Gastronomy has never seemed so forlornly romantic as it is in Tran Anh Hung’s sumptuous foodie procedural, The Taste of Things (aka The Pot au Feu). The film’s French language title, La Passion de Dodin Bouffant, is a modified version of the 1924 Marcel Rouff novel from which the ...
An unassuming culinary drama on the surface, Trân Anh Hùng's The Taste of Things is a rhapsodic romance and one of the year's most scintillating films. The tale of a renowned French gourmet chef and his diligent head cook, the movie's central will-they-won't-they dynamic will have ...
As the story progresses, this thematic strand moves to the fore, and The Taste of Things ends by encouraging us to consider the relationship between past and future. This is perhaps the movie's most obvious adoption of food as metaphor for life — a great meal ends with an empty plate. ...
By Julian Roman Feb 13, 2024 The Taste of Things Review: A Sumptuous Cinematic Feast Utterly Entrances Movie and TV Reviews A master chef (Benoît Magimel) woos his longtime cook and lover (Juliette Binoche) with culinary greatness in this masterpiece. By Julian Roman Feb 12, 2024 Joi...
Movies are designed to dazzle through sound and vision. That leaves three out of five senses untapped, at least until cinema reaches its inevitable maximum-immersive “feelie” stage.The Taste of Things,the latest from the French-Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Anh Hun...
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