Article by Aaron Haughton

The Sight & Sound critics poll that takes place once every decade is regarded as the most trusted guide to cinema's greatest. The long-reigning champion of nearly 50 years, the monolithic classic Citizen Kane, was toppled in the last vote back in 2012 to Hitchcock's Vertigo, which will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in early May of this year. With this in mind, it has us questioning if Vertigo is really the crème de la crème.

It's easy to see the attraction critics have to Hitchcock's San Francisco set film — it's filled with all his signature stamps, boasts a groundbreaking camera trick, and a classic Hitchcockian twist; however, it it really Hitch's best and most deserving work?