xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AUG. <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2009</strong> /PAGE 12 xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx MARY’S TOP PICKS BY MARY BIGHAM WC DISH TOP 5 FOODIE MOVIES OF <strong>2009</strong> Movies you MUST see this year. Julie and Julia Warning: This movie will leave you wanting fresh baguette, creamy Brie, cream sauces, Boeuf Bourguignon, anything dripping with butter and lots of red wine. Who doesn’t adore the witty and totally lovable Julia Child The woman that never actually cooked until her 30’s decided that she’d follow her love for eating to create a revolution that would change the way America cooked. Follow her life story as it parallels present-day Julie Powell who ends her struggle to find herself with, you guessed it, food. Julie gives herself 265 days to make all 524 recipes from Julia xx xx Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” cookbook and along the way channels her foodie hero Julia to find success. xx xxMeryl Streep is Julia Child and Amy Adams is Julie Powell in writerdirector Nora Ephron’s adaptation xx xx of two bestselling memoirs: Powell’s Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex xxPrud’homme. xx Showing at theaters all over the county. xxFood Inc. xxPromises that you’ll never look at dinner the same way. If you xxthought Fast Food Nation (2006) xx blew your mind, this film is sure to blow the rest of what’s left of what you know about the food industry. In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert xx Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, how it’s controlled by corporations focused on profit instead of consumer health, worker’s safety and the environ- In a country riddled with xxment. xxwidespread obesity and a diabetes epidemic this movie could literally help save your life. xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths— about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. “Does for the supermarket what ‘Jaws’ did for the beach.” - John Anderson, Variety www.foodincmovie.com Showing at The Colonial Theater in Phoenxiville Fri, Aug 14 thru Thu, Aug 20 Movie Info Line:610-917-0223 Theatre Offices:610-917-1228 227 Bridge Street Phoenixville, PA <strong>19</strong>460 Fresh FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, a 2008 MacArthur’s “Genius Award” fellow; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan’s book, the Omnivore’s Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, who is creating a new market model for our family farmers. FRESH’s focus on these inspiring individuals and their initiatives around the US provides the audience with actionable solutions. FRESH is a call to action. The screening will be held at the London Grove Friends Meetinghouse outside Kennett Square. Local growers will be in attendance so that participants have a means to put into action ideas they may get from seeing Fresh. www.freshthemovie.com Showing: August 22, <strong>2009</strong> 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Address: 500 W. Street Road Kennett Square, PA <strong>19</strong>348 Directions Five miles west of Kennett Square at the intersection of Pa. Route 926 and Newark Road. From Route 1 (north or south) take the Toughkennamon Exit and turn left (from northbound route 1) or right (from southbound route 1). Proceed (north on Newark Road) approximately 2 miles to the intersection listed above and the Meetinghouse is on the left. Immediate left turn into the entrance (on route 926). <strong>Home</strong>grown- The 21st Century Farm HOMEGROWN follows the Dervaes family who run a small organic farm in the heart of urban Pasadena, California. While “living off the grid”, they harvest over 6,000 pounds of produce on less than a quarter of an acre, make their own bio diesel, power their computers with the help of solar panels, and maintain a website that gets 4,000 hits a day. The film is an intimate human portrait of what it’s like to live like “Little House on the Prairie” in the 21st Century. Directory Robert McFalls says that HOMEGROWN is ultimately a family story. It’s about what lead them to where they are today, what changed them and what keeps them together. Perhaps by learning of their journey to a sustainable life style, we might be inspired to take our own first steps. Screenings/Showing: Not available at this time. For more information go to www.homegrown-film.com or look at The Dervaes family Web site: www.pathtofreedom.com COMING SOON: The Greenhorns A Documentary Film About Young Farmers. The movie documents an emerging movement of young farmers with a series of borrowed cameras and generous cinematographers. Shot over the last two years you will follow these scrappy, resourceful, adaptive young Americans that have taken control of what they are consuming and are proud to share their story with their community. Showing after its release on November 9th.
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