Hitchcockmanship

Hey, cool! It’s that Hitchcock movie, the one with Jimmy Stewart — and it’s showing for free! No, not that one, with the lighthouse and Kim Novak. That one’s awesome, though. And, no, not the peeping-Tom picture in which Grace goddamn Kelly lounges upon him in her delectable silver evening clothes while Stewart can focus only on his camera lens. This is 1956’s The Man Who Knew Too Much, the great director’s most underrated first-rank film, the one that gets skipped because it’s merely excellent. Highlights: a stabbing in Marrakech, “Que Sera, Sera” and the concert murder at the Royal Albert Hall that still ranks as one of the two or three most suspenseful sequences ever filmed. Whatever will be, will be at 6:30 p.m. at the West Wyandotte Library (1737 West 82nd Street in Kansas City, Kansas, 913-596-5800).

Thu., Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m., 2008