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CULINARY FILM FARE AT SEATTLE'S 50TH FEST

By Vince Keenan  (May 22, 2024) (Editor’s note: As people increase our frequency going out to entertainment, most events that went virtual during Covid have returned to in-person presentations, including film festivals. The Seattle International Film Festival has programmed a number of their in-person selections for streaming through May 27 so that people not in the Seattle area can discover…

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Laugh and Eat with Mel Brooks

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Pell Mel…and He is Mild

By Gerald Peary In the New Hollywood Era of the 1960s and 1970s, as weakening studio control granted directors more artistic freedom, the auteur theory, which regards the director as the primary artist among all those who contribute to filmmaking, gained traction. It was embraced by both the media and by directors themselves, who were glad to see their contribution so glorified. One positive was…

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MY LIFE IN RECIPIES- Food, Family, and Memories

Recipes by Joan Nathan My Life in Recipes is new cookbook from the James Beard Award–winning, beloved author that uses recipes to look back at her life, her family history, and her personal journey discovering Jewish cuisine from around the world. Joan is appearing with book signings across the U.S. Tuesday, April 30 in conversation with Chefs Charles Phan (The Slanted Door) and Mourad Lahlou…

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LIVE CINEMA by Pamela Gentile

Live Cinema is the contemporary revival of experiential cinema with a live element. Celebrating her fortieth year shooting major film festivals in San Francisco and beyond, Gentile shares her love of world cinema, her capture of silver screens with live musical accompaniment that exemplifies and preserves the inimitable cinematic theater experience. Continue reading LIVE CINEMA by Pamela Gentile

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SILENTS PLEASE-WITH SOUND

By Gary Meyer.   (April 9, 2024) The past several years after the San Francisco international silent film festival many of the attendees, compare notes and proclaim just completed Festival the best ever. Looking at the 2024 schedule I have a hunch that could be said again. Starting Wednesday, April 10 with a stunning Technicolor restoration of the Douglas Fairbanks swashbuckler THE BLACK PIRATE…

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What's Screening in the Bay Area According to Bay Flicks

By Lincoln Spector. (April 4, 2024) What’s Screening: April 5 – 11 For reasons that I prefer not to discuss, I’ve lost the Bayflicks blog…hopefully only for a while. Thankfully, Gary Meyer of Eat Drink Film has given me space for my newsletter. (Editor’s note: As an avid fan of Lincoln’s Bayflicks for many years I am thrilled offer a place for readers old and new to benefit from his guidance and…

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Carol Doda Topless at the Condor- The Accidental Icon

By Meredith Brody (March 25, 2024) You can go see Carol Doda Topless at the Condor expecting to see a lot of naked flesh, even without knowing the story of the blonde gogo dancer who danced the Frug in Rudi Gernreich’s topless swimsuit on top of a piano in a nightclub. Continue reading Carol Doda Topless at the Condor- The Accidental Icon

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MOREAU AND THE AUTEURES INVADE THE ROXIE

MCP’s Unique Look at Gender Issues in Classic French Film OWEN FIELD (interviewing Phoebe Green and Don Malcolm) (March 28,2024) In the midst of its long-running rare French noir series (that will exceed 150 titles screened when it concludes this fall), Midcentury Productions has opened the door to an entirely other aspect of classic French cinema: what we might call “the battle of the sexes.” …

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Pollo Ciudad with Cilantro Sauce and Pickled Tomato Salsa

By Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger (March 20, 2024) One of the most popular dishes at Border Grill, Mary Sue and Susan’s favorite pollo dish puts a spiced-up spin on grilled chicken marinated in a blend of spices and seared to perfection with a flavorful cilantro sauce and a tangy pickled tomato salsa for a burst of flavor. Continue reading Pollo Ciudad with Cilantro Sauce and Pickled…

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Partners in Food and Film: An Interview

An Interview with SIFF27 Culinary Excellence Award winner, Chef Susan Feniger and filmmaker Liz Lachman. By Geneva Anderson (March 20, 2024)   When Los Angeles filmmaker and Emmy award winning composer Liz Lachman (“Pin-Up,” “Getting to Know You”) set out to make her first feature-length film about partner, Chef Susan Feniger, opening her first solo restaurant in Los Angeles in 2009, she…

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Back in the Criteriumb Closet #3

Eric Drysdale is back with his third visit to the Criteriumb closet where he chooses movies for his collection—do they really exist? Continue reading Back in the Criteriumb Closet #3

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Champagne Biopic “Widow Clicquot” opens Sonoma International Film Festival’s Tasty Program

By Geneva Anderson (March 23, 2024) Haley Bennett rises to become the Grand Dame of Champagne  in Thomas Napper’s “Widow Clicquot” The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF27) is just around the corner, March 20-24.  Set in the heart of the wine country, with a program that emphasizes film, food, wine, parties, and community engagement, SIFF has twice been voted one of the 25 coolest festivals…

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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…

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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…

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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. Continue reading Untitled

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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…

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