“If you’re wondering whether the world needs another book on Hitchcock’s films, the answer is a resounding yes. Hitchcock’s Magic is a lively and engaging return to Hitchcock’s corpus. Through detailed readings of both major and minor films, Badmington demonstrates a playful ability to re-enchant them for us as objects of continuing fascination. His rejection of psychoanalysis and creative re-engagement with the work of Barthes and Derrida helps to open these texts to new and sometimes surprising interpretations that send us back to the films themselves with renewed admiration for their magic touch.”

Nick Haeffner, London Metropolitan University