Category: Film

A film set centring a formidable nineteenth century house kitchen, in the French country side. All is devoted to pleasure, to creating dishes and serving things well—gourmet Dodin Bouffant really existed and is the subject of the book on which the film is based. Omelette, Pot-au-Feu, Carré de Veau, Laitue Braisée, Velouté de Petits pois, Écrevisses en quenelles, vol-au-vent, bisques,...

Curiosity furies at the core of the epic hand-drawn 2D feature by Hayao Miyasaki. The twelve years old protagonist’s mother abruptly passes away, prompting the family to relocate to their estate in the countryside where the boy meets his new stepmother. It is the 1940s in Japan and war rages in the background. The emptiness Mahito feels, trying to make...

A magnetic hero’s journey, addressing good governance, mentorship, selfhood, male hegemony. The very slow build of character development is particularly enjoyable. We follow young Prince Hal, reluctantly adulting into kingship, in 15th century England. Co-written by David Michôd & Joel Edgerton, the script is loosely based on Shakepeare’s ‘Henriad’. Choices of emphasis in all the right places are heightened by a...