National Science And Media Museum’s Pictureville Cinema Present Exclusive Four Seasons Of Hitchcock Event, Hosted By Talking Hitchcock Podcast

The National Science and Media Museum’s Pictureville Cinema will screen an Alfred Hitchcock retrospective, specially curated by Rebecca McCallum, host of the Talking Hitchcock podcast. 

Taking place across Saturday 7th and Saturday 14th March 2026, Four Seasons of Hitchcock offers a unique opportunity to experience four unforgettable titles from across Hitchcock’s filmography. Each screening will also feature a special focused introduction from Rebecca McCallum, offering a deeper insight into the titles and their broader context in Hitchcock’s celebrated career. 

The event opens on Saturday 7th March with a screening of The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) from Hitchcock’s “Silent Era”. Described by the director himself as the first true Hitchcock film, The Lodger established his reputation as the Master of Suspense, exploring many of the themes and preoccupations that came to dominate his career. The event continues through the afternoon with Hitchcock’s often overlooked “British Period” with a screening of international espionage epic The 39 Steps (1935).  

In its second weekend, the festival continues with a screening of Rear Window, marking Hitchcock’s “Hollywood Era”. Shot almost entirely within one room, from the point-of-view outside the window, Rear Window (1954) offers an immersive and entertaining meditation on cinema. The screening and focused introduction from Rebecca McCallum offers a chance to gain a new perspective on one of the director’s most celebrated works. 

The festival concludes with a screening of Frenzy (1972), from Hitchcock’s final years. Frenzy is considered a significant, yet controversial, late-career work, notable for its return to London and its position within Hitchcock’s filmography, offering insight into the director’s final working years. 

Rebecca McCallum, host of Talking Hitchcock podcast, commented: “The Four Seasons of Hitchcock provides a chance to assess Hitchcock and his work from the beginning through to the final years of his career, mapping out where his creativity takes him across four main phases of his filmography.  

When I had the idea for Four Seasons, I knew that Pictureville was the place I wanted to share this with. I fully trust the openness and spirit of collaboration that they exude and their commitment to quality programming that puts cinema at the heart of everything they do. 

I hope the festival will draw in new audiences who will experience a taste of the director at the different moments across his career. For returning Hitchcock fans, I hope this will encourage a re-evaluation of his work and what this tells us about him both as an artist and as a man. To see these films so closely together will expand how we read and receive these works in a way like never before!” 

Four Seasons of Hitchcock takes place at the National Science and Media Museum’s Pictureville Cinema on Saturday 7 and Saturday 14 March 2026.  

Tickets are priced at £9 for adults, £7 for concessions. If booking multiple screenings as part of the Hitchcock season, bookers can receive an extra pound off per ticket for every film in this season. This discount will be applied to the bookers basket when purchasing their tickets via the Pictureville website.  

Tickets are available via the museum’s website.