New Writings

Shadow of a Doubt with Diane Negra

A discussion about the importance of Hitchcock’s smalltown thriller, which he cited as one of his favourite films.

  • Total running time 90min

Redressing the deficit of sustained critical attention paid to Shadow of a Doubt, even in the large corpus of Hitchcock scholarship, this talk analyses the film’s narrative, generic placement and social context, revealing how its impeccable structure is wedded to radical ideological content. The film is examined as an unconventionally female-centred Hitchcock text and a milestone – not only because it marks the director’s engagement with the pathologies of violence in American life but because it opens a window onto mid-century gender and ‘family values’.

Tickets: £6.50.