Let's Eat! Food and Film collection is now streaming on MUBI globally.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)—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 also how he gets his kids to eat escargot (or at least try it).
Just in time for holiday eat-a-thons, the award-winning MUBI Podcast is back and celebrating its tenth season with a four-course serving of stories about food on film. Titled “A Feast For The Eyes,” the season digs into the ways filmmakers use food to provoke hunger, thought, nausea, political action...and sometimes all the above.
Joining host Rico Gagliano is a sampler platter of luminaries from the film and culinary world, including directors Brad Bird (Ratatouille, 2007), Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, 2001), and David Gelb (Jiro Dreams of Sushi, 2011), former New York Times food writer Alison Roman, and more. Gluttons for great cinema stories can start chowing down on episodes weekly, starting Thanksgiving Day.
Listen to episode three below or wherever you get your podcasts: