from all the way back in May, 2017!

Stay tuned for our updated thoughts after our rewatch.

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We continue our look at the 6th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train to the Oscar’s Best Picture of the same year, An American in Paris

We also discuss Aunt Harriet-Lois Lane crossovers, elongated Take On Me-style song and dance numbers and fourth wall slippage, before revealing the 5th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue.

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The 6th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Strangers on a Train from 1951.

On our rewatch of Strangers on a Train, we discuss broken clowns, anonymising your accessories and the benefits of blunt exposition

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The 6th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Strangers on a Train from 1951.

Here's our original coverage of Strangers on a Train from all the way back in September, 2016!

Stay tuned for our updated thoughts after our rewatch.

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We continue our look at the 7th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder to the Oscar's Best Picture of the same year, On The Waterfront.

We also discuss inexplicable omnipresence, Superman parenting and shoehorning musical numbers into the script, before revealing the 6th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue.

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The 7th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Dial M For Murder from 1954.

On our rewatch of Dial M For Murder, we discuss possible 3D wordplay, Cary Grant impressions and stocking-stealing dogs.

A comedy sketch about a deleted scene from this movie can be found at https://newsletter.liebcricket.com/p/dial-d-for-deleted-scene

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The 7th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Dial M For Murder from 1954.

Here's our original coverage of Dial M For Murder from September, 2019.

Stay tuned for our updated thoughts after our rewatch.

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We continue our look at the 8th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock's Notorious to the Oscar's Best Picture of the same year, The Best Years of Our Lives.

We also discuss disappearing sons, the Important Symbolism of airplane graveyards, and the unfunny Ted Stryker, before revealing the 7th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue.

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