Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (Bonnie Katz Film Series with Marshall Fine)

Join the Ossining Public Library for a final classic film screening from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchock, in a beautiful new 4K restoration. Author and film critic Marshall Fine will introduce the film and hold a Q+A session after the screening.

Vertigo (1958) is a dark and moody masterpiece of a psychological thriller shot in brilliant Technicolor. A former San Francisco police detective (James Stewart) is convalescing in the aftermath of a traumatic incident that left him with a debilitating fear of heights, assisted by his friend and former companion (Barbara Bel Geddes). Reluctantly agreeing to investigate the disappearance of a friend's wife (Kim Novak), he encounters a web of mystery that leads into the realm of the supernatural and threatens to upend his fragile sanity. The film is a monument of technical and artistic excellence, featuring dramatic on location photography, pioneering cinematic techniques, and a beautifully haunting score by longtime Hitchcock collaborator Bernard Herrmann.

The Bonnie Katz Film Series is an annual event honoring our OPL colleague Bonnie Katz (1952-2021). A librarian and passionate film buff (and a great fan of Hitchcock), Bonnie had a positive spirit and outgoing personality, and was a respected member of our profession and the Ossining community. 

About Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine is an author, journalist, critic, historian, and filmmaker. He is the author of three biographies: Bloody Sam: The Life and Films of Sam Peckinpah (1991); Harvey Keitel: The Art of Darkness (1998); and Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film (2006).

Fine spent 25 years as film critic and entertainment writer for Gannett Newspapers and another 10 as film/TV critic for Star magazine. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Cosmopolitan, and numerous other newspapers and magazines.

Recently Marshall has focused on writing works of fiction. The Autumn of Ruth Winters (Lake Union Press, 2024) is his first novel.