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March 20, 2017
In Search of Israeli Cuisine is a portrait of the Israeli people told through food. Israel has some 150 cultures…
March 10, 2016
Laura Gabbert’s new documentary is City of Gold, whose subject is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold, L.A.'s most…
January 6, 2015
Our irregular blog Feast for the Eyes charts the gastronomic iconography of the screen, pondering the depths of narrative, character,…
September 16, 2014
“I said I want to eat something alive.” So begins probably the most visceral, hypnotic, and, well, just plain bananas…
August 19, 2014
In Howl’s Moving Castle, the mundane task of preparing breakfast becomes a quick study in family dynamics.
August 6, 2014
The release of Magic In The Moonlight prompted us to revisit Woody Allen's early masterpiece, Annie Hall, in this week's…
July 22, 2014
It’s impossible not to include Adrienne Shelley’s Waitress in Feast for the Eyes, a discussion of cinematic food. The problem…
July 15, 2014
In this week's installment of Feast for the Eyes, Land Ho! co-director Aaron Katz reflects on finding delicious and camera-ready…
July 9, 2014
Besides linguistic ability (or lack thereof), food is the primary means for social manipulation in Inglourious Basterds—and the grandmaster of…