This weekend I have a lot of work on my “to do” list and among that work is the goal to review three Criterion titles — Lord of the Flies, Seconds and Babette’s Feast — the last of that bunch I still have to watch and am actually planning on watching it tonight. Here’s the description from Criterion.com:
At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babette’s Feast is a deeply beloved treasure of cinema. Directed by Gabriel Axel and adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen, it is the lovingly layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark. Babette’s Feast combines earthiness and reverence in an indescribably moving depiction of sensual pleasure that goes to your head like fine champagne.
I already watched the last half of The Act of Killing earlier today and plan on writing about that for next week as well. In short, I am really planning on having a lot prepped for next week by the time Sunday night rolls around.
On top of all that, and I’ll mention this again in Sunday’s “What I Watched” piece, but I am working with the folks at Letterboxd.com to bring a new feature to the site, which will hopefully be live by the time I review The Butler and Kick-Ass 2 next week. Fingers crossed.
Now, what are you watching this weekend?
