Thursday, October 12, 2023

What Light Through Yonder Kitchen Breaks

Juliette Binoche and cooking? I guess this really is the week for movies tailor-made just for me. “The Taste of Things” is the newest film from Binoche who I have loved since, well, it’s been a long time. I first saw her in “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” and then fell hard (for all of the leading ladies) in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s radiant “Three Colors” trilogy, “Bleu,” “White” and “Red.” A whole swoony romance (albeit straight) set around cooking — and in French? Mon dieu. I’m always a sucker for food porn. And French food porn starring Juliette Binoche may just be its highest form. Bon appetit, mes amies.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Agree - and yes, since Unbearable but really, really, since Blue. Love that sad, sad movie.

Anonymous said...

Me again - also, Blue is such a masterclass in cinema. The visual storytelling is . . . choose your superlative.