Tortellini at Noon

This week Ian chose our very first Hitchcock film for the podcast, 1948’s Rope. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the 1929 play of the same name, the film tells the story of two men who attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death. Starring James Stewart, John Dall and Farley Granger, this is the first of Hitchcock’s Technicolor films, and is notable for taking place in real time and being edited so as to appear as a single shot through the use of long takes.

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For the final entry of Animation Month we watched the 2001 experimental philosophical animated docufiction film Waking Life. Written and directed by Richard Linklater, the film explores a wide range of philosophical issues, including the nature of reality, dreams and lucid dreams, consciousness, the meaning of life, free will, and is centered on a young man who wanders through a succession of dream-like realities wherein he encounters a series of individuals who engage in insightful philosophical discussions.

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Our next entry in animation month is the 1986 film Castle in the Sky, also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the first film produced by Studio Ghibli follows the adventures of a boy and girl who are trying to keep a powerful crystal from the army, a group of secret agents, and a family of pirates, while searching for a legendary floating castle. Come join us for this discussion.

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For the second entry in Animation Month, we watched the 2010 animated fantasy adventure film How to Train Your Dragon. Loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell, the film was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig. The story takes place in a mythical Viking world where a young Viking named Hiccup who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed. Come join us!!!

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Welcome to our annual Animation month and to kick it off we watched the 1999 nostalgic film Pokemon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back. directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, the chief director of the Pokémon television series it tells the story of scientists who genetically create a new Pokémon, Mewtwo, but the results are horrific and disastrous. It is the first theatrical release in the Pokémon franchise. Come join us for this discussion!

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This week for the final film in 2021’s Spoopy Month we watched the 2020 supernatural horror film The Dark and the Wicked. Written and directed by Bryan Bertino, on a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family. It stars Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr, Julie Oliver-Touchstone and Xander Berkeley.

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Evil Dies Tonight!!! This week we watched the new 2021 movie and 12th installment in the Halloween franchise, Halloween Kills. The direct sequel to Halloween 2018 and the third film in the rebooted timeline, the film begins precisely where the previous film ended, and sees Laurie Strode and her family continuing to fend off Myers, this time with the help of the Haddonfield community. Directed by David Gordon Green the film stars Jamie Lee Curtis and James Jude Courtney, who reprise their roles as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, and Will Patton also reprise their roles from the previous film, with Anthony Michael Hall and Thomas Mann joining the cast.

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This week for the second entry of Spooky Month we watched the 2013 found footage horror film The Sacrament. Based on the real-life events of the Jonestown Massacre of 1978 and written and directed by Ti West the film stars A. J. Bowen and Joe Swanberg that play VICE journalists who document their co-worker’s (Kentucker Audley) attempt to locate his sister (Amy Seimetz) after she joins a reclusive religious commune. Come join us for this discussion!!!

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It’s the first entry if Spooky Month and to kick it off Conor picked the 2021 British psychological horror film Censor!! Written and directed by Prano Bailey-Bond in her feature debut the film tells the story of Enid Baines, a woman working for the British Board of Film Classification during the height of the Video Nasty controversy, who believes a tape in for review could be connected to the disappearance of her sister. The film stars Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller and Michael Smiley. Come join us!!!

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To cap off this year’s Horror Adjacent month, Ian picked the 1931 horror sci-fi classic Frankenstein. Directed by James Whale and based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, it stars Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein, an obsessed scientist who digs up corpses with his assistant in order to assemble a living being from body parts. The resulting creature, often known as Frankenstein’s monster, is portrayed by Boris Karloff. The make-up for the monster was provided by Jack Pierce. The film’s cast also includes Mae Clarke, John Boles, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan. Come join us!!!

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