Lifestyles of the rich and the famous have always been popular targets for satirists, but in 2022 the wealthy and elite were favorite punching bags for filmmakers. As billionaires continue to overstep and draw the ire of the rest of the 99 percent of the world’s population, our films reflected the rising “eat the rich” sentiment, and perhaps none more so than Mark Mylod’s satirical thriller The Menu.
Having directed many episodes of HBO’s Succession, Mylod is no stranger to the grotesqueries of the aristocracy, and his film presents pompous, vacuous, uncaring members of high society attending an upscale, private dining experience from renowned chef Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes). The hoity toity guests believe they’re in for a night of taste bud-altering conceptual cuisine, but Julian and his staff have something far more wicked up their sleeves. The great ensemble cast features performances by Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult,...
Having directed many episodes of HBO’s Succession, Mylod is no stranger to the grotesqueries of the aristocracy, and his film presents pompous, vacuous, uncaring members of high society attending an upscale, private dining experience from renowned chef Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes). The hoity toity guests believe they’re in for a night of taste bud-altering conceptual cuisine, but Julian and his staff have something far more wicked up their sleeves. The great ensemble cast features performances by Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult,...
- 1/5/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Conjuror of the bizarre Strickland outdoes himself with this tale of a sonic performance collective who stick microphones into food – and other places
British writer-director Peter Strickland, the distinctive film-maker behind such deliciously indefinable mysteries as Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy, says he hopes his latest cinematic chef-d’oeuvre “treats stomach problems responsibly while still pushing the boundaries of taste”. It’s a typically straight-faced statement from a wry artist whose habitually ritualised, fetishistic films have consistently straddled the boundary between the satirical and the serious, the playful and the profound. If Strickland’s last feature, In Fabric (2019), was an episode of Are You Being Served? as reimagined by David Lynch, then this “gastrointestinal drama” feels like an episode of The Galloping Gourmet being watched by a drunken doctor while performing a colonoscopy. It’s a bizarre exercise in culinary theatre, in which trapped wind becomes a...
British writer-director Peter Strickland, the distinctive film-maker behind such deliciously indefinable mysteries as Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy, says he hopes his latest cinematic chef-d’oeuvre “treats stomach problems responsibly while still pushing the boundaries of taste”. It’s a typically straight-faced statement from a wry artist whose habitually ritualised, fetishistic films have consistently straddled the boundary between the satirical and the serious, the playful and the profound. If Strickland’s last feature, In Fabric (2019), was an episode of Are You Being Served? as reimagined by David Lynch, then this “gastrointestinal drama” feels like an episode of The Galloping Gourmet being watched by a drunken doctor while performing a colonoscopy. It’s a bizarre exercise in culinary theatre, in which trapped wind becomes a...
- 10/2/2022
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
If the new release slate is any indication, this Halloween season will be massive for horror. That doesn’t even begin to cover the library title additions to the plethora of streaming services available.
September brings home brand new releases, underseen classics, wacky cult gems, and more to add to your Halloween viewing watchlists.
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in September 2022 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
The Ring Two (Extended Version) – September 1 (HBO Max)
The Naomi Watts-starring remake of Goodnight Mommy is headed to Prime Video on September 16. Ahead of its debut, catch up with Watts in the sequel to the 2002 remake, The Ring. The Ring Two picks up months after the first film’s events, with Samara again targeting Rachel’s son. HBO Max offers the extended cut of this sequel.
We’re All Going to The World’s Fair...
September brings home brand new releases, underseen classics, wacky cult gems, and more to add to your Halloween viewing watchlists.
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in September 2022 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
The Ring Two (Extended Version) – September 1 (HBO Max)
The Naomi Watts-starring remake of Goodnight Mommy is headed to Prime Video on September 16. Ahead of its debut, catch up with Watts in the sequel to the 2002 remake, The Ring. The Ring Two picks up months after the first film’s events, with Samara again targeting Rachel’s son. HBO Max offers the extended cut of this sequel.
We’re All Going to The World’s Fair...
- 8/31/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Peter Strickland serves up another gonzo confection with his stomach-churning haute cuisine satire “Flux Gourmet.” The film, which centers on members of a “sonic collective” of musicians who make performance art and music using foods and the sounds they make, also marks something of a homecoming for the British director in two ways. The film not only pulls from Strickland’s autobiography, as the filmmaker and his friends launched their own Sonic Catering Band in the mid-’90s, but “Flux Gourmet” is also an immersive auditory experience a la his 2012 giallo pastiche “Berberian Sound Studio.” Working with sound designer Tim Harrison and electronic recordings from his own band, Strickland has made a film that deserves a big-screen canvas thanks to its lush colors, but also plays just as well on headphones.
