In 1990 Ken Mogg published 'The MacGuffin' film journal via subscription. The main subject was the films of Alfred Hitchcock. It was usually published quarterly and ran to 29 editions. It was the origin of this web site.

The journal is named after Hitchcock's / Angus MacPhail's name for a diversionary plot device. (So perhaps our 'MacGuffin' is just a pleasant diversion from the films themselves!) Every Hitchcock buff knows the concept of the MacGuffin.

'The MacGuffin' is indexed in 'Film Literature Index', New York, and by the International Federation of Film Archives, Brussels. Top Australian film critic Adrian Martin wrote in the Melbourne 'Age' that 'The MacGuffin' contains some of 'the finest pieces of Hitchcock scholarship produced anywhere in the world'. Our readers include film teachers and academics, professional writers on film, film students, and keen general Hitchcock buffs. 'The MacGuffin' is written with minimal jargon.

Newsletters of the Film/Alfred Hitchcock Special Interest Group'The MacGuffin' film journal

Click on the links below to open a PDF of the original newsletter.

Issue No. 1 - November 1990
Issue No. 2 - February 1991
Issue No. 3 - May 1991
Issue No. 4 - August 1991
Issue No. 5 - November 1991
Issue No. 6 - February 1992
Issue No. 7 - May-August 1992
Issue No. 8 - November 1992 / February 1993
Issue No. 9 - May 1993
Issue No. 10 - August 1993
Issue No. 11 - November 1993
Issue No. 12 - February-May 1994
Issue No. 13 - August 1994
Issue No. 14 - November 1994
Issue No. 15 - February-May 1995
Issue No. 16 - August 1995
Issue No. 17 - November 1995
Issue No. 18 - February-May 1996
Issue No. 19 - May 1996
Issue No. 20 - August 1996
Issue No. 21 - February 1997
Issue No. 22 - May-August 1997
Issue No. 23 - November 1997
Issue No. 24 - February 1998
Issue No. 25 - August 1998
Issue No. 25a - December 1998
Issue No. 26 - March 2000
Issue No. 27 - December 2000
Issue No. 28 - May 2002
Issue No. 29 - January 2004