Foodie Films @ 2010 Chicago Int'l Film Festival - Oct. 7-21

While plotting out my schedule for this year's festival, I noticed two food-related films:

Bitter Feast
USA
Director: Joe Maggio

Peter Grey’s culinary career is quickly coming to an end. When ruthless food blogger J.T. Franks pans Grey’s restaurant, the furious chef devises the ultimate cooking lesson. Chained in the basement of Grey’s remote country home, Franks is taught, in exceedingly sadistic ways, just how hard it is to satisfy his own standards. Featuring a cameo performance by superstar chef Mario Batali, this deliciously fiendish film pits artist against critic, presenting its own very well done concoction of a culinary monster.

104 min.
Show Times:

* Oct 8, 11:00pm
* Oct 9, 10:30pm
* Oct 10, 9:30pm

Loose Cannons
Italy
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek

Tommaso, the co-heir to his family’s pasta business, returns home ready to drop a pair of bombshells on his conservative, homophobic father: that he is giving up his stake in the business to pursue a writing career in Rome, and that he is gay. Unfortunately, his brother and the capricious daughter of a rival businessman interfere with his plans to abdicate his role as the perfect son in this delicious comedy of family and food.

Italian with subtitles, 109 min.
Show Times:

* Oct 12, 2:30pm
* Oct 13, 6:00pm
* Oct 15, 3:30pm

All films screen at:
AMC River East 21
322 E Illinois St.
Chicago, IL 60610
http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/