Strickland this time trades in giallo for gastronomy in following a collective of gourmands and the internal power struggles that unfold within their midst.
Strickland this time trades in giallo for gastronomy in following a collective of gourmands and the internal power struggles that unfold within their midst.
- 6/24/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
At The Sonic Catering Institute, art collectives working with food and sound are given three-week residencies that, in the words of its monied, micromanaging patron Jan Stevens (Gwendoline Christie), involve “the artistic pursuit of alimentary and culinary salvation to be done as public performance.”
This is the pleasurably esoteric, densely atmospheric world of Peter Strickland’s latest venture into psychological-distress-as-ice-cold-comedy, “Flux Gourmet,” and it is by turns scatological, hilarious, art-referential and, ultimately, moving.
For the cleverly-named group leader Elle di Elle (Fatma Mohamed) and her collaborators Billy Rubin (Asa Butterfield) and Lamina Propria (Ariane Labed), all of whom rise, walk and smoke in sync — at first, anyway, before the friction and infighting begins — the prospect of freedom to create their specialized brand of performance is a dream come true. Together they pantomime the process of grocery shopping, attach microphones, effects-generating equipment and amps to their prep stations, then chop and...
This is the pleasurably esoteric, densely atmospheric world of Peter Strickland’s latest venture into psychological-distress-as-ice-cold-comedy, “Flux Gourmet,” and it is by turns scatological, hilarious, art-referential and, ultimately, moving.
For the cleverly-named group leader Elle di Elle (Fatma Mohamed) and her collaborators Billy Rubin (Asa Butterfield) and Lamina Propria (Ariane Labed), all of whom rise, walk and smoke in sync — at first, anyway, before the friction and infighting begins — the prospect of freedom to create their specialized brand of performance is a dream come true. Together they pantomime the process of grocery shopping, attach microphones, effects-generating equipment and amps to their prep stations, then chop and...
- 6/23/2022
- by Dave White
- The Wrap
Peter Strickland on Flux Gourmet, Bowel Issues, Social Anxiety, Taboo Breaking, and Sonic Atmosphere
Peter Strickland wants to break taboos. The man behind films about giallo sound technicians (Berberian Sound Studio), Bdsm-practicing lepidopterists (The Duke of Burgundy), and haunted department store dresses (In Fabric) has returned with Flux Gourmet, in which a sonic collective take up residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance.
As the institute’s head Jan Stevens (Gwendoline Christie) enacts power manipulations to generate her desired result from the group, its performing trio have their own creative clashes. All the while on the sidelines is Stones (Makis Papadimitriou), the institutes ‘dossierge’ (press man), witnessing this strife while dealing with a plight himself—increasingly pervasive stomach issues of which he’s too embarrassed to speak. When the collective’s leader Elle (Mohamed) hears of Stones’ trips to the gastroenterologist, she begins to exploit his plight for their performances, leaving him crestfallen and further isolated from the world around him.
As the institute’s head Jan Stevens (Gwendoline Christie) enacts power manipulations to generate her desired result from the group, its performing trio have their own creative clashes. All the while on the sidelines is Stones (Makis Papadimitriou), the institutes ‘dossierge’ (press man), witnessing this strife while dealing with a plight himself—increasingly pervasive stomach issues of which he’s too embarrassed to speak. When the collective’s leader Elle (Mohamed) hears of Stones’ trips to the gastroenterologist, she begins to exploit his plight for their performances, leaving him crestfallen and further isolated from the world around him.
- 6/23/2022
- by Mitchell Beaupre
- The Film Stage
Travel past the edge of the woods, located on the periphery of some unnamed European country, and you’ll find a large house. Inside, an institute dedicated to sponsoring artists who deal in “culinary and alimentary performance” has set up shop. Its mission: giving a safe space to those who push the boundaries of good taste, literal and otherwise. The informal organization’s head, Jan Stevens (Game of Thrones‘ Gwendoline Christie), is currently offering a residency to a trio led by Elle di Elle (Fatma Mohamed), a woman dedicated to...
- 6/21/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Carving out quite a niche in stylistic psychological horror thrills with Berberian Sound Studio, The Duke of Burgundy, and In Fabric, Peter Strickland returned earlier this year with Flux Gourmet, a culinary-focused oddity that premiered to a great response at Berlinale. Now set for a June release via IFC, the new U.S. trailer has arrived for the film starring Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou, Richard Bremmer, and Leo Bill.
Here’s the synopsis: “A sonic collective who can’t decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle, Billy Rubin and Lamina Propria are caught up in their own power struggles, only their dysfunctional dynamic is furthermore exacerbated when they have to answer to the institute’s head, Jan Stevens. With the various rivalries unfolding, Stones, the Institute’s ‘dossierge’ has...
Here’s the synopsis: “A sonic collective who can’t decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle, Billy Rubin and Lamina Propria are caught up in their own power struggles, only their dysfunctional dynamic is furthermore exacerbated when they have to answer to the institute’s head, Jan Stevens. With the various rivalries unfolding, Stones, the Institute’s ‘dossierge’ has...
- 4/25/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
From In Fabric and Berberian Sound Studio director / writer Peter Strickland, Flux Gourmet is headed to theaters and digital / VOD on June 24th and we have a look at the first trailer!
"A sonic collective who can’t decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle, Billy Rubin and Lamina Propria are caught up in their own power struggles, only their dysfunctional dynamic is furthermore exacerbated when they have to answer to the institute’s head, Jan Stevens. With the various rivalries unfolding, Stones, the Institute’s ‘dossierge’ has to privately endure increasingly fraught stomach problems whilst documenting the collective’s activities.
Upon hearing of Stones's visits to the gastroenterologist, Dr Glock, Elle coerces him into her performances in a desperate bid for authenticity. The reluctant Stones puts up with the collective’s plans to use...
"A sonic collective who can’t decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle, Billy Rubin and Lamina Propria are caught up in their own power struggles, only their dysfunctional dynamic is furthermore exacerbated when they have to answer to the institute’s head, Jan Stevens. With the various rivalries unfolding, Stones, the Institute’s ‘dossierge’ has to privately endure increasingly fraught stomach problems whilst documenting the collective’s activities.
Upon hearing of Stones's visits to the gastroenterologist, Dr Glock, Elle coerces him into her performances in a desperate bid for authenticity. The reluctant Stones puts up with the collective’s plans to use...
- 4/25/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Every so often, a movie comes along that sends culinarily inclined audiences into rapture — “Babette’s Feast,” “Big Night” or “Like Water for Chocolate” spring to mind — getting eyes glistening and mouths watering in anticipation of a meal that only the characters will ever taste. “Flux Gourmet” is not that foodie movie. In fact, “Flux Gourmet” may well send audiences running for the loo, or else reaching for the barf bag, coming about as close to triggering the gag reflux as a film can without actually jamming a finger down your throat.
It’s doubtful that was quite the intention of writer-director Peter Strickland, the content-with-cult-status auteur behind “Berberian Sound Studio” and “In Fabric.” And yet, somewhere around the scene where alimentary performance artist Elle di Elle (Fatma Mohamad) unscrews a stool sample cup and smears the dark chocolaty goo all over her face, audiences will be making like the sickly green Nauseated Face emoji,...
It’s doubtful that was quite the intention of writer-director Peter Strickland, the content-with-cult-status auteur behind “Berberian Sound Studio” and “In Fabric.” And yet, somewhere around the scene where alimentary performance artist Elle di Elle (Fatma Mohamad) unscrews a stool sample cup and smears the dark chocolaty goo all over her face, audiences will be making like the sickly green Nauseated Face emoji,...
- 2/12/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The adage “write what you know” works well for writer-director Peter Strickland with his Berlin Film Festival Encounters feature Flux Gourmet. The former member of The Sonic Catering Band makes rich work of a fictional culinary performance collective, while also tackling taboos in the depiction of stomach problems on screen.
The latter may sound comical, and often is, but there’s also a serious note to Strickland’s flatulent hero, Stones (Makis Papadimitriou), who recounts his suffering in a solemn voiceover as he describes working as a ‘dossierge.’ His job is to interview and document the artist collective in residence at an institute run by an indomitable Jan Stevens (Gwendoline Christie). But Stones finds himself increasingly drawn into their world and their politics, while silently suffering from bowel issues that keep him awake at night.
Desperate to avoid embarrassment, Stones details the measures he takes for his condition to remain undetected,...
The latter may sound comical, and often is, but there’s also a serious note to Strickland’s flatulent hero, Stones (Makis Papadimitriou), who recounts his suffering in a solemn voiceover as he describes working as a ‘dossierge.’ His job is to interview and document the artist collective in residence at an institute run by an indomitable Jan Stevens (Gwendoline Christie). But Stones finds himself increasingly drawn into their world and their politics, while silently suffering from bowel issues that keep him awake at night.
Desperate to avoid embarrassment, Stones details the measures he takes for his condition to remain undetected,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
A student of vintage Euro-horror whose dreamy tales of killer dresses and kinky lepidopterists are sometimes filed away as the stuff of simple giallo fetishism (even by his fans), British filmmaker Peter Strickland may not be shy about his influences, but the echoes that reverberate throughout his work only tend to clarify the mesmeric power of his own voice. No matter how indebted to Dario Argento or Jess Franco his movies might be — no matter how removed from time these fables always are — the likes of “Berberian Sound Studio” and “In Fabric” are embossed with such palpable sensuality that they soon come to feel as singularly now and present as the touch of a velvet glove on your skin. Sense is substance in Strickland’s films (we’re talking about a guy whose movies are so pungent that “The Duke of Burgundy” even includes a “perfumes by” credit in its...
- 2/11/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Say what you will about British horror director Peter Strickland, but his films are anything but dull. He broke out with 2005’s “Berberian Sound Studio,” a twisted tribute to 1970s Italian horror that established him as one of the genre’s most unique voices. Recent films “The Duke of Burgundy” and “In Fabric” continued to show off his distinctive visual style and unapologetic embrace of weirdness. His fans have nothing to worry about with latest film “Flux Gourmet,” which debuts at the Berlin Film Festival this week and appears to be firmly within his wheelhouse.
As “Berberian Sound Studio” focused on people who make horror movies, “Flux Gourmet” follows a collective of gourmands and the internal power struggles that unfold within the organization. Asa Butterfield and Gwendoline Christie lead the cast, which also features Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou, Leo Bill, and Richard Bremmer.
The official synopsis for “Flux Gourmet...
As “Berberian Sound Studio” focused on people who make horror movies, “Flux Gourmet” follows a collective of gourmands and the internal power struggles that unfold within the organization. Asa Butterfield and Gwendoline Christie lead the cast, which also features Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou, Leo Bill, and Richard Bremmer.
The official synopsis for “Flux Gourmet...
- 2/8/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
A sonic collective who can’t decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle, Billy Rubin and Lamina Propria are caught up in their own power struggles, only their dysfunctional dynamic is furthermore exacerbated when they have to answer to the institute’s head, Jan Stevens. With the various rivalries unfolding, Stones, the Institute’s ‘dossierge’ has to privately endure increasingly fraught stomach problems whilst documenting the collective’s activities. Upon hearing of Stones's visits to the gastroenterologist, Dr Glock, Elle coerces him into her performances in a desperate bid for authenticity. The reluctant Stones puts up with the collective’s plans to use his condition for their art whilst Jan Stevens goes to war...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
- 2/7/2022
- Screen Anarchy
pdir="ltr">Yearsafterhishypnotichaunteddresstale"ahref="https://www.slashfilm.com/56985/in-fabric-review/">InFabric/a>,"PeterStricklandhasreturnedwithanotherstrikingconcept:whatkindofhorrorsawaitata"culinarycollective"forperformanceart?SensoryoverloadisaStricklandtrademark,andgiventheauteuroftenworkstexturesandcloseupvisualfascinationintohisfilms,puttingfoodatthecenterofthestoryisaneerilyperfectfit."FluxGourmet"issetataninstitutedevotedtoculinaryandalimentaryperformancesandstarsAsaButterfield(of"ahref="https://www.slashfilm.com/75641/the-daily-stream-sex-education-is-a-sexy-teen-romp-with-a-heart-of-gold/">SexEducation/a>"fame),ArianeLabed("TheSouvenirPartII")andGwendolineChristie("GameofThrones")asmembersofthecollectiveembroiledin"powerstruggles,artisticvendettasandgastrointestinaldisorders."/p>pdir="ltr">ThefilmissettopremiereinBerlinFilmFestival's222EncountersprogramonFebruary11,beforearrivingintheatersinSummer222.ThismarksStrickland'sfifthfeature,reunitingthedirectorwithIFCFilms,whopreviouslycollaboratedonhisEnglish-languagedebut"BerberianSoundSystem"andhisfollow-upfeature"TheDukeofBurgundy."Strickland'sfirstEnglishfeaturehadasimilarfascinationwithartandfoodstuff,followingaFoleysoundengineersmashingwatermelonsandstabbingcabbagestocreatesoundeffects.Thistimearound,stabbingvegetablesseemslikeagiven—andjustthebeginningoftheoddness"FluxGourmet"willembrace.Inastatementlastyear(viaahref="https://variety.com/221/film/news/peter-strickland-flux-gourmet-asa-butterfield-gwendoline-christie-123514679/">Variety/a>),Stricklandexplainedhisinspirationforthefilm,saying/p>blockquote>"'FluxGourmet'cameaboutthroughapersonalfrustrationwithhowalimentarydisordersorfoodallergieshavebeencomicallyportrayedinsomefilms,andwithoutwantingtoembarkonafinger-waggingmission,Iwantedtowritesomethingdevotedtothedisruptionsofthestomachwhilstattemptingtomaintainadegreeofdignitytodeeplyprivateandembarrassingsymptoms."/blockquote>pdir="ltr">Youcancheckoutthefirstteasertrailerfor"FluxGourmet"below./p>
