Movie Night -- Vertigo -- Hitchcock -- October 22, 2025

I relive our time together every time I watch this movie. 

TCM this month: Hitchcock on Sunday nights.

With Hulu I can watch / catch Vertigo. 

But how did this ... what led me to this tonight, of all nights. I watch it often, maybe once a year.

It started with the intro by Ben Mankiewicz. He mentioned "Sight and Sound."

Link here. 

Something called "Sight and Sound," British Film Institute -- had a brilliant idea. It started in 1952. 

Every decade -- every ten years -- "Sight and Sound" comes up with their list of the top films of the "last decade.

1952.

1962,

1972.

1982.

1992.

2002.

2012.

2022. That was the eighth (8th) time "Sight and Sound" came up with the list. 

It's quite a story.

2002: Citizen Kane.

2012: Vertigo.

2022: 

• #1: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles;
• #2: Vertigo
• #3: Citizen Kane
• #4:
• #5....
• #8: Mulholland Drive ...
• #19: Apocalypse Now ...
• #25: The Night of the Hunter...

It's amazing...I see the movie in a completely different light knowing that "Sight and Sound" named this their number one movie, knocking out Citizen Kane, in 2012, and then letting it drop to #2 a decade later, but still ahead of Citizen Kane, #3.

I've never had any problem with Citizen Kane at #1, but seeing Vertigo again tonight with the ranking of "Sight and Sound" I have to admit Vertigo does have a much more emotional pull on me.  

Six months from now: would I rather re-watch Vertigo or Citizen Kane.