Introduction The Portuguese Falcon (original title: Capitão Falcão) is a 2015 Portuguese superhero comedy film directed by João Leitão. Outline Captain Falcão tells the story of a Portuguese superhero serving António de Oliveira Salazar in the fight against the communist “red menace” during the 1960’s, mercilessly satirising both the anti-communist propaganda of the Estado Novo… Read More
Introduction Ladyhawke is a 1985 American medieval dark fantasy film directed and produced by Richard Donner and starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer. The story is about a young thief who unwillingly gets involved with a warrior and his lady that are hunted by the Bishop of Aquila. As he comes to know… Read More
Introduction Subferatu is a 2020 comedy horror film directed by Patrick Penta. Outline In this satire, a group of modern-day Americans are captured by a WW2-era Uboat, with a sinister cargo, bound for NYC. Cast Mike Dooly … Captain McCloud. Martyn G. Krouse … Commander Braunschweiger. Michael Reed … Lt. Valentiner. Patrick Penta … Waiter.… Read More
Introduction When the Wind Blows is a 1986 British animated disaster film directed by Jimmy Murakami based on Raymond Briggs’ comic book of the same name. The film stars the voices of John Mills and Peggy Ashcroft as the two main characters and was scored by Roger Waters. The film accounts a rural English couple’s… Read More
Introduction Military Wives is a 2019 British comedy-drama[3] film directed by Peter Cattaneo, from a screenplay by Rosanne Flynn and Rachel Tunnard. Outline With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the centre of a media sensation and global movement.… Read More
Introduction Malèna is a 2000 romantic comedy-drama starring Monica Bellucci and Giuseppe Sulfaro. Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town. It was directed and written by Giuseppe Tornatore from a story by Luciano Vincenzoni. Outline In 1940 in a… Read More
Introduction While There’s War There’s Hope (Italian: Finché c’è guerra c’è speranza) is a 1974 satirical Commedia all’italiana film written, directed and starring Alberto Sordi. A top-level tragicomedy, the movie was so successful in Italy that its title has become a proverb. Outline Pietro Chiocca (Alberto Sordi) is an Italian retailer, who sells hydraulic pumps.… Read More
Introduction The Last Detail is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby and starring Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, Michael Moriarty and Carol Kane. The screenplay was written by Robert Towne, based on a 1970 novel of the same name by Darryl Ponicsan. Ponicsan’s novel Last Flag Flying is a… Read More
Introduction Last Flag Flying is a 2017 American drama film directed by Richard Linklater with a screenplay by Linklater and Darryl Ponicsan, based upon the latter’s 2005 novel of the same name. It stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne as three Vietnam War veterans who reunite after one of their sons is killed… Read More
Introduction 1941 is a 1979 American period war action comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and featuring an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, and Robert Stack. The story involves a panic in the Los Angeles area… Read More
