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I’m still not at that stage where I’d be willing to watch anything longer than Todd Haynes’ Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story off my computer screen. The film (Top 100 of All Time for me) lasts a total of 48 minutes. I recently pulled my own copy of The Lodger out of my own library and queued it for an eventual watch… and, this action coincided with this press release from Joost.com who’ve just added eight of the Master of Suspense’s earlier films.

Eric Lavallée

Published on February 27, 2009

I’m still not at that stage where I’d be willing to watch anything longer than Todd Haynes’ Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story off my computer screen. The film (Top 100 of All Time for me) lasts a total of 48 minutes. I recently pulled my own copy of The Lodger out of my own library and queued it for an eventual watch… and, this action coincided with this press release from Joost.com who’ve just added eight of the Master of Suspense’s earlier films. I’m not totally turned off by the concept of watching them off the computer screen finally, an especially attractive feature during them tough economic times. I wonder what is your favorite from the ones mentioned below?

The Lodger (watch below), Blackmail , The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rich and Strange, Sabotage, The Secret Agent, The 39 Steps, Young and Innocent.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).