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Food-ish movies to help you digest on Thanksgiving Day

Posted Nov 22nd 2006 8:03PM by Sarah J. Gim
Filed under: Television/Film, Raves & Reviews, On the Blogs, Lists

The last thing on your mind once you slowly slip into a food coma after the Big Feast tomorrow is getting up and doing anything active. In my family, it invites all kinds of things like the same stories from relatives, arguments, and questions from Mom and Dad about each of our plans for our futures. The best thing for my sanity, then, is to pop in a DVD to keep everyone quiet and entertained. While there are plenty of movies out there, we at Slashfood are, naturally, particularly fond of movies that have to do with food. Blogger Sean Timberlake has compiled a list of his favorite food movies, some of which are pictured above (each box links to Sean's review).

There are a few more on his list, but what are your favorites? Or are we just overdoing it a little, since the last thing you want to do after stuffing yourself is watching someone else do it on the screen for another two hours?

Foodie film in the NYT, Julie & Julia movie?

Posted Jul 10th 2006 1:03PM by Nick Vagnoni
Filed under: Television/Film, Newspapers

Yesterday's New York Times featured an article about food movies past, present and future. Of course, there's talk of the usual suspects like Tampopo and Big Night, but the gist of the article is that there are plenty more food movies to come, especially from American filmmakers. Of note are a remake of Mostly Martha, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, and an adaptation of Julie Powell's blog-based book Julie & Julia. The latter is to be written and directed by Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle, Bewitched) for Columbia Pictures. Anthony Bourdain even weighs in on Adam Sandler's performance in Spanglish.

Food Movies We Love: The God of Cookery

Posted May 31st 2006 6:06PM by Anne Metz
Filed under: Asia, Food Oddities

After hearing from all our readers who love Big Night, Mystic Pizza, and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, it's time a little flavor from Hong Kong.

Equal parts Iron Chef and Enter the Dragon, The God of Cookery (the movie's real -- i.e. Cantonese -- title is Sik San) is about a top-dog chef who is revealed as nothing more than a sham by one of his rivals.

Taking a page right out of Rocky III, the God of Cookery -- played by famous Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow -- trains harder than ever and tries to make his comeback in a culinary battle royale.

Comedy, cooking, and kung fu -- what more do you need?

Food Movies We Love: Big Night

Posted May 24th 2006 10:02AM by Anne Metz
Filed under: Dinner, America, Italy

While I've been fascinated by barbecue documentaries of late (like Barbecue is a Noun and Barbecue: A Texas Love Story), I feel like I've been neglecting some other great non-documentary food movies.

In particular, I need to give a shout-out to Big Night, the brilliant 1996 indy film about two Italian immigrants -- named, somewhat ominously, Primo and Secondo --who run a failing Italian restaurant in northern New Jersey.

The film was written by and stars Stanley Tucci, along with Minnie Driver, Allison Janney, Liev Schrieber, and Isabella Rosellini. And in addition to the amazing cast, it's got even more amazing food shots.

And, finally, it dramatizes the question everybody who has ever worked in the food industry (me, for instance) asks: do you give the people the terrible food they want, or do you give the people the amazing food they should want?

What can I say? In the age of cheesy-chicken-mashed-potato bowls, this film becomes ever more prescient.

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Food-ish movies to help you digest on Thanksgiving Day

Foodie film in the NYT, Julie & Julia movie?

Food Movies We Love: The God of Cookery

Food Movies We Love: Big Night

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