The film that made Alfred Hitchcock famous, The 39 Steps is an espionage thriller in which the protagonist, who is being pursued by the police for a murder he did not commit, is an ordinary bloke rather than a professional spy. He is in pursuit of a villainous agent who is attempting to sneak out […]
Daily Archives: August 13, 2007
Hugh Hudson’s somewhat condescendingly-classist anti-condescendingly classist, sentimental recollection of British glory in the 1924 Summer Olympics won the best picture Oscar on March 29, 1982, a few days before Margaret Thatcher militarily launched the Falkland Islands “dispute” against Argentina, which swelled her popularity at home, greasing her path to re-election as prime minister. How much […]
