JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI... and David Gelb changes how people eat it
Director David Gelb’s documentary about a tiny, austere sushi joint and its perfectionist chef defined a food-film style... and set off an international omakase craze. Gelb tells Rico the story, and a...
11 Dec 202533min
HAL & HARPER — Cooper Raiff comes unstuck
Sibling duo Hal and Harper are best friends, and have been ever since they lost their mother as children. But is there such a thing as being too close? And when your family is your life raft, what doe...
9 Dec 202525min
THE TASTE OF THINGS — Alison Roman savors the opposite of a chef movie
Ex-NYTimes columnist and bestselling cookbook writer Alison Roman (SOMETHING FROM NOTHING) talks with Rico about the tropes of fictional film chefs, and how the dreamy Cannes-winner THE TASTE OF THING...
4 Dec 202535min
RATATOUILLE — Brad Bird cooks up the ultimate food film
The animated classic about an adorbs rat chef… spent nearly 7 years in the oven. Director Brad Bird (THE IRON GIANT) and producer Brad Lewis (ANTZ) tell Rico the whole multi-course saga, including gut...
27 Nov 202539min
DIE MY LOVE — Lynne Ramsay unleashes the beast
In DIE MY LOVE, new mother Grace (a virtuosic Jennifer Lawrence) is stuck at home while her disinterested husband Jackson (Robert Pattinson) is at work. With only her baby, a barking dog, and her own ...
20 Nov 202517min
ARTISTS VS. AUTOCRACY: Istanbul cinema crosses the bridge
Istanbul is home to some great filmmakers trying to speak truth to power... in a country where the power is less and less willing to let them. Host Rico Gagliano talks with two of the best — Emin Alpe...
13 Nov 202537min
MUSSOLINI: SON OF THE CENTURY — Joe Wright gazes into the abyss
Joe Wright's known for Oscar-winning WWII epics like DARKEST HOUR. But his latest look at the era is a different animal: The nightmarish series MUSSOLINI: SON OF THE CENTURY, about the rise of the god...
30 Okt 202523min
MULHOLLAND DRIVE in the rearview, with Deborah Levy
Enigmatic women, their doubles, and an unmistakable air of strangeness… Award-winning author Deborah Levy (HOT MILK) on the hallmarks of David Lynch’s storytelling, and how the filmmaker has inspired ...
23 Okt 202532min