A collective dedicated to making food-oriented art sounds oddly specific, but the concept works like magic in Strickland's hands. Based on the trailer, the film mixes visual exploration with intriguing power dynamics. The story begins with the arrival of newcomer Stones (Makis Papadimitriou) whose gastrointestinal unrest catches the attention of the company stars, Billy Rubin (Butterfield), Elle di Elle (Strickland regular Fatma Mohamed), and Lamina Propia (Labed). Seizing on Stones as...
A collective dedicated to making food-oriented art sounds oddly specific, but the concept works like magic in Strickland's hands. Based on the trailer, the film mixes visual exploration with intriguing power dynamics. The story begins with the arrival of newcomer Stones (Makis Papadimitriou) whose gastrointestinal unrest catches the attention of the company stars, Billy Rubin (Butterfield), Elle di Elle (Strickland regular Fatma Mohamed), and Lamina Propia (Labed). Seizing on Stones as...
- 2/7/2022
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
It took more than one read of the official synopsis for Flux Gourmet to connect its many parts, and so it goes that a first trailer for Peter Strickland’s latest—some three-and-a-half years since In Fabric—shows a lot and gives little. Safe to say, whatever the case, that it all seems like the auteur in excess: off-center concept with mechanical fetishization to match and a lingering threat of violence.
Ahead of its Berlin premiere and a confirmed summer release from IFC, we have a first trailer that should whet the appetite while instilling shock that Asa Butterfield, at some point, became an adult. Look for our review out of Berlin this month—not a lot promises to jolt us in the same way.
A sonic collective who can’t decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle,...
Ahead of its Berlin premiere and a confirmed summer release from IFC, we have a first trailer that should whet the appetite while instilling shock that Asa Butterfield, at some point, became an adult. Look for our review out of Berlin this month—not a lot promises to jolt us in the same way.
A sonic collective who can’t decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle,...
- 2/7/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Paralympics
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has revealed a disabled presenting team for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, who will present on the ground in China. Award-winning presenter Ade Adepitan will front the daily highlights show, with former rugby player Ed Jackson and Paralympic champion triathlete Lauren Steadman presenting the “Breakfast Show.” Recently retired Paralympic swimmer Ellie Robinson will be joined by British racing car driver Billy Monger as on-screen reporters and former sit-kier Sean Rose as pundit. Tokyo 2020 presenter Arthur Williams will lead overnight sports coverage.
Over 80 hours of the games will be on Channel 4 live from Beijing and will also stream on the broadcaster’s streaming on YouTube platform.
Channel 4’s director of programs Ian Katz said: “Channel 4 is incredibly proud to announce a stellar presenting team and — in a first for any broadcaster around the world — an entire presenting team who are disabled. This is testament to...
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has revealed a disabled presenting team for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, who will present on the ground in China. Award-winning presenter Ade Adepitan will front the daily highlights show, with former rugby player Ed Jackson and Paralympic champion triathlete Lauren Steadman presenting the “Breakfast Show.” Recently retired Paralympic swimmer Ellie Robinson will be joined by British racing car driver Billy Monger as on-screen reporters and former sit-kier Sean Rose as pundit. Tokyo 2020 presenter Arthur Williams will lead overnight sports coverage.
Over 80 hours of the games will be on Channel 4 live from Beijing and will also stream on the broadcaster’s streaming on YouTube platform.
Channel 4’s director of programs Ian Katz said: “Channel 4 is incredibly proud to announce a stellar presenting team and — in a first for any broadcaster around the world — an entire presenting team who are disabled. This is testament to...
- 2/7/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.