All showings are free and open to the public. Films in languages other than English are subtitled. A simple yet tantalizing comedy, the family story of a retired master chef and his three unmarried daughters. As the title suggests, this movie treats the basic human desire for food and sex.
Culinary art is presented fantastically, combining mastery of cooking and control of life.
1995 Academy, British Academy, and Golden Globe best foreign film nominee. Shinobu Yaguchi Yaguchi uses wicked slapstick and deadpan black comedy in exploring how a chance encounter may turn life upside-down. A meek, inarticulate auto rental clerk's life takes a sudden ugly turn when he is dragged to a yakuza den following a fender-bender with a gangster. She becomes a stripper to support herself and her baby. For the next eleven days, a posse of 600 Texas Rangers pursues him across Texas, capturing the nation's attention.