The Secret in their Eyes (original title “El Secreto de sus Ojos”) is a film from Argentina that won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2010; not to be confused with the USA remake shot in 2015. The story is set in Argentina in 1999 and employs the novel-writing technique of flashback; a […]
The film is based on the novel Kramer vs. Kramer by Avery Corman, and marked the beginning of Dustin Hoffman’s bright career: he immediately won an Oscar for Best Actor in a film that won a host of awards. The movie tells the story of a couple in which, after eight years, the wife decides […]
Plot The film is based on the book Hidden Figures – The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly. The main character is Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who in 1961 played a fundamental role in the Apollo 11 mission, which on 20 July 1969 took the first […]
This movie portrays a cruel analysis of what was behind the big business of the 80s. A young and ambitious stockbroker, fascinated by Gordon Gekko, a real Wall Street legend for power, prestige and financial ability, is drawn into the illegal world of insider trading. The man’s goal is to make money, to get out […]
In May 1997 the Labour Party won the elections in the United Kingdom, and Tony Blair became Prime Minister: after 18 years of Tory government, the Nation decided to entrust the young Scottish politician who promised radical changes. Queen Elizabeth II’s welcome to the new leader is tepid, and the relationship between the two is […]
Plot Andrea Sachs is a twenty-three years old aspiring journalist, with a degree in her pocket and with the dream of writing for “serious” magazines and newspapers, certainly not like fashion magazines. However, in her search for a job that will let her earn a living before achieving her professional dream, Andrea overcomes the selections […]
In 1916, during the rebellion known as the Easter Rising, the Irish revolutionaries surrendered after opposing the overwhelming military force of the British army for six days at Dublin Postal Headquarters. Among the revolutionary leaders, only Eamon de Valera, an American citizen, is spared the execution squad. Many followers, including Michael Collins and his friend […]