by Matthew Stanger | Jun 6, 2026 | Culture
Novelist and screenwriter Tom Bullough talks to HistoFlick about writing his first screenplay for Mr. Burton, the joys of seeing characters come to life compared to a novel and the importance of the representation of Wales in cinema. H: I wanted to ask you first...
by Matthew Stanger | Jun 4, 2026 | Latest, People, Top Story
When Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport, Sully Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles thought it would be a regular flight to Seattle, with a planned intermediate stop in North Carolina. Neither of them thought that they were about to lose both engines of their...
by Matthew Stanger | Jun 3, 2026 | Culture, People, Top Story
For the UK release of ‘Leonora in the Morning Light’, documenting the life of surrealist painter and novelist Leonora Carrington, Histoflick writer Matt Stanger attended a Special Q+A after a showing of the film with directors Lena Vurma and Thor Klein at the Showroom...
by Matthew Stanger | Jun 1, 2026 | Culture, Latest, Top Story
In Brian De Palma’s 1987 classic The Untouchables, Eliot Ness is framed as the righteous savior who rescued Chicago from the clutches of Al Capone. But historical reality reveals a very different story, a cash-strapped former agent who manufactured a myth to rewrite...
by Matthew Stanger | May 29, 2026 | Latest, War
Based on the acclaimed play from veteran playwright and actor David Haig, Pressure tells the true story of the relationship between Britain’s Chief Meteorological Officer James Stagg and American General Dwight Eisenhower in the 72 hours before D-Day. With Stagg...
