Pat Shortt

W.B. Yeats is not often quoted in animated features, but his poem “The Stolen Child” is very definitely a source of inspiration for Tomm Moore’s latest film. If that sounds too serious for your viewing pleasure, take comfort from the presence of a big, lovable fur ball of a dog named Cú—that being the Gaelic word for dog.

In 1952, the commanding Winston Churchill was back in 10 Downing Street and war once again entangled the Allies, this time in Korea. He may not have understood it at the time, but for John Boorman the Korean War was a positive development, because it eventually provided the inspiration for his follow-up to the Oscar nominated “Hope and Glory.”