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The Cinema Lounge

The Cinema Lounge, a film discussion group, takes place at 8:00pm online via ZOOM. You do not need to be a member of the Washington DC Film Society to attend.

On Monday October 20, 2025 at 8:00pm please join the Cinema Lounge, the DC Film Society's monthly film discussion group.

TOPIC: Hitchcock and Hermann with author Steven C. Smith

Before Paul Thomas Anderson and Jonny Greenwood, before Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer, before Steven Spielberg and John Williams, even before Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone, there was Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Hermann. The brilliant, controlling director and the temperamental, perfectionist composer combined to make masterworks such as The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, North by Northwest and Psycho. Hitchcock's themes of guilt/innocence, sexual repression, and burning obsession matched perfectly with Hermann's evocative, emotional and sometimes unsettling scores. "Hitch" and "Benny" seemed so perfect together, until a clash of egos brought their partnership crashing down.

We are honored to bring back author, historian and producer Steven C. Smith, who joined us last year to talk about his book on famed film composer Max Steiner. This time he will discuss his new book Hitchcock & Herrmann: The Friendship and Film Scores That Changed Cinema (Oxford). He will give an approximately 60-minute audio/video presentation, including clips of some of the great Hitchcock/Hermann collaborations, followed by a Q&A/discussion.

Steven C. Smith is a four-time Emmy-nominated documentary producer and an award-winning author. His over 200 documentaries about film and music include collaborations with Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Stephen Sondheim, John Williams, Julie Andrews, and Sidney Poitier. His biographies of composers Bernard Herrmann and Max Steiner each received the ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award. He has lectured at the Library of Congress, American Film Institute, Academy of Motion Pictures Museum and other organizations. His new book is Hitchcock & Herrmann: The Friendship and Film Scores That Changed Cinema (Oxford).

Please RSVP to atspector@hotmail.com and you'll get the Zoom link 1-2 days before the discussion.

The Cinema Lounge, a film discussion group, meets the third Monday of every month (unless otherwise noted) at 8:00pm online via Zoom. You do not need to be a member of the Washington DC Film Society to attend. Cinema Lounge is moderated by Adam Spector, author of the DC Film Society's Adam's Rib column.