`Psycho,” Gus Van Sant’s remake of the classic Alfred Hitchcock shocker, is a movie so nearly paralyzed with reverence for its 1960 model that it misses one of its main goals: to paralyze the audience ...

With Friday’s opening of “Psycho,” the remake, the question looms as large as a winged bird over Norman Bates’ head: Has Oscar-nominated director Gus Van Sant gone insane? The acclaimed director of ...

Alfred Hitchcock’s original Psycho (1960) is a masterclass in suspense and a pinnacle in horror filmography. It relies on pristine black-and-white visuals and shadow play to give that eerie and ...