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The Taste of Things (2023) Review – A Quiet Aftertaste

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  A watercolor interpretation of The Taste of Things , capturing its minimal plot and quiet themes of food, time, and shared routines. 🎥 Film Overview Title: The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant)  Director: Trần Anh Hùng  Release: May 24, 2023 (Cannes premiere); February 9, 2024 (USA limited); February 14, 2024 (wide)  Runtime: 135 minutes (2 hours 15 minutes)  Genre: Period Drama, Romance  Screenplay: Trần Anh Hùng (based on Marcel Rouff's 1924 novel "The Passionate Epicure")  Studio: Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma, Curiosa Films  Music: Việt Anh Box Office: $22.4 million worldwide  Rating: IMDb 7.4 / 96% Rotten Tomatoes (Critics), 88% (Audience)  Awards: Best Director (Cannes 2023), France's Official Oscar Selection for Best International Feature  Cast: Juliette Binoche (Eugénie), Benoît Magimel (Dodin Bouffant), Emmanuel Salinger (Rabaz), Patrick d'Assumçao (Grimaud), Galatéa Bellugi (Violette) 📖 Plot Summary...

Anne of Green Gables (1985) Review – A Story That Taught Me How to Imagine

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Imagination can turn even the quietest place into home. 🎥 Film Overview Title: Anne of Green Gables  Director: Kevin Sullivan  Release: December 1-2, 1985 (CBC, two-part miniseries)  Runtime: 199 minutes (3 hours 19 minutes total)  Genre: Drama, Family, Period Drama  Screenplay: Kevin Sullivan (based on the 1908 novel by L.M. Montgomery)  Studio: CBC Television, Sullivan Entertainment  Music: Hagood Hardy  Rating: IMDb 8.6 / 100% Rotten Tomatoes  Awards: Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program (1986), 8 Gemini Awards including Best Actress (Megan Follows), Peabody Award  Cast: Megan Follows (Anne Shirley), Colleen Dewhurst (Marilla Cuthbert), Richard Farnsworth (Matthew Cuthbert), Jonathan Crombie (Gilbert Blythe), Schuyler Grant (Diana Barry) 📖 Plot Summary In 1880s Prince Edward Island, elderly siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert send to an orphanage for a boy to help with farm work. Through a misunderstanding...

Enchanted April (1991) Review – Finding Refuge in the Sun

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  "To those who appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine..." The escape to San Salvatore. A place where souls bloom. 🎥 Film Overview Title Enchanted April Director Mike Newell Screenplay Peter Barnes (based on the novel The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim) Genre Period Drama, Romantic Drama, Healing Film Release Date July 31, 1991 (UK), December 25, 1992 (US) Runtime 93 minutes (1h 33m) Country United Kingdom Language English Cast Josie Lawrence (Lottie Wilkins), Miranda Richardson (Rose Arbuthnot), Polly Walker (Lady Caroline Dester), Joan Plowright (Mrs. Fisher), Alfred Molina (Mellersh Wilkins), Michael Kitchen (George Briggs), Jim Broadbent (Frederick Arbuthnot) Cinematography Rex Maidment Music Richard Rodney Bennett Rating PG Awards 3 Academy Award nominations (Best Supporting Actress - Joan Plowright, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design) 📖 Plot Summary In the grey, oppressive melancholy of 1920s ...