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Event Tue Oct 14 2008
Food on the Screen
The Chicago International Film Festival, which runs October 16-29, has a few food-themed entries from American filmmakers in its offerings this year. "Pressure Cooker" is a story of high school students competing for a scholarship to a culinary school (screenings 10/19, 10/20, 10/26) and "The Garden," a documentary of a south central Los Angeles garden threatened by local politics (10/24, 10/25). Beyond the US are a few more picks for foodie film lovers: "Deadly Delicious," a Chinese horror flick, may encourage you to rethink accepting food from a betrayed lover (10/22, 10/23). A widow's grove in the West Bank becomes contested ground in "Lemon Tree" (10/18, 10/20), and France's "Secret of the Grain" (10/17, 10/28), which follows a man navigating personal crises while following his dream to open a restaurant.
