Nella parabola della streghetta dagli umili abiti rivive il consueto viaggio iniziatico di Miyazaki, spesso condotto tra i cieli (in precedenza ne Il castello nel cielo, mentre Porco rosso innalzerà ai massimi livelli il feeling eroico con l'aria) e spesso con una ragazzina come protagonista. Kiki raggiunge la fatidica età di passaggio, quella dei quattordici anni, per abbandonare la dimora natia e scoprire la vecchia Europa, ancora una volta coacervo ideale di stilemi miyazakiani. Modellata su Stoccolma e Lisbona, la città in cui Kiki approda a cavallo della sua scopa volante è il luogo dello smarrimento e dell'emancipazione, in cui l'eroina è da un lato costretta ben presto a una necessaria e dura introspezione, ma può anche sentirsi accettata nonostante la sua diversità; il luogo in cui, attraverso il duro lavoro, conquistare la propria matura autonomia.
Paterson guida gli autobus nella città del New Jersey che porta il suo stesso nome. Ogni giorno rispetta una sorta di routine oramai collaudata: attraversa il solito percorso, osserva la città alla deriva dal suo parabrezza, ascolta frammenti delle conversazioni della gente intorno a lui, scrive poesie, va a fare passeggiate con il suo cane, si ferma in un bar e beve una birra. Poi va a casa dalla moglie Laura, il cui mondo è invece in continuo cambiamento, fatto di sogni e progetti diversi e ispirati. I due si amano: mentre Paterson sostiene le ambizioni di lei, Laura apprezza in segreto il suo talento per la poesia. Nel corso di una settimana, si osservano i loro trionfi e le loro sconfitte, così come quelle dell'intera cittadina di Paterson.
Fidanzata con il suo capo, Kylie spera di ricevere la proposta di matrimonio. Ma nel corso di una serata speciale non mancheranno le sorprese.
When food stylist Holly returns home for Christmas, she learns that the elderly owner of her favorite childhood bakery is retiring and has started a contest to give the bakery away to whoever can recreate her famous 12 Days of Christmas recipes. When a local baker also enters the contest, the two adversaries end up cooking up something special together for the holidays.
A samurai from the Edo Period time travels to present day Japan where he meets a divorcee and her son. Soon, he discovers a passion for making pastries.
Set in a small farming community in mid Wales, a place where Koppel's parents - both refugees - found a home. This is a landscape and population that is changing rapidly as small scale agriculture is disappearing and the generation who inhabited a pre-mechanised world is dying out. Much influenced by his conversations with the writer Peter Handke, the film maker leads us on a poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire.
The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef - it is a dream and an obsession. The 3-day competition includes everything from delicate chocolates to precarious six foot sugar sculptures and requires that the chefs have extraordinary skill, nerves of steel and luck. The film follows Jacquy Pfeiffer, founder of The French Pastry School in Chicago, as he returns to France to compete against 15 of France's leading pastry chefs. The filmmakers were given first time/exclusive access to this high-stakes drama of passion, sacrifice, disappointment and joy in the quest to have President Sarkozy declare them one of the best in France.
A mother surprises her son with a birthday treat – an ultra-dark and bittersweet chocolate cake. Its mysterious taste makes strange things happen.
In 1980s Bacolod City, a young man aspires to continue the family legacy by winning an inter-city pastry competition with the help of his feuding grandfather and grandmother.
Three children visit their friend Bethie's clubhouse where they are encouraged to be as silly as possible as long as they learn and do well in school. Everything is silly at Bethie's clubhouse, the door tells knock-knock jokes, the books jockey to be read first, and the TV reminds Bethie when her favorite show "Ivana the Iguanna's Beauty Tips" is on. Add to that an assortment of silly visitors like Kitty Kat Man, Captain Schnorer the Worldwide Explorer and various talking animals who all break into wonderful musical numbers while educating the kids.
In the winter of 2012, Certified Master Chef Rich Rosendale and Corey Siegel earned the opportunity to represent the United States in the prestigious cooking competition known as the Bocuse d'Or. Held every two years in Lyon, France, the Bocuse d'Or represents the pinnacle of competition cooking. With the United States determined to make the podium for the first time ever, Rich and Corey embark on an intense one-year training regimen that includes the construction of a secret test kitchen inside of a decommissioned cold war bunker. Together with some of America's greatest chefs, they will vie for culinary glory at the Bocuse d'Or in Lyon, France.
A tight-knit college friend group gathers for a dual 21st birthday celebration, only to have their intricately-woven dynamics unraveled by a surprising revelation during a drinking game
Grace has baked her dearest friend a birthday cake. However, when Grace's gesture is not appreciated, her generosity takes an obsessive turn.
A newly-baked bun in a bakery tries to avoid getting eaten.
Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.
Brie Hayes is an aspiring baker who wishes to win her school's Spring Bake Off Challenge. Troubles ensue when Brie's confidence reaches an ultimate low and her "arch nemesis", Vanessa, does everything she can to slim Brie's chances of winning. Brie's family and her best friend Millie must help her gain perspective and practice to win. Stakes are high as these pre-teens compete for the grand prize of $5,000 and for four Cosmo Land tickets. This is the ultimate baking movie for children and adults who love watching cooking and baking shows.
Bakery employee Ichii Fumi holds a peculiar outlook on marriage: "I doubt anyone would love me forever, and I'm doubtful I can love someone forever." One day, Fumi meets the focus of her very first crush, Yuasa Tamotsu. Over time, the distance between Fumi, who broke up with her boyfriend for being unable to reach a decision about marriage, and Tamotsