Notorious review – Hitchcock's deliciously entertaining story of espionage
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Cary Grant: how 100 acid trips in Tinseltown 'changed my life'
At the height of his fame, Cary Grant turned to LSD therapy for help. He later claimed the drug saved him, but did it also spell the end of his career?
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That's a rap: is hip-hop entering a new golden age of cinema?
With upcoming biopics on NWA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Raekwon, plus dramas such as Dope, Ben Westhoff says hip-hop-inspired films could soon rival the halcyon days of the 90s
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My favourite Hitchcock film
My favourite Hitchcock film: Notorious by Frank Cottrell Boyce
The moral ambiguities of Hitchcock's tale of an attempt to trap a group of Nazi spies give this thriller its lasting power, writes Frank Cottrell Boyce
January 2009
Notorious
This is one of Hitchcock's subtlest, cruellest, most complex movies, a thriller charged with suspense and erotic tension yet devoid of on-screen violence
