Babette is a refugee from Paris who flees to a small ultrapuritan Danish community to work as a cook. Their only diet is one of ale-bread and fish soup, so when she offers to prepare a feast they are determined not to enjoy it. Oscar winning film whose style changes to fit the mood of the plot. find out more...

An enjoyable adaption of Helen Fielding's bestselling book. We follow our heroine on her increasingly desperate search for someone to love who loves her right back and whose closet merely houses clothes rather than skeletons. 'Bridget Jones's Diary' is a fun and slick romantic comedy very much in the tradition of Notting Hill. find out more...

When 60-something shipyard worker Slimane is laid off, he is determined to realise his long-held dream of opening a couscous restaurant. Although his only chance of success is to rally the support of his unruly extended family, including; ex-wife, children, mistress - and her beautiful hot-headed daughter - and simmering feuds and rivalries have to be overcome before the restaurant's make-or-break opening night. find out more...

Anya Taylor-Joy gives a wonderful performance in the title role of this Jane Austen adaptation as a well-meaning but proud young woman who enjoys playing match-maker without proper concern for the feelings of those involved. Bill Nighy plays Emma's father to perfection. Fans of the book will be pleased.

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Tilda Swinton takes the star turn as the wife of filthy rich Milanese industrialist Tancredi Recchi and much of the film takes place in their opulent mansion. It is here that sexual attraction, romance and personal/female liberation will lead to a family crisis for these members of the haute bourgeoisie.
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Martin Naranjo is a chef par excellence, a perfectionist and an artist when it comes to food. Martin's personal life however is a slightly less ordered affair as he struggles to deal with the unexpected, though welcome, advances of his neighbour and the constant revelations of his three adult daughters. Tortilla Soup is an enjoyable sweet natured comedy drama, though Ang lee's "Eat Drink Man Woman", upon which this is based, is still the most delicious and delicate of the two. find out more...

Pregnant Jenna is a small town Louisiana waitress with a gift for making the finest pies in the county, but if Jenna wants to make her dream come true, which is to start her own shop, she needs to find some money and escape her abusive husband, and lordy will that baby tie her down. "Waitress" is an easily likeable light drama with comic moments that occasionally slaps you in the face with some fairly serious issues on its otherwise good natured journey. find out more...

Four culturally diverse families prepare for thanksgiving somewhere in the leafy suburbs of LA, one Vietnamese, one Jewish, one African American and one Hispanic. What's Cooking has a witty and touching script that concerns itself as much with the generational divide as it does the specifics of race, culture or sexual orientation but it is the shimmeringly liberal attitude displayed by all the characters in reference to race and culture that deprives the story of any real bite, perceptive and en find out more...