Tortellini at Noon

Next up in his week of 4 episodes and the conclusion Foreign Film Month is the 1985 drama Kiss of the Spider Woman. Directed by Héctor Babenco, set in a Brazilian prison, the film centers on a dialogue between two very different cellmates, a hardened leftist revolutionary and an apolitical gay man. It stars William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sônia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves, and Denise Dumont. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod                            

4 new episodes are coming this week and first up is the continuation of Foreign Film Month with the 2025 black comedy No Other Choice. Directed by Park Chan-wook and based on The Ax by Donald Westlake, the film follows a desperate paper industry expert who decides to kill off his competition to be assured of the job he seeks to maintain his way of life. It stars Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, and Cha Seung-won. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

Back with another Foreign Film Month pick this week we watched the 1961 black comedy Divorce Italian Style. Directed by Pietro Germi the film tells the tale of an impoverished Sicilian nobleman who is trapped in a loveless marriage and fantasizes killing his wife.It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, and Leopoldo Trieste. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

THE UNDERTONE – Feature Film. February, 2025. Photo by Dustin Rabin #2935 Breaking from Foreign Film Month, we saw the new A24 horror film Undertone. Written and directed by Ian Tuason, in his directorial debut, the film tells the tale of two podcasters who are sent recordings by a married couple experiencing paranormal noises in their home. It stars Nina Kiri and Adam DiMarco. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

After a 3 year hiatus Foreign Film Month finally returns and to kick it off we watched the 2009 surrealist comedy Symbol. Directed and starring Hitoshi Mastumoto the film is about a man who wakes up in a white room with buttons on the walls and he must find out which button to push to get what he wants. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

Our third and final film this week is the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians. Directed by Jon M. Chu it follows a Chinese American professor, Rachel, who travels to Singapore with her boyfriend Nick and is shocked to discover that Nick’s family is one of the richest families in Singapore. The film stars Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Yeoh. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

Movie number 2 this week is the 1987 film The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner it tells the story of a swashbuckling farmhand named Westley who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. It stars Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

This week we watched the new 2026 slasher Scream 7. Directed by Kevin Williamson the film follows a new Ghostface killer who targets Sidney Prescott’s daughter. The film stars Neve Campbell, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, and Courteney Cox. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

This week we watched the 2004 romantic drama film The Notebook. Directed by Nick Cassavetes, from a screenplay by Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi, and based on the 1996 novel by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall in love in the 1940s. Their story is read from a notebook in the modern day by an elderly man telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

This week we watched the 2002 romantic comedy film My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos it follows a young Greek-American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek man and struggles to get her family to accept him. It stars an ensemble cast led by Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, and Joey Fatone. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

This week we watched the 2022 American independent slapstick comedy film Hundreds of Beavers. Directed by Mike Cheslik in his feature directorial debut, the black-and-white, largely dialogue-free film shows an applejack maker Jean Kayak who, in trying to win the hand of a merchant’s daughter, finds himself embroiled in a conflict with beavers. The film stars Ryland Tews, Olivia Graves, Wes Tank, Doug Mancheski and Luis Rico. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

This week we watched the 2004 satirical comedy film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Directed by Adam McKay it portrays a San Diego television station where news anchor Ron Burgundy clashes with his new co-anchor Veronica Corningstone. It stars Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner and Fred Willard. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

This week we watched the 1982 sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian. Directed by John Milius from a screenplay he co-wrote with Oliver Stone the epic film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones, and tells the story of a barbarian warrior named Conan who seeks to avenge his parents’ deaths at the hands of Thulsa Doom, the leader of a snake cult. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod