Event

Choice Cuts

A monthly dinner-and-movie series.

A succession of tasty courses, prepared by Winnie Yang, accompanied by celluloid magic, courtesy of some kickass moviemakers and curated by Matthew Yeager.

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Screening 08
5.30pm, Sunday, November 22
30 Saint Felix St., 4C (between Dekalb and Fulton)

Tilsammans (Together)
(Sweden/2000)
Directed by Lukas Moodysson

It's November 1975 in Stockholm. News of Franco's death and the strains of ABBA fill the airwaves. Despite ostensibly sharing views of family, food, politics, relationships, sex, music and hygiene, a group of radical young hippies struggle to get along in their communal house, earnestly named "Tilsammans". A monkey-wrench is thrown at their peace-lovin' ideals when one of their members opens their beaded doorways to his more mainstream sister and her children, who are escaping her abusive husband.

Preceded by:
A Chairy Tale
(Canada/1957)
Directed by Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra
With Claude Jutra, A Chair
Music by Ravi Shankar and Chatur Lal

This delightful short from experimental filmmaker Norman McLaren is a pas-de-deux between Claude Jutra and an unaccomodating chair, animated by Evelyn Lambart. The Chaplinesque physical comedy and Ravi Shankar's sitar imbue it with a spirit of (un)cooperation befitting the coming holiday gatherings, and really any activity that involves sitting.

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with guest chef Ganda Suthivarakom

Menu: Skal! A Swedish Thanksgiving

smor och sill (a herring sampler)
kottbullar (meatballs)
pressgurka (pickled cucumbers)
mashed potatoes
cranberry sauce
kladdkaka (chocolate cake)
Barbro's tarta (almond meringue custard cake)

BYO_.