Bates Motel, A&E’s exploration of the early years of notorious madman Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore), begins to intersect with Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1960 film — including a multi ...

what Hitchcock did not show us was just as important as what he did show. And it’s on this very issue — when is violence too much? — that A&E’s “Bates Motel,” an inventive return to ...

So given how Bates Motel threw the doors open on the expanded Hitchcock world, can we expect future TV series built around Rear Window, North By Northwest or other classics from the Master of ...

The A&E original drama is incorporating iconic elements of "Psycho" in its final chapter, but Kerry Ehrin's psychological thriller wisely isn't promising the same ending. “Bates Motel” could ...

A&E's "Bates Motel" is no tribute to Hitchcock. If you remember "Psycho," you'll remember that director Alfred Hitchcock's power came from what you didn't see. You never actually saw Marion Crane ...

Netflix just got one of the most important psychological thriller movies in cinema history — and it's still a masterpiece ...

Bates Motel is a “contemporary prequel” to the iconic 1960 horror film Psycho, and follows its characters Norman Bates and his mother before Alfred Hitchcock’s film took place, but set in ...

The times informed Hitchcock's film, and the character of Norman, and "Bates Motel" capitalizes as much as it can. But it's more difficult to get a handle on the character when Norman is out of ...

By Tim Goodman Bates Motel Screen Grab - H 2013 The Bottom Line Hitchcock devotees might think they know how it all ends, but this series takes the infamous Bates family in intriguing new directions.

By Winston Cook-Wilson The A&E series Bates Motel has somehow lasted five seasons playing with the mythology of Hitchcock’s perfect 1960 horror film Psycho in elaborate, far-fetched ways. This ...

Hitchcock skillfully portrays this idea in solo scenes as Marion driving to Bates Motel and the final scene as Norman sits in the police station, not as separate ideas, but rather a call and response ...