Food in Film
Food has often been essential to cinema. A catalyst which brings people together, it can be used for dramatic confrontation, as a comic device or even a metaphor for the meaning of life. Preparing, presenting and consuming food can evoke a mood that is sumptuous, homely, seductive, disgusting or just plain funny. Eloquent in conveying complex messages, food is a perfect vehicle for expressing the subtext in drama and comedy and for revealing intricate aspects about class, emotional states or gender. Sometimes, as in the movies "Babette's Feast" and "Tampopo", it is the real star. In this compilation below, we take the high ground and take a wide view of the social and symbolic meaning of food in film..
Right: Scene from Gabriel Axel's triumphant "Babette's Feast".
Hunger for the Wild: Series 2 (2007)
Director: Peter Young
Starring: Steve Logan, Alister Brown
Steve Logan and Al Brown are back on the road with series two of their award-winning adventure-cooking show, heading for the wild with the help of som... Read more
Hunger for the Wild: Series 3 (2008)
Director: Peter Young
Starring: Al Brown, Steve Logan
The third series from amiable Kiwi characters Steve Logan and Al Brown sees them traverse our nation, from Ninety Mile Beach to Stewart Island, in sea... Read more
I Am Love (2009)
7/10
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Marisa Berenson, Tilda Swinton, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Gabriele Ferzetti, Pippo D...
The Recchi family are a well-bred and well-moneyed family of Milan whose lives are grand and cold as a museum - but all that's about to change. Eduard... Read more
I Served The King of England (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Jiri Menzel
Starring: Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser
While serving the cream of Prague society, humble waiter, Jan Dite (Ivan Barnev) dreams of owning his own hotel and becoming a millionaire. Full of de... Read more
Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom (1984)
7.6/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Kate Capshaw, Harrison Ford, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, Ke Huy Quan
Sequel to 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' with its two-fisted, whip-wielding hero, Dr Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) performing feats of derring-do in Singap... Read more
Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom (Blu-Ray) (1984)
7.6/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Amrish Puri, Dan Aykroyd, Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Philip Stone, Ric Young,...
A prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) set in 1935, the year before, the professor, archaeologist and adventurer by the name of Indiana Jones is... Read more
Julie and Julia (2009)
Director: Nora Ephron
Starring: Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Linda Emond, Amy Adams, Chris Messina
A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in the true stories of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) life and cook... Read more
Julie and Julia ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
Director: Nora Ephron
Starring: Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Linda Emond, Amy Adams, Chris Messina
A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in the true stories of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) life and cook... Read more
Kiwi Kitchen: Series 2 (2007)
Starring: Richard Till
In this second series of the hugely popular TVNZ show, Richard Till continues touring the country on his quest to seek out iconic New Zealand food. "I... Read more
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
7.2/10
Director: Marco Ferreri
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli
Four men, bored with everything in life, decide to end it all in one impeccably well catered marathon assault on their systems in this chilling, humou... Read more