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My Big Fat Greek Wedding
A portrayal of food, craziness and love found within a Greek family, and Tula's journey towards embracing her heritage (and its food)
My Cousin Vinny
A Grit-ty Lawyer, by Dain Ruiz
My Fair Lady
Professor Higgins undertakes the transformation of commoner Eliza. Food symbolizes Eliza's elusive goal of higher social standing.
Next Floor
The Deadly Sin of High Class – Set around a lavish dinner table, this film makes a statement about overconsumption in first-world countries
No Reservations
Food for Relationships: Forming and Healing – Director Scott Hicks uses food, appetite, and spacing to depict a growing relationship between
Ocean's Eleven
Bank of Bad Habits: Food gently but persistently adds dimension to the enigmatic character Rusty to communicate his emotional state
Okja
Understanding the Morality of Animal Consumption - Mija tries to protect her beloved, genetically engineered pig from being butchered
Oldboy
Food, Vengeance and Cruel Irony – Fried dumplings represent Dae-su's imprisonment, and 'san-najiki' represents his ironic fate after release
Oldboy
Oldboy and Consuming Vengeance
by Hien Le
Onibaba
Food as a Catalyst – As an old woman and her daughter-in-law try to survive in war-torn Japan, food plays an important role.
Parasite
A Perversion of Hospitality – Bong Joon-ho’s Korean thriller is a commentary on interclass dynamics.
Parasite
The Sinister Role of Food in Parasite,
by Olivia Stoll
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