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Chef Marcus Davis' Favorite Food Film
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opens its 5th annual Movies Houstonians Love season on September 21st with its first themed series: Meals on Reels.
Each year, Movies Houstonians Love presents the favorite films of a wide variety of notable Houstonians. This year, we are treated to the cinematic homage of several local chefs, who share with us films that represent what for them are some of the most meaningful aspects of their art.
The selections reflect a vast array of ways in which food becomes a fixture in our lives. Whether it's the cultural or sentimental history of a dish, the delicate balance between diner desire and culinary integrity, the physical/emotional/spiritual nourishment (or lack thereof) that food provides, how access (or lack thereof) to quality food affects the daily life of every American, or the human interactions made possible by gathering around a meal, we glimpse the individual chef's world as expressed through the eyes of the filmmaker.
Each film will be introduced by the chef him- or herself, who will also donate something special from the restaurant as a door prize.
- Sep 21st: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, selected and presented by Marcus Davis of the breakfast klub
- Oct 26th: Tortilla Soup, selected and presented by Irma Galvan of Irma's Southwest Grill
- Nov 30th: Big Night, selected and presented by Michael Kramer of Voice
- Jan 5th: Mostly Martha, selected and presented by Anita Jaisinghani of Indika
- Jan 25th: La Grande Bouffe, selected and presented by Scott Tycer of Textile and Gravitas (note: this title is for mature audiences)
- Feb 22nd: Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, selected and presented by Robert del Grande of RDG + Bar Annie and The Grove
- March 29th: Super Size Me, selected and presented by Armando Palacios of Armando's
- April 26th: Babette's Feast, selected and presented by Charles Clark of Ibiza
- May 10th: Food, Inc., selected and presented by Monica Pope of t'afia
Brown Auditorium Theater / Photo: MFAH
All screenings are open to the public, and will be held at 7pm on Monday nights at the Brown Auditorium Theater located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet.
Tickets may be purchased individually for $7 or as part of a discounted package for all nine films ($55 for museum members or $60 for the general public).
For more info: Visit the Meals on Reels page for details (including an introduction the chef and his or her restaurant), and to purchase tickets.
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