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A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
ACTS OF LOVE • A CONVERSATION BETWEEN BARRY JENKINS AND LULU WANG ON FOOD AND FILM.
MY DINNER WITH…
COLLAGE DE CUISINE NO. 1
A FEAST FOR THE SENSES • WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE EATING DELICIOUS FOOD IN MOVIES, OUR SENSES HURTLE INTO OVERDRIVE.
VINTAGE VITTLES • PICKING THROUGH THE PEARLS OF A MOVIE STAR COOK BOOK FROM 1927.
THE GOURMANDS • TOO MUCH MONEY AND TOO MUCH FAME INEVITABLY LEAD TO ONE THING IN THE WORLD OF MOVIES: TOO MUCH FOOD.
LITTLE WOMEN • BOOK COVER CREATIVE BRIEF: THE WINNER
TABLE TALK • THE HUMBLE THEATRE OF THE TIME-HONOURED DINNER PARTY IS PLACED UNDER THE MICROSCOPE IN AN INNOVATIVE NEW FILM.
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BLOOD FEAST • HOW FOOD IS USED BY MOVIE TECHNICIANS TO CREATE SCREEN NIGHTMARES.
A MATTER OF TASTE • FOOD AND EATING ARE NOT JUST VITAL PARTS OF LIFE - THEY ARE LIFE IN THE FILMS OF JAPANESE MAESTRO OZU YASUJIRO.
MEALS ON REELS • AS WE’VE ALREADY SEEN IN THIS ISSUE, FOOD CAN HAVE A PROFOUND AND LASTING EFFECT ON OUR ENJOYMENT OF A FILM. BUT WHAT ARE THE PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS, TECHNICAL PROCEDURES AND TRADE SECRETS THAT GO INTO CREATING THE PERFECT ON-SCREEN DISH? TO FIND OUT, WE SPOKE TO THREE PEOPLE WHO KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT FOOD AND FILM: A DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, A FOOD STYLIST, AND SOMEONE FROM THE CRAFT CATERING SECTOR. BECAUSE FOOD HAS ANOTHER IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN THE MOVIEMAKING PROCESS: IT KEEPS EVERYONE FROM THE DIRECTOR TO THE BEST BOY FED AND HAPPY.
COLLAGE DE CUISINE NO. 3
LA GRANDE NOSH • RESTAURANT REVIEWS FROM LWLIES' TOP CRITIC
A BRAD PITT EATING ODYSSEY • WHY DOES ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ACTORS LOVE TO EAT ON SCREEN?
John David Washington • The star of Christopher Nolan’s hugely anticipated Tenet revels in the toil of making an experimental mega blockbuster.
In Your Hands
Da 5 Bloods
Boyz in the Wood
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Fanny Lye Deliver’d
Joan of Arc
Bruno Dumont • With his career now in its third decade, this French iconoclast rolls out a striking new version of Joan of Arc’s tragic tale.
The Booksellers
Spaceship Earth
On the Record
Carmine Street Guitars
Chemical Hearts
My Picture Palace • MEET THE WINNERS
Make Up
Claire Oakley • How a fascination with female desire inspired the first-time director of the excellent Make Up.
Matthias & Maxime
Saint Frances
Britannia Hospital
Life is a Long Quiet River
Hanagatami
Dance, Girl, Dance
Scorsese Shorts
Moonlighting
The Game
Hiroshima
The World of Little White Lies
Little White Lies
Bon appetit.