In the heat of a Beijing Summer, we explore what is lurking in the shadows, as Alfred Hitchcock – one of the greatest film writers and directors of all time – takes us on another journey into the darkness of film noir…

Join us on Tuesday 25 July at 7.30pm, for ‘Rope’ (1948), starring James Stewart, John Dall and Farley Granger.

Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime…