492300 Fri Feb 22 13:07:58 -0800 2008 50 33 Food Media and News 0 3425028 I am a big fan of the intoxicating comedy "SIDEWAYS" about a washed up actor and writer who take a climactic, life examining road trip through the Central Coast wine region of California. Nominated for 5 Academy Awards and winner of BEST COMEDY of 2004 trailer http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sideways Fri Feb 22 13:07:58 -0800 2008 151625 fruglescot 1 3426469 oh, frugle one, we've got ourselves a semantics issue here. for films RELEASED in the last 5 years, sideways just about covers the good ones for me. actually, that and "supersize me." ratatouille was pretty mediocre. haven't seen "mostly martha" or "no reservations" yet, and planning to watch "waitress" this weekend...that one could conceivably make the list. but if we talk about movies we've SEEN in the past 5 years, that's a whole different ball game because we can include ones that were released anytime. chocolat big night mystic pizza eat drink man woman like water for chocolate charlie & the chocolate factory [the original] diner fried green tomatoes gotta love loopholes :) Fri Feb 22 22:09:58 -0800 2008 3425028 103920 goodhealthgourmet 2 3426558 FYI - The original was called "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." I remember hearing that there was a controversy because they didn't keep the name of the book. But at least now it's easy to seperate them! (That is, if you're a psycho-cinephile like me.) Fri Feb 22 23:29:25 -0800 2008 3426469 161585 miss_bennet 3 3426615 you're absolutely right. i stand corrected. i was a bookworm as a kid, and read it long before i saw the film, so the title stuck in my head. Sat Feb 23 00:46:50 -0800 2008 3426558 103920 goodhealthgourmet 2 3430214 Have to echo Big Night (Stanley Tucci) and add A Good Year (Russell Crowe) as two of my favorites. goodhealthgourmet's list is a pretty good reference chart. I'd add Ratatouille as a light-hearted exposure to life in the restaurant kitchen. Sun Feb 24 13:43:25 -0800 2008 3426469 11405 Midlife 3 3430535 i had ratatouille in there, but not as a fave. although i wanted to love it, i thought it was just so-so. Sun Feb 24 15:46:34 -0800 2008 3430214 103920 goodhealthgourmet 2 3438951 Yes, goodhealthgourmet. Your game of semantics has taken it's toll on my well thought out thead to correspond with the Academy Awards Show. I/we did receive some excellent film recommendations ,fortunately Tue Feb 26 23:33:30 -0800 2008 3426469 151625 fruglescot 3 3438961 mea culpa :) Tue Feb 26 23:40:39 -0800 2008 3438951 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 3426570 I actually liked "Last Holiday." It wasn't fantastic, but I enjoyed it. (Especially the food parts.) Of course, I must agree with Chocolat Like Water for Chocolate Fired Green Tomatoes Sideways Big Night And, to take the original question a little far, I've always loved "The Breakfast Club." Does anyone know exactly what Ally Sheedy puts in those sandwiches? They're just so crunchy! Also, I want to see "Babette's Feast." Some people think that "Tom Jones" belongs in the food category, but that scene always made me feel ill. Realistically, I'd watch a bad movie if it centered around food, and enjoy it. ('Simply Irresistable." Case in point.) Fri Feb 22 23:40:52 -0800 2008 3425028 161585 miss_bennet 2 3426613 i forgot about last holiday. i did enjoy the food aspect of it. plus, it was an excuse to watch LL. ally sheedy's sandwich was cap'n crunch cereal. and pixy stix. on white bread. 'cause apparently a girl can never have too much sugar. Sat Feb 23 00:44:42 -0800 2008 3426570 103920 goodhealthgourmet 3 3430183 I totally forgot he was in that! Now I'll need to watch it again! I just love Queen Latifah, and I loved the food scenes. Apparently LL was eclipsed by the food. Sun Feb 24 13:27:43 -0800 2008 3426613 161585 miss_bennet 1 3427449 I loved Sideways and Last Holiday. Sat Feb 23 11:17:25 -0800 2008 3425028 27357 PDeveaux 1 3427599 dinner rush, w/danny aiello everyday people - from hbo both have good ensemble work Sat Feb 23 12:14:24 -0800 2008 3425028 12282 JTea 1 3430225 Babette's Feast is my all time favorite "foodie" movie. so much fun to watch! Sun Feb 24 13:47:50 -0800 2008 3425028 169102 slp007 1 3430238 frugelscot, a fun question...agree about 'Sideways'...my favorites also include Babette's Feast, as already posted, Volver, Ratatouille (one of the best ever on this topic as as far as I'm concerned albeit animated), and