Tortellini at Noon

For the final entry in this year’s Foreign Film Month, we watched the 1943 French film Le Corbeau. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, the film is about a French town where a number of citizens receive anonymous letters containing libelous information, particularly targeting a doctor accused of being an abortionist. Based on actual events the film stars Pierre Fresnay, Micheline Francey and Pierre Larquey. Come join us!!!

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This week was a homework movie and we saw the new 2022 film The Northman. Directed by Robert Eggers and written by Eggers and Sjon the film tells the story of Amleth, a young Viking prince, on his quest to avenge his father's murder. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård (who also co-produced), Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe. Come join us for this discussion!!

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For the third entry of Foreign Film Month, Zach has brought to the podcast the oldest film we’ve watched so far with 1921’s The Phantom Carriage. Directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, it tells the story of a drunkard named David Holm who, on the night of New Year's Eve, is compelled by the ghostly driver of Death's carriage to reflect on his past mistakes. Alongside Sjöström, the film's cast includes Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, and Astrid Holm.

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For the second entry of foreign film month, we watched the 2009 Swedish crime thriller film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev the film tells the story of a journalist who is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years. The film stars Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace and is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, and is the first entry in his Millennium series. Come join us!!!

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This week marks the return of our annual Foreign Film Month and to kick it off we watched the 2020 film Peninsula which is a standalone sequel to the 2016 film Train to Busan. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, the follows a former soldier who is sent along with a team to retrieve a truck full of money from the wastelands of the Korean peninsula now inhabited by zombies, rogue militia, and a family. Peninsula was chosen to be shown in the Official Selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Come join us !!!!

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This week we watched the new Wes Anderson the anthology comedy drama film The French Dispatch. Directed by Anderson from a story he conceived with Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, and Jason Schwartzman, it features a large ensemble cast and follows three different storylines as the French foreign bureau of the fictional Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun newspaper creates its final issue. Among some of the cast is Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright, and Bill Murray. Come join us for this discussion!

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This week Stanley Kubrick finally returns to the podcast with Zach’s pick of the 1956 classic film noir The Killing. Directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson the film tells the story of crook Johnny Clay, who assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery. The film stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, and Vince Edwards, and features Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Jay C. Flippen and Timothy Carey.

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For this week’s episode, we watched the 1939 political comedy drama film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Directed by Frank Capra and starring Jean Arthur, James Stewart and Claude Rains, the film is about a newly appointed United States Senator who fights against a corrupt political system, The film is based on Lewis R. Foster's unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana" and was controversial when it was first released, but successful at the box office, and it made Stewart a major star.

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Beware there be spoilers everywhere!! This week we went to go see the first Batman solo film in a decade, 2022’s The Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves, who wrote the screenplay with Peter Craig. It stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. Set after two years of fighting crime, the film sees Batman uncover corruption in Gotham City while pursuing the Riddler (Dano), a serial killer who targets Gotham's elite.

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For the final entry in this year’s Murder Mystery Month, we watched a film that wasn’t really a murder mystery 1951’s Strangers on a Train. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the 1950 novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, the story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, one of whom is a psychopath who suggests that they “exchange” murders so that neither will be caught. It is starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker. Come join us for this discussion.

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