Sushi BluSushi 2012Sushi DvdJiro'S SushiSeat SushiSushi BarsSushi FilmSushi CookbookSushi CinemaForwardJiro Dreams of Sushi- An AMAZING documentary about an 85-year-old sushi master who has become a legacy in Tokyo for creating the world's most perfect sushi and is training his son to take over his legacy when he retires. Inspiring story that would be great for a family documentary night!You don't have permission to access /jasonensler/blog/ A documentary about three unique restaurants and their respective owners. Les saveurs du Palais The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand. Une affaire de goût Nicolas, a handsome, young waiter, is befriended by Frédéric Delamont, a wealthy middle-aged businessman. Delamont, a man of power, influence and strictly refined tastes, is immediately ... See full summary » Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s.

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A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.Fan LisaLisa See'SFan 2011Sceneit 20122011 JunDirector WayneWong DirectorClub DirectorCentury ChinaForwardSnow Flower- the book was way better though Despite, adding an extra mini-season into the main season, many members still said that the gap between the end of our main season in April and the start of the next one in September was too long, so we decided to keep showing films up to the end of the summer term. Once again, there was a very varied programme of drama, comedy and documentary from a wide range of countries and periods. And by extending our active months into June, we were able to link up with the new Shrewsbury Food Festival to put on a bumper weekend of films at the end of June.SpanishDrama, HistoryDirector: Pablo LarrainDate Shown: Saturday 18 May 2013Persian, GermanDrama, MysteryDirector: Asghar FarhadiDate Shown: Saturday 25 May 2013

German, French, English, Spanish, Croatian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, KoreanDocumentaryDirector: Wim WendersDate Shown: Saturday 1 June 2013SpanishCrime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Fabian BielinskyDate Shown: Saturday 15 June 2013French, EnglishCrime, DramaDirector: Ursula MeierDate Shown: Saturday 22 June 2013 Jiro Dreams of SushiU | JapaneseDocumentaryDirector: David GelbDate Shown: Friday 28 June 2013English, ArmenianComedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Alexander PayneDate Shown: Saturday 29 June 2013Danish, Swedish, FrenchDrama, MusicDirector: Gabriel AxelDate Shown: Saturday 29 June 2013English, SpanishCrime, DramaDirector: Terrence MalickDate Shown: Saturday 6 July 2013 The Green RayPG | FrenchDrama, RomanceDirector: Eric RohmerDate Shown: Saturday 20 July 2013Post ExcellentExcellent MovieAussi EssayezOno MasterImproving BitOno ElWishlist ExperiencesTokyo SukiyabashiCulinary SuperstarForwardA master sushi chef - Jiro Ono is 87 yrs working out of a tiny kitchen in the basement of a Tokyo office building.

Jiro was Immortalized in a recent documentary, "Jiro Dreams of Sushi."For the past few years, my wife and I lived withouth (gasp) DSL internet. While my writing productivity went through the roof, I missed the release of lots of great documentaries on Netflix. Let’s be honest with one another, we all have Netflix streaming for one of three reasons: 1) Orange is the New Black/House of Cards 2) Documentaries 3) The Killing season 4. It may seem as if I watch a lot of television but, on the contrary, I will watch one (rarely two) television shows per season but have no limit to the amount of documentaries I will view. With lots of TV time and a DSL connection, I tore into the docs. Here are several documentaries on a variety of topics, made over the past few years, that you should really check out: SOCIAL/CULTURAL: You all remember that YouTube Video: Guy proposes to his girlfriend at a UCLA basketball game. She says “no” and walks away, video goes viral, people find out he’s an actor and say it was staged.

Not only was it NOT staged, that guy, Brian Spitz, decided to make a documentary about the real reason his girlfriend gave for declining his proposal: she said his penis was too small. In an attempt to explore the cultural aura behind big versus small equipment, Spitz goes a little too scripted at times, a bit too obsessive at others, but still manages to give some fascinating insight and many cringe-worthy moments. 8. After Porn Ends (2010) ADULT/ENTERTAINMENT: Exactly what it sounds like.  After Porn Ends is a pretty darn fascinating look at a handful of adult film actresses and actors after they have left “the business.” One of this documentary’s key strengths is that its stance is mostly neutral, allowing the performers to give their own opinions on the industry that made or broke them. It quietly dismisses the notion that all porn actresses were “forced” into it. Many chose it for themselves and, sorry to say, a lot of them are smarter than you are. 7. I Need That Record!

MUSIC: A fantastic look at the death of the local record store. Whenever one approaches this type of subject matter, there is a great temptation to simply film a gaggle of bespectacled vinyl-heads cursing the establishment. Director Brendan Toller had not done that. Instead, he smartly juxtaposes some of the more intelligent folks you’ll hear (that just happen to have owned or operated record stores) with a lot of statistical data about the decline of radio and the big labels and the rise of the internet as a medium. Great appearances by Thurston Moore, Ian MacKaye (like he’d miss a chance to dis radio on camera), Mike Watt, Lenny Kaye, Patterson Hood and Noam Chomsky. 6. The Punk Singer (2013) MUSIC: Folks my age will especially appreciate this look at Kathleen Hanna’s rise to Riot Grrrl fame and subsequent fade-out. The film follows Hanna’s emergence as a performer, activist, and feminist at Evergreen State College through her career with Bikini Kill which lead the charge of Third Wave Feminism.

We also get a glimpse at Hanna’s marriage to the Beastie Boy’s Adrock (Adam Horovitz), her later work as Julie Ruin and with Le Tigre before her public withdrawal in 2005 due to illness. 5. National Geographic: Inside North Korea (2006) POLITICS/CULTURE: This is, easily, one of the more fascinating and more frightening documentaries you will ever watch. American Journalist Lisa Ling is determined to get a look inside the DPRK so she travels with a Nepali eye surgeon on a humanitarian mission to North Korea where he plans to perform over 100 eye surgeries in only a few days. Due to poor healthcare and malnutrition, there is a disproportionate number of North Koreans suffering from blindness which can be cure relatively easily with modern medicine. Against this backdrop, we get a look at the citizens selected for the surgery and the “upper class” of North Korea, living in apartments smaller than a college dorm. Most disconcerting is that after blind patients are cured, the newly-sighted brush past the doctor and run to a poster of the Dear Leader to thank him.

The cult of personality is frightening, pitiful and heart-wrenching. 4. Last Days Here (2011) MUSIC: There is so much going on in this phenomenal, emotional roller-coaster of a music doc by Don Argott and Demian Fenton that there are, quite literally, several reasons to watch it. Last Days Here is the story of Bobby Liebling, the lead singer of the Alexandria, VA-based rock band, Pentagram. If you’ve never heard of Pentagram, it’s because the band never made it. The story opens with a 53-year-old Liebling living in his parents’ cluttered home (seriously, like, “call Hoarders “cluttered) where he does little more than lie in bed and smoke crack. Liebling, in addition to being a crack and heroin addict for decades, displays several long term effects of cocaine induced psychosis, believing his skin to be infested by parasites. As a band, Pentagram simply never seized any one of the many moments they were given. Founded in the early 1970s, one producer who sought to work with them proclaims that, as far as their style of music, (think post-Blue Oyster Cult) they could not have come along at a more advantageous time.

Yet they blew opportunity after opportunity, due in large part to Liebling’s personal problems. And while the film begins with the promise of renewed interest in Pentagram – Sean Pelletier, Bobby’s manager, spearheads the effort to rejuvenate his career – one gets the sense they will simply see ninety minutes worth of VH1’s Behind the Music, minus the success. Yet the filmmakers’ patience pays off (they filmed Bobby for six years) and viewers will find the arc the story takes surprising, uplifting, and perhaps a bit inspiring. BIOPIC: Stanley Pleskum aka Stanless Steel is the subject of Zachary Levy’s portrait of an aging strongman. Pleskum, who runs a scrap metal collection business in New Jersery, aspires to make money and gain fame from his impressive talent: he is purported to be the strongest steel-bender in the world. Despite his motivation to be famous, Pleskum is a touching subject and Levy spent nine years filming him in his very strange world. There is nothing in the way of a superimposed narrative, Levy’s camera simply observes the lives of these very odd and very real people.

If there is an overarching theme it is this: Pleskum poignantly states that while he can bend steel, he cannot “bend people.” The glory he envisions for himself is juxtaposed with an odd gaggle of supporters, most notably his still very beautiful girlfriend, Barbara, and his younger brother. It is unclear whether or not his family truly believes him to be the strongest man in the world as, at times, they are clearly impressed by him and seemingly indifferent at others. One of the few training scenes in the film is very smartly captured by Levy: Pleskum is struggling to carry two 250 lb blocks of steel as Barbara runs after him, cheering him on from behind. When he drops the blocks, Pleskum turns to her and says: “You were supposed to be in front of me.” 2. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011) FOOD: You might remember hearing about this film because Anthony Bordain touted its virtue on Twitter and, when it comes to all things food, he is rarely wrong. David Gelb’s film profiles legendary sushi chef Jiro Ono, the 85-year-old chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a Michelin three-star restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.

The film not only provides a fascinating look at a man who is still trying to perfect his craft at 85-years-old, it examines the nature of Japanese culture: his 50-year-old son, Yoshikazu, is still in his father’s employ and is expected to one day succeed his sushi master father. Contrast this to Takashi, the younger son, who owns his own restaurant. Subiyashi Jiro is hidden in the basement of the Ginza Metro Station, has only ten available seats, reservations took one month (at the time of filming) and prices start at 30,000 Yen – about $300 U.S. No, you won’t get in, but Jiro Dreams of Sushi is some of the finest food-porn you will ever see. Jiro meticulously supervises the preparation of his food and scrutinizes nearly every bite his customers take in the pursuit of his ultimate goal: perfection through simplicity. 1. Beware of Mr. Baker (2012) MUSIC: Ginger Baker is the best drummer of all time. Not the best “rock drummer,” the best drummer. He’s also a bit of a lunatic.

Filmmaker Jay Bulger tricks his way into a long series of interviews with Baker at his South African compound. Bulger is successful in getting the notoriously volatile Baker to open up (Bulger, at one point, gets a bloody nose for his trouble when Baker cracks him with his cane) about his life and groundbreaking career. Interviews with Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Chad Smith, Neal Peart, Lars Ulrich, Charlie Watts, and many more attest to Baker’s musical brilliance as well to how difficult he is to work with. The film traces a path through Baker’s career as an innovator (there was no such thing as a “rock drummer,” the title Baker so vehemently eschews before his turn with Cream), absent father, animal lover and, always, a drummer. Also check out: A Band Called Death, Hit So Hard, and Muscle Shoals. Film Review: Bone Tomahawk Playlist from Hell: Seven songs from the American Horror Story soundtrack To sell out or not to sell out: Good, bad and really ugly (country/folk edition)