| Cuisine
on the Screen
Here are some of our readers’ favorite films
about food and eating. (Don’t see yours? Add
it >) Warning:
Watching these films will make you hungry, so view on a full stomach!
 Babette's
Feast
A French refugee (Stephane Audran) prepares a sumptuous feast that
transforms a repressed Danish community.
Big
Night
In an attempt to save their failing restaurant, two brothers
(Tony Shaloub and Stanley Tucci) prepare a make-or-break feast without
compromising culinary ideals.
 Chocolat
A newcomer to a small provincial town in 1950s France (Juliette
Binoche) opens a chocolate shop and charms its inhabitants with
her delicious concoctions.
 Dinner
Rush
A character-driven slice-of-life drama that takes place one night
when cops, gangsters, and food critics converge at a popular New
York restaurant owned by aging restaurateur-cum-bookie Louis Cropa
(Danny Aiello).
 Eat
Drink Man Woman
Food is a metaphor for tradition and change in this story about
the Chu family, a retired Taiwanese chef and his three adult daughters.
 La
Grande Bouffe
Marcello Mastroianni and a pair of chums eat themselves to death
in an orgy of food and sex in this 1973 shocking assault on sensibilities.
Nevertheless, a Cannes Film Festival's International Critics Award-winning
classic film noir.
Like
Water for Chocolate
Tita's intense love for Pedro lends magical powers to her cooking
and all those who consume her dishes are transformed.
Mostly
Martha
When compulsive, emotionally repressed chef Martha (Martina Gedeck)
becomes guardian of her orphaned niece and her boss hires sous chef
Mario (Sergio Castellitto) to help out, everyone discovers the meaning
of hunger and fulfillment.
Tampopo
A noodle shop owner, Tampopo, embarks on a quest to create the finest
ramen in Juzo Itami's homage to the sensuality of food.
Tortilla
Soup
Widower Martin (Hector Elizondo) loses his sense of taste and control
of his three home-attached, grown daughters, but renews everyone’s
sense of love while preparing some of the most delicious Mexican
dishes imaginable.
 Vatel
A stunning period piece based on a true story. Vatel—with
Gerard Depardieu in the title role—revolves around a lavish
three-day feast designed to impress Louis XIV.
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