Film to Table Dinners at Babette 2018
Ongoing
Delectable dinners following screenings of the films that inspired them.
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Films - Past
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Past Events
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Saturday, February 16, 7 PMFilm to Table: Monrovia, Indiana
Following our screening of Frederick Wiseman's look at small-town American in the age of Trump, join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion.
Four-course dinner with wine pairing
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Saturday, January 12, 7:40 PMFilm to Table: Bicycle Thief
Following our screening of Vittorio De Sica’s masterwork of Italian neorealism, join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion.
Four-course dinner with wine pairing
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Saturday, December 8, 7:40 PMFilm to Table: The Apartment
Following our screening of Billy Wilder's riotously acidic tale of sex and corporate success, join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion. Jack Lemmon, Fred MacMurray, and Shirley MacLaine star in this American classic, which won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Art Direction.
Four-course dinner with wine pairing
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Saturday, November 3, 7 PMCANCELLED: Film to Table: WR: Mysteries of the Organism
Join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion following this 1971 film, which brings a surreal combinatory style and radical sexual politics to a docu-fictional exploration of Wilhelm Reich and his implications for world revolution.
Four-course dinner with wine pairing
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Saturday, October 13, 6:30 PMFilm to Table: Buddha Collapsed out of Shame
Join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion following Hana Makhmalbaf’s “deeply affecting” (The Guardian) look at the dreams and traumas of postwar Afghanistan, set in Bamian, site of the Buddhist statues destroyed by the Taliban.
Four-course dinner with wine pairing
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Saturday, September 22, 7:30Film to Table: The Apple
Join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion following Samira Makhmalbaf's 1998 directorial debut, which J. Hoberman called “experimental docudrama, open-ended essay, [and] a remarkable movie.”
Four-course dinner with wine pairing
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Saturday, August 25, 7:45 PMFilm to Table: La notte
Join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion following this 1961 film by Antonioni, in which novelist Marcello Mastroianni and his wife Jeanne Moreau play out a drama of marital disillusionment.
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Sunday, July 1, 6:30 PMFilm to Table: Camille
Join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion following this 1936 classic featuring an exquisite performance by Greta Garbo.
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Saturday, June 2, 6:45 PMFilm to Table: Leaning into the Wind—Andy Goldsworthy
Join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion following this visually striking, thought-provoking recent documentary about the British installation artist Andy Goldsworthy.
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Saturday, April 14, 7:15 PMFilm to Table: I Am Not a Witch
Join fellow cinephiles for dinner and discussion following this strikingly beautiful first feature by Rungano Nyoni, who layers magic realism, satire, and social critique in the original and unforgettable story of a girl accused of witchcraft and exiled from her village.
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Saturday, March 31, 7 PMFilm to Table: Bergman's The Seventh Seal
A medieval knight challenges Death to a game of chess in Bergman’s iconic work of cinematic philosophy, which provides the backdrop for a Swedish-inspired dinner.
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Saturday, March 24, 7:10 PMFilm to Table: Que Viva Mexico!
See Mexico through Eisenstein’s eyes in this footage shot in 1931, intended for an epic hybrid of documentary and fiction. Then join in a lively discussion over dinner.
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Saturday, March 10, 6:45 PMFilm to Table: Hou Hsiao-Hsien's The Assassin
Enjoy a four-course chef's dinner following a screening of this film that Variety calls "a mesmerizing slow burn of a martial-arts movie."
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Saturday, February 24, 8 PMFilm to Table: Ingmar Bergman's Saraband
A blistering sequel to Scenes from a Marriage, Bergman’s final work proves that his grasp of human foibles only sharpened, not mellowed, with age.
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Saturday, February 17, 7:30 PMFilm to Table: Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata
Enjoy a four-course chef's dinner following a screening of Bergman's intense and penetrating chamber piece starring Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann.
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Saturday, February 10, 7 PMFilm to Table: Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky
Enjoy a four-course chef's dinner following a screening of Eisenstein's first sound film.
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