Philosophical Hitchcock - Robert B. Pippin Soviet Union 'Shoplifters' Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda (2018)

'Shoplifters'  Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda (2018) Japanese w/ English Subtitles

and copious rare archival imagery from the production provided by Sudendorf and the Deutsche Kinemathek

'Film' is an experimental film by Beckett in which the character 'O' (Buster Keaton) is pursued by a probing camera

'Be Natural: Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache' Director: Pamela B

- Essay by critic Girish Shambu

Philosophical Hitchcock - Robert B. Pippin Soviet Union 'Shoplifters' Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda (2018)'The Philosophical Hitchcock: Vertigo and the Anxieties of Unknowingness' by Robert B. Pippin (University of Chicago, Paperback) A detailed, thought provoking reading of 'Vertigo' by the philosophy professor. He explores the complexities of obsession, fantasy, deception and failure to understand others present in the film and modern life.