It’s more a “Zen” movie than it is a “foodie” movie, but I challenge you to watch the first 20 minutes without developing an overwhelming urge to rush home and make bread. ![]() Brown meanders through a lighthearted tour of some of his cooking seminars, which accentuate the spiritual as much as (or more than) the culinary, urging students (and the audience) to treat the ingredients and the process of cooking with all due care, and in so doing find harmony. While some might rake rock gardens, we chop veggies and dutifully stir risotto. Those of us who love to cook know the therapeutic value of rolling up our sleeves and tying on an apron. Sauce Magazine is pleased to sponsor this screening, a quirky German-made documentary about Edward Espe Brown, a Zen master and master baker. and the U.S., and two films from Germany. Catching all of the foreign features offered is impossible, so this program of eight short films promises to take you to “all corners of the globe without leaving your movie seat.” Drama, comedy, romance and tragedy all unfold in 18 minutes or less, in offerings from Brazil and Belgium, Canada and South Korea, the U.K. Louis has always made a point of emphasizing that the “I” in SLIFF stands for “international.” The range of nations represented this year runs from Algeria to Venezuela. 16 – 9:30 p.m., Plaza FrontenacĬinema St. The Appetizer: Shorts Program 7 (Around the World in Eight Shorts), Nov. It’s one part The Little Rascals, one part John Hughes coming-of-age flick and a whole heap of Sly Stallone-inspired mayhem. Carter exposes wide-eyed Will to a bootleg videotape of First Blood, and Will immediately becomes a willing star and stuntman in the backyard epic Carter’s filming. That changes drastically when he’s brought home by his schoolmate, the notorious Lee Carter, whose complete lack of restraint is both appalling and amazing. Shy Will, raised in a deeply religious community, has never seen a TV show or a movie. You’ll get a warm buzz from this nostalgic trip back to the early ’80s as seen through the eyes of some precocious British boys. For the rest of you, here are my suggestions of some of the best SLIFF is offering this year, arranged as a “tasting menu” for your enjoyment. ![]() Where to start? What looks good?įor those of you with plenty of time to kill and a backside conditioned for hour after hour of reclining in theater seats, check out for the full slate, venue listings and ticket info bon appétit to you. But with around 100 features and documentaries (and short subjects too numerous to imagine), the SLIFF schedule can appear like a vast all-you-can-eat buffet. While most people are laying out basters and roasting pans, polishing silver and ironing linens for that single most consumptive of holidays, cinephiles have 11 days (and nights) of film feasting to tuck into at the 16th annual St. the infernal labyrinth of pickup and drop-off at Lambert. the structural integrity of the uncanned cranberry goo. Gentle reader, forgive the film fanatic in your life if he’s distracted from common Thanksgiving contemplations.
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