Meatball And A Movie

Chicken and spaghetti. Incendies, 2011, directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, and Rémy Girard.  Jeffrey Brown interviews Denis Villeneuve  in 2011 on the Art Beat segment of PBS Newshour. There are no spoilers in this interview.

Stir fry chicken, pea pods and mushrooms served over rice (dinner with my sister at Yu's Mandarin). Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975, directed by Peter Weir, starring Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver.

Chicken Parmesan. Three Colours: Red, 1994, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, starring Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Lorit and Frédérique Feder. 

Chicken Parmesan. Stranger Than Paradise, 1984, directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring John Lurie, Richard Edson, and Eszter Balint.

Stuffed zucchini. The Shape of Water, 2017, directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. 

Chicken Parmesan. Green Book, 2018, directed by Peter Farrelly, starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali. 

Chicken Parmesan. Three Colours: Blue, 1993, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, starring, Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Hélène Vincent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry and Emmanuelle Riva. 

Chicken Parmesan. Learning to Drive, 2014, directed by Isabel Coixet, starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley. 

Chicken and spaghetti. And a cookie party. This is a traditional celebration each July. Eight Below, 2006 American, directed by Frank Marshall, starring Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Jason Biggs and lots of dogs.  

Ravioli. Paddington 2, 2017, directed by Paul King, starring Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw. 

Chicken Parmesan and spinach. Killer of Sheep, 1978, directed by Charles Burnett, starring Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy and Angela Burnett.  Killer of Sheep with a commentary track featuring director Charles Burnett and film scholar Richard Peña, recorded in 2007.

Pizza. Point Break, 1991, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey and Lori Petty. Released in July, 1991 this is without a doubt a summer movie. It entertained audiences and made lots of money. 

Lasagna served with spinach and sourdough baguette.  The Death of Stalin, 2017, directed by Armando Iannucci, starring Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Dermot Crowley, Paul Chahidi, Adrian McLoughlin, Paul Whitehouse, and Jeffrey Tambor. 

Lasagna. Strangers on a Train, 1951, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman and Robert Walker, also Patricia Hitchcock. 

Lasagna. Cookie party with cantucci and coffee. Muriel's Wedding, 1994, written and directed by P. J. Hogan, starring Toni Collette, Bill Hunter and Rachel Griffiths. 

Lasagna served with spinach. Downey Wrote That, 2025, a documentary about comedy writer Jim Downey, directed by Brent Hodge. 

Lasagna and steamed spinach dressed with salt, chile and olive oil. Gun Crazy, 1950, screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, directed by Joseph H. Lewis, starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall. 

Lasagna and steamed spinach dressed with salt, chile and olive oil. No Country for Old Men, 2007, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin. 

Lasagna and steamed spinach dressed with salt, chile and olive oil. 63 Up, 2019, directed by Michael Apted, an installment in the Up series. 

Lasagna and steamed spinach dressed with salt, chile and olive oil. Double feature: Inherit the Wind, 1960, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Harry Morgan, Donna Anderson, Claude Akins, Noah Beery Jr., Florence Eldridge, Jimmy Boyd and Gordon Polk. Naked Ambition, 2023, a documentary about Bunny Yeager, a model and photographer who played a role in shaping 20th-century pop culture, popularizing selfies, bikinis, Bettie Page and influencing Playboy magazine. Directed by Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch. 

Lasagna, steamed spinach with olive oil and salt, baguette. They Made Me a Fugitive, 1947, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, starring Sally Gray and Trevor Howard. 

Lasagna. Shall We Dance?, 1996, directed by Masayuki Suo, starring Kōji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eriko Watanabe and Akira Emoto. 

Lasagna. May December, 2023, directed by Todd Haynes, starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore and Charles Melton. 

Lasagna. Weapons, 2025, directed by Zach Cregger, starring an ensemble cast including Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan. 

Lasagna. Perfect Days, 2023, directed by Wim Wenders from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki, starring Kōji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Asō, Sayuri Ishikawa, Tomokazu Miura and Min Tanaka. 

Lasagna. Devo, 2024, a documentary film directed by Chris Smith. 

Lasagna The Velvet Underground, 2021, a documentary directed and produced by Todd Haynes. As someone who has, for several decades, enthusiastically enjoyed the music of the Velvet Underground and its members I found this documentary to be a joyful experience.

Lasagna. Father Mother Sister Brother, 2025, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring, Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Sarah Greene, Indya Moore, and Luka Sabbat. 

Lasagna. Hamnet, 2025, directed by Chloé Zhao, starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, and Noah Jupe. 

Lasagna. Marty Supreme, 2025, directed by Josh Safdie, starring Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher.