August 25, 2009
By FoodNerd at 3:31 pm
Photo via Foodista . In the traditional stone soup story, a stranger arrives in town and tricks the villagers into feeding him by boiling a stone in a pot of water and calling it "stone soup." As each of the villagers adds ingredients, the plain water is gradually transformed into a delicious soup. The story [...] read more →
By FoodNerd at 12:46 pm
I know I’ve been harping on this for awhile , but now it’s here: I got to see Inglourious Basterds last night. Old QT did not disappoint. It’s impeccably shot and even better cast, with Martin Wuttke—greatest German stage actor of all time—pitch-perfect as a raving, slavering, hideously pig-eyed Hitler. See it at The Big [...] read more →
August 24, 2009
By FoodNerd at 9:05 am
Hundreds of people rolled in on two wheels for Northwest Film Forum’s 4th Annual Bike-In (think drive-in, but with bikes) at Cal Anderson Park last night. From commuters to Dead Baby daredevils, a vast spokey spread of viewers collected for local bands, snarky drive-in themed shorts and Jacques Tati’s Jour de Fete. Refreshments are my [...] read more →
August 23, 2009
By FoodNerd at 12:14 pm
“In Afghanistan, if you don’t have a war, you have an earthquake.” So says Habib Amiri, the surprisingly baby-faced producer of the hit show “Afghan Star.” Modeled on “American Idol,” this program has a fascinating presence in a country that has been laid to waste by constant over the last thirty years. In this new [...] read more →
August 20, 2009
By FoodNerd at 11:14 am
The Toronto International Film Festival is the most important film fest in North America—it’s like our Cannes. And as of today, their lineup is complete. Announced today, among others: Lars von Trier, whom I’ve been obsessed with since the first reports on Antichrist. read more →
August 18, 2009
By FoodNerd at 11:05 am
In yesterday’s Morning Fizz, we reported that the Northwest Film Forum did not make it’s goal of raising $70,000 to address its budget crisis—and that NWFF managing director Susie Purves is leaving and some educational and filmmaking programs will be cut. Today, NWFF put out press release, updating their situation—they report they’ve raised $44,000 and [...] read more →
By FoodNerd at 10:03 am
There are movies, and then there are Movies. Movies (capital “M”) never fade, no matter how many times you watch them. They seem flawless–if not in message, then at least artistically. They become standard-bearers for their genre, if not for all of film. All About Eve (Mankiewicz, USA, 1950) is a Movie. For 47 years, [...] read more →
August 17, 2009
By FoodNerd at 11:24 am
In my post last week about the difference between Bon Appetit and Gourmet , I neglected to mention the other food-related magazines I subscribe to: Sunset (STOP LAUGHING, I can hear you) and Cooks Illustrated . Cooks is another one of those magazines that constantly confounds and frustrates, for completely different reasons than Bon Appetit [...] read more →
August 14, 2009
By FoodNerd at 3:23 pm
I was stoked to ride my bike by the Egyptian today and see that this weekend’s midnight movie is City of Lost Children (Jeunet and Caro, France 1995). Jeunet is most famous in this country for Amelie, which I could take or leave. But oh City of Lost Children. What could be better at midnight [...] read more →
By FoodNerd at 12:46 pm
Bloggers and food writers have made a stink about recent price increases by the state Liquor Control Board, calling them everything from “weird” to “fascistic” to “gluttonous” and “obscene.” For example, Seattle Weekly bar critic Maggie Savarino wrote that the liquor board was “upp[ing] its profit margin” and encouraged readers to write the board in [...] read more →
August 13, 2009
By FoodNerd at 11:16 am
Every once in awhile, amidst all the gloomy forecasts about what technology and the Internet are doing to the film industry as we know it–bankrupting not only Hollywood but also independent distributors and art houses through the cheapness and convenience of downloads and instant queues on Netflix—something comes along that makes you realize how much [...] read more →
August 12, 2009
By FoodNerd at 2:38 pm
The Grand Illusion is screening The Garden , an Academy Award-nominated documentary about the country’s largest community garden and the sociopolitical conflicts surrounding it; not surrounding the garden itself, but surrounding urban gardening as a thing. read more →
