This week, Studio 360 looks at “Psycho” at fifty. With murder, motels, and the mind of Norman Bates, Hitchcock’s film transformed cinema forever. In India, Bollywood makes movies that address terrorism, but it’s a subject that Hollywood is far more skittish about depicting. And a father lets his son drop out of high school, on the condition that they spend their days watching films together.
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