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Neil Alcock has been watching, reading, thinking and banging on about Alfred Hitchcock since first studying his films at college over 30 years ago. Since 2011 he has been a freelance film writer for Empire magazine, Film4.com, Virgin Movies and more. He has appeared on national and local BBC radio programmes, and on podcasts including Radio 1’s Screen Time, the Empire podcast and the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest, to talk about Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, James Bond and film in general. He lives in north London with his wife and chickens.

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HITCHOLOGY: A film-by-film guide to the style and themes of Alfred Hitchcock

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Seeing Is Believing: Or How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the '50s

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David Lean: A Biography

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