Eric Drysdale is back with his third visit to the Criteriumb closet where he chooses movies for his collection—do they really exist?
The Pleasures of an Omakase Movie
By Gaetano Kazuo Maida
“It’s never finished. It’s always in movement.”—Michel Troisgros 
Okay, so let’s say you’re like me and you don’t customarily (like, never!) spend $1000 for lunch for two, and it happens that you don’t live in France, and yet you have good taste in food, you know what it is to enjoy a fine wine occasionally, you’re curious about the synergies between sustainable agriculture and restaurants, and at the moment are feeling a bit peckish. Well, the universe is generous, and Menu Plaisirs Les Troisgros offers a reasonable facsimile of enjoying one of the world’s top haute cuisine institutions from the comfort of your own seat or couch for four hours, about the duration of a really nice long lunch, albeit without the tasting bit. Continue reading
Setting the Noir Bar – Eddie Muller’s Cocktail Recipes
(January 18, 2024)
A year ago, in advance of the release of Eddie Muller’s new book of Film Noir inspired cocktails, we published a sneak preview of two recipes.
As Noir City 21 plays January 19-28 at the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland, California —and is coming to cities across the country, EatDrinkFilms is pleased to offer a few more goodies to quench your thirst for a great movie and an inspired drink.
She Got Balls
(January 13, 2024)
Cheryl Hess has been doing the film festival circuit with her hilarious short documentary about a vegan recipe at a Meatball Contest.
And we have that recipe for you below.
Why December 4th is the Date To Reintroduce Yourself To… THE LOST CONTINENT OF CLASSIC FRENCH FILM NOIR
By Owen Field
(Including fragments of an interview with Midcentury Productions’ Don Malcolm.) (November 30, 2023)
THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT is one of the world’s best-kept open secrets, spilling out a world of film noir—or, more accurately, perhaps, a “lost continent” that has been relentlessly explored at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco since November 2014.
Lino Ventura in WITNESS IN THE CITY (UN TEMOIN DANS LA VILLE)
Bobi Wine-The People’s President—From Pop Star to Politician
By C.J. Hirschfield
(November 2, 2023)
At a recent San Francisco gathering Bobi Wine (Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu) said he would like you to know that the United States gives $1 billion a year to support Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni’s 30+ year ruthless and dictatorial rule.
Ugandan opposition leader, former member of parliament, activist, and national megastar musician Wine would very much like for you to “stop paying for our oppression.”
Its Not Over Until the Last Frame
More to Watch at the Mill Valley Film Festival 46
By Meredith Brody
(October 9, 2023)
Halfway home! But there’s still lots to recommend and to look forward to. I didn’t catch American Fiction in Toronto, and I didn’t hear very much about it – it wasn’t one of those movies that people cited as one of their favorites – so I was quite surprised when it won TIFF’s prestigious People’s Choice Award. Since way down deep I am shallow, this increased my want-to-see tenfold. It’s the directing debut and first feature film of Cord Jefferson, a journalist and television writer. It sounds slightly dangerous – Jeffrey Wright plays a college professor and mid-range novelist who concocts a pseudonymous novel replete with Black tropes that he disdains, that becomes a literary sensation. It’s easier to laugh in a big audience, so I’d love to see it at the festival. (Playing Wednesday October 11 at 6:30 at the Sequoia, and Friday October 13 at 3 pm at the Rafael.)
COOKING WITH JOAN CRAWFORD
By Jenny Hammerton
(October 8, 2023)
Are you ready to sprinkle some stardust around your kitchen?
From the earliest days of Hollywood, movie stars shared their favourite dishes with fan magazines, syndicated newspapers and cookbook compilers. I’ve been collecting these film star recipes for around 25 years, and my stash now numbers over 8,000. I’m gradually cooking my way through them. Some of the results are wonderful, some are inedible, but I always get the feeling that the glamour of tinsel town is rubbing off on me when I am elbow-deep in singing cowboy chilli or mashing up some glamour girl guacamole. Continue reading
The Best of The Fall Film Festivals Coming to a Festival Near You
MVFF46: Some Highly Recommended Movies in Our Delightful Local Film Festival
By Meredith Brody
(October 5, 2023)
Some of us cinephiles know the exquisite pain of yearning to see a movie for months and months before we can access it. When the festival circuit begins with Sundance in January, Berlin in February, and the 900-pound-gorilla Cannes in May, we learn about the tempting new films that are greeted with standing ovations and win prizes and acclaim.
Start Making Sense– A New Way to Experience the Talking Heads
by Gary Meyer
(October 4, 2023)
The Castro Theatre in San Francisco was packed for the World Premiere of Jonathan Demme’s first concert film at the Closing Night of the 1984 San Francisco International Film Festival.
Festival Director Peter Scarlet introduced Demme who then brought David Byrne, back-up singer Lynn Mabry, keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison and producer Gary Goetzman on stage. Demme explained that he had been working on the film practically up to the screening.
“We’ve never seen this before either.”
The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher- a film review
Photo by George Hurrell
By Julie Maravelis Lindow
(September 23, 2023)
It is rare that watching a film can provoke a similar response as reading an author’s work, but The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher does just that. One feels both starved and satisfied. Fortunately, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher’s words on screen and paper not only awaken our hunger, but teach us how to listen to our own desires, how to slow down and pay attention, be curious, sensual, in the moment, and ultimately, how to more intensely live and love. Continue reading
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