Watching all manner of cooks – from peasant fishermen to top chef – preparing Peruvian food is rather fascinating. Many of the ingredients and flavours start out the same, but the manner in which they are brought together in COOKING UP DREAMS couldn’t be more varied. Seeing executive chefs work in gourmet kitchens isn’t anything…
Food Glorious Food: DISH – WOMEN, WAITRESSING & THE ART OF SERVICE Plays Hot Docs
DISH begins with the sort of tracking shot that would make Martin Scorsese proud. It follows a waitress in Paris – tray filled with entrees held aloft. She leaves the kitchens, winds through all the way through crowded dining room, serves her patrons and returns. In an ant-like manner she seems to be carrying more…
Shop Around: SMALL WONDERS Plays Hot Docs
My parents still live in the same house I grew up in, so I often find myself back in “the old neighbourhood”. During one recent trip, I noticed that a sporting goods shop had closed. This was the shop where I got my first baseball bat, half a dozen hockey sticks, and more hats and…
Closer to the Heart (RUSH: BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE Trailer)
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again – I’m glad the pub night for Toronto Movie Bloggers is on a Tuesday. With Wednesday being the post that I put up a trailer, makes it much easier to “phone one in” as the hangover fades. Here’s another flick that’s playing Hot Docs this year –…
Midnight Radio: Life in Technicolor part i
We now interrupt this regularly scheduled blog to talk documentaries… Today begins a special series of my regular Matineecast, talking about all thing festival related. The format will be a little different than usual, namely episodes will be a bit shorter (though this one is normal length), and slightly more raw as I won’t be…
The Real Thing pt. V (Hot Docs Preview)
Gotta love it when your podcast server site doesn’t want to co-operate just as you intend to bombard it with new material. Here’s hoping mypodcast.com gets things sorted out soon! However, on with the show, and on with my final look forward at one of my top five most anticipated films of this year’s Hot…
I Want It All (THE STORY OF FURIOUS PETE Trailer)
Last night I watched an advance-screener copy of this film which is playing at Hot Docs next week. Suffice it to say, it was a bad idea to watch and try to eat dinner at the same time…