Fast Food Nation...yes chowhounds, if it turned you off like it did me it was doing its job... Sun Feb 24 13:53:44 -0800 2008 3425028 141554 gutreactions 1 3430457 How about Dona Flor and her two husbands? The cooking scenes in that movie were excellent Sun Feb 24 15:16:32 -0800 2008 3425028 80290 Lightsuprooms 1 3431046 Tortilla soup is another great one. super visuals for foodies and great meals all throughout Sun Feb 24 19:20:03 -0800 2008 3425028 100641 amykragan 1 3431101 Delecatessen & Sweeny Todd, heh, heh, heh. Really, Like Water for Chocolate sums it all up, food and sensuality. The book, of course is better and the book in Spanish is better still. Ahhh, quail w/ rose petals! My love is partially expressed in cooking for my wife. (Awe, shucks.) Sun Feb 24 19:44:09 -0800 2008 3425028 93538 Passadumkeg 2 3431297 That's why I love "Like Water for Chocolate" so much! Cooking is entirely a representation of my love, and gve my love through cooking and sharing food. I have not read the book since I was about 15, though, so I didn't truly understand its depth. Sun Feb 24 21:35:12 -0800 2008 3431101 161585 miss_bennet 3 3431899 I have taught Like Water for Chocolate in a high school Latin American Lit. class. The kids loved it and the closing activity was to prepare a dish from the book. I have now read it in the original Spanish too. We have a son who was a chef, gave it up and is now in Costa Rica studying Spanish Lit. Like Water is his fave. too. Che's Motorcycle Diaries has some good eating too. I cook all the time for my wife as an act of love. Boy are we getting love handles! Mon Feb 25 07:32:56 -0800 2008 3431297 93538 Passadumkeg 1 3433856 OOOH! Although it isn't entirely about food, I loved the part in "Stranger than Fiction" when Will Farrell brings Maggie Gyllenhaal a bouquet of "flours." Apart from that, I didn't really like the movie. But as someone who loves to bake AND is obsessed with language, that would be so romantic to me. Mon Feb 25 15:04:34 -0800 2008 3425028 161585 miss_bennet 1 3434263 another vote for "dinner rush." absolutely stunning in a new york, insider kind of way. great cast, brilliant photography. don't miss this one. big night is pretty good, too. ratatouille is superb. Mon Feb 25 17:11:21 -0800 2008 3425028 10627 steve h. 2 3436628 steve, you thought ratatouille was "superb," yet big night only warranted a "pretty good" rating? i think this may be the first time i've disagreed with one of your posts! Tue Feb 26 11:03:15 -0800 2008 3434263 103920 goodhealthgourmet 3 3438429 i'll do better. next time. promise. :-) still, the pace of big night was ponderous at times and the editing could have/should have been more crisp. that's the beauty of ratatouille and dinner rush: tight stories, well told. the details were really worked. big night comes up a tad short when compared to those two. pretty good movie, nonetheless. Tue Feb 26 19:08:19 -0800 2008 3436628 10627 steve h. 1 3434725 It's sorta disjointed and cheesey, but I like Whats Cooking and Pieces of April. Especially poignant around Thanksgiving. Mon Feb 25 19:46:39 -0800 2008 3425028 54744 rozz01 1 3435369 White Castle??????? Pieces of April in poignant. Tue Feb 26 05:02:59 -0800 2008 3425028 93538 Passadumkeg 2 3436616 thanks for the reminder about pieces of april. i really loved that film. katie holmes was actually very good in it. might have had some true potential...then she became a stepford wife. Tue Feb 26 11:00:58 -0800 2008 3435369 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 3438975 Hey, if we're allowed to dig in the movie archives, I found "Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe" a fun movie. Exploding bombes! Who woulda thunk it? '-) Tue Feb 26 23:56:10 -0800 2008 3425028 112096 Caroline1 2 3438983 dig away. as soon as i saw a grammatical loophole, i ran with it ;) Wed Feb 27 00:08:31 -0800 2008 3438975 103920 goodhealthgourmet 3 3439365 Grammar students/ teachers should be banned from this site!.....Lol Wed Feb 27 06:48:14 -0800 2008 3438983 151625 fruglescot 4 3440371 i'm neither one. so there ;) i'm glad it turned out this way. apparently there are several good food-related films that previously passed under my radar. thanks to the posts in this thread they're now on my "to-see" [someday] list. Wed Feb 27 11:25:28 -0800 2008 3439365 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 3439053 Does Delikatessen and My Husband the Butcher (?) count as they deal w/ cannibalism? Wed Feb 27 02:32:01 -0800 2008 3425028 93538 Passadumkeg 2 3441700 Delikatessen... Remind me why again I didnt eat meat for a quarter of a century... lol Wed Feb 27 17:01:38 -0800 2008 3439053 54744 rozz01 1 3440014 Just finished watching "No Reservations". Really liked it, much better than I thought it would be. Also love "Eat Drink Man Woman " Wed Feb 27 09:55:18 -0800 2008 3425028 69330 byeCalihelloBahamas 1 3440091 Here's the list of movies seen in the last 5 years - Chocolat Mystic Pizza Like Water for Chocolate Fried Green Tomatoes Babette's Feast Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover Mystic Pizza My Dinner With Andre My all time favorite is Tortilla Soup Does Sweeney Todd count? LOL . And for Eat Drink Man Woman fans here's a link to the recipes in the movie: http://www.jadedragon.com/archives/cooking/eatdrink.html Wed Feb 27 10:17:26 -0800 2008 3425028 75332 Gio 2 3442639 A very comprehensive list Gio. and thank you also for the archives link In my mathematical comprehension, you're taking in over 2 food related films per annum. Thu Feb 28 01:08:29 -0800 2008 3440091 151625 fruglescot 3 3442835 Since I'm mobility challenged, fruglescot, my activities are limited. When I'm not cooking, reading, or here, I watch movies every now and then. Thu Feb 28 05:25:50 -0800 2008 3442639 75332 Gio 4 3442891 .......and reading me I see. Thanks for being a fan Gio. Please let me know if you come across any entertaining, new Food & Drink themed movies. Thu Feb 28 05:53:58 -0800 2008 3442835 151625 fruglescot 5 3443044 Will do..... Thu Feb 28 06:46:25 -0800 2008 3442891 75332 Gio 1 3440621 No one has mentioned "Soul Food" here. How can you leave that one out. Just thinking of that one makes me salivate. Wed Feb 27 12:28:15 -0800 2008 3425028 116495 Avalondaughter 1 3441258 I loved Tampopo, although I saw it well more than 5 years ago. Wed Feb 27 14:46:51 -0800 2008 3425028 12912 sasha1 1 3441275 Last year I went on a food movie spree. My favorites: --Tampopo --Big Night --Ratatouille Wed Feb 27 14:49:40 -0800 2008 3425028 112494 corgette 1 3441332 Eating Raoul. La Grande Bouffe. Wed Feb 27 15:06:05 -0800 2008 3425028 116513 linguafood 2 3442622 La grande Bouffe is a French film I heard about so many years ago but have never seen. I remember making a mental note to make it a must see. Do you remember anything of the plot linquafood. Thu Feb 28 00:48:02 -0800 2008 3441332 151625 fruglescot 3 3444256 You bet I do. It's about a group of friends who get together for a wkend in the countryside with the plan to eat themselves to death. It's very French, has a *very* hot Marcello Mastroianni in it, and I saw it as a teenager... as you can imagine, not all scenes are particularly appetizing. What a 'houndish way to go, though :-D Thu Feb 28 11:44:43 -0800 2008 3442622 116513 linguafood 1 3441461 The one huge thing I loved about the movie "Sideways" was the comment "DID YOU DRINK AND DIAL AGAIN?!?" I hadn't heard the term until then. Wed Feb 27 15:37:56 -0800 2008 3425028 161585 miss_bennet 1 3441687 Well gee, not to gross anyone out or anything (but then again, why not?), but if we're talking about movies that deal with "nourishment," then what about Dracula? Hey, somebody mentioned Sweeney Todd... So he's a good guy and Dracula's bad? And as long as we're talking macabre, what about Soylent Green? Okay. Who wants a shot of Pepto Dismol? Wed Feb 27 16:58:20 -0800 2008 3425028 112096 Caroline1 2 3442628 Well, yes, I suppose so Caroline1 I hope you're not just "opening a can of worms" though. Btw, 'Silence of The Lambs' had some interesting references to food "A census taker came by today. I ate his liver with some nice lima beans and a fine chianti" and of course the sequel were the Ray Liotta character is sitting at the dinner table with agent Carey Starling and is unaware that his skull cap has been removed. Thu Feb 28 00:55:35 -0800 2008 3441687 151625 fruglescot 3 3442794 For the best dietary-restricted Dracula, I think we have to go with Andy Warhol's version. Poor Drac gets violently ill after sipping from a non-virgin. Poor man! Thu Feb 28 05:04:41 -0800 2008 3442628 112096 Caroline1 4 3442901 I know that feeling....................................They're an indangered species............................................ Thu Feb 28 05:57:09 -0800 2008 3442794 151625 fruglescot 5 3443549 You've delivered a new view of Scotsmen... Haggis and a goblet of virgin's blood. Ian McTavish Alucard! Thu Feb 28 08:52:49 -0800 2008 3442901 112096 Caroline1