TV Review: ‘The Girl’

HBO Film examines Hitchcock's obsession with Tippi Hedren

"...detailing Alfred Hitchcock’s tormented relationship with two-time leading lady Tippi Hedren, director Julian Jarrold (Red Riding: 1974) and screenwriter..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

How I Got Hitched

Marjorie Baumgarten on the trouble with Hitchcock

"...thing for cool blondes – most prominently Grace Kelly, Tippi Hedren, and Kim Novak. His fetishes are fairly well-known..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

When Bad Movies Attack

James Nguyen's underground oddity Birdemic cries fowl

"...love and spirituality. ... Julie & Jack stars Ms. Tippi Hedren (Hitchcock's The Birds). In 2004, he completed a..."

July 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Birds

The best way to enjoy this campy futuristic adventure is to get a case of cheapo beer, invite some friends over, and have your own personal MST 3000 session with it.

"...D: Alfred Hitchcock (1963): with Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette...."

May 11, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Roar: The Blood Stays in the Picture

Star John Marshall on lions and the world's craziest home movie

"...The Exorcist. His second wife was longtime Hitchcock muse/victim Tippi Hedren, and that meant her daughter from her first..."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How I Got Hitched

Margaret Moser finally says sorry to Stephen for 'The Birds'

"...and Stephen was 6. No surprise we sniggered as Tippi Hedren snaps, “I want to go through life jumping..."

Oct. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Margaret Moser

Scan Lines

The War Room

"...Mary Kay Place, Kurtwood Smith, Swoosie Kurtz, Burt Reynolds, Tippi Hedren..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature

Scanlines

"...Modine, Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton, Laurie Metcalf, Carl Lumbly, Tippi Hedren, Dan Heydaya..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Feature

A Stranger Among Us

"...She's inherited all the acting talents of her mother, Tippi Hedren. Which is not to say that Griffith can't..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roar

Drafthouse Films reissues this truly trippy oddity from 1981

"...Directed by: Noel Marshall. Starring: Noel Marshall, Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith, John Marshall, Jerry Marshall, Kyalo Mativo,..."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Master Pancake Takes on Roar For Alamo on Demand

Movie mockers to savage the world's wildest film

"...oddity Roar. Filmmaker Noel Marshall and his wife, actress Tippi Hedren, decided to make a movie in their home,..."

May 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...and planetary sciences department. Fun fact: In her memoir, Tippi Hedren says she experienced real injuries during The Birds’..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...and planetary sciences department. Fun fact: In her memoir, Tippi Hedren says she experienced real injuries during The Birds’..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Hitchcock’s The Birds, where she is attacked by seagulls, Tippi Hedren starred in a commercial for a diet drink..."

March 15, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Austin Film Festival Review: Mansfield 66/67

Did sexess spoil Jayne Mansfield, or was it … Satan?

"...John Waters, A.J. Benz, Hitchcock blonde and PETA person Tippi Hedren (LaVey had a pet lion), as well as..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1963, 119min/color, 35mm) Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, and Suzanne Pleshette. Directed..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cutting Hitch Down to Size

Inside Mondo's new collectibles line

"...and pushing them to their physical and emotional limits (Tippi Hedren, for one, went briefly catatonic after a particularly..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

'The Voice in My Head': A Super Bowl for the Birds?

The birdbrains of Maryland and Georgia are an obscure nondescript folk

"...time and place: Bodega Bay, 1963, right smack into Tippi Hedren’s porcelain face...."

Jan. 16, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

How I Got Hitched

Kate X Messer on Hitchcock keeping one eye on her at all times

"...here), about Alfred Hitchcock’s fraught relationship with leading lady Tippi Hedren, all week the Chronicle staff has been writing..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Kate X Messer

How I Got Hitched

A twentysomething sees his first Hitchcock, and he likes what he sees

"...Girl, about Alfred Hitchcock’s fraught relationship with leading lady Tippi Hedren, all week the Chronicle staff will be writing..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

How I Got Hitched

Richard Whittaker on Hitchcock when he was so very British

"...Girl, about Alfred Hitchcock’s fraught relationship with leading lady Tippi Hedren, all week the Chronicle staff will be writing..."

Oct. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How I Got Hitched

Marc Savlov on how Hitchcock was a family affair

"...Girl, about Alfred Hitchcock’s fraught relationship with leading lady Tippi Hedren, all week the Chronicle staff will be writing..."

Oct. 15, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Now I'm a 'Believer'

'The Believer' gets pervy at the movies

"...the philosopher in a boat in Bodega Bay, aping Tippi Hedren as Melanie in The Birds, on her way..."

March 20, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

What is keeping Stephen inside six nights a week, glued to the boob tube? And why would anyone want to go waaaaaaaay down south? Answers within.

"...haven't seen yet – except for her lips); and Tippi Hedren (!) in a small role as a slutty..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...or the lack thereof, bloody black holes that'd give Tippi Hedren herself the heebie-jeebies. Ah, l'gore!..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

I Heart Huckabees

An existential comedy, to be sure, but in the end this movie quite happily tips toward being and everythingness.

"...Watts, Ger Duany, Talia Shire, Bob Gunton, Jean Smart, Tippi Hedren and Shania Twain. This long-awaited new film from..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fright or Flight

Screenwriter Evan Hunter will be in attendance at the Paramount screening of The Birds, his 1963 collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock.

"...another 20 minutes, until that first angry gull sideswipes Tippi Hedren. The birds are still there, of course, lurking..."

July 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Marnie

"...Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Di Ane Baker, Louise Latham, Martin..."

Aug. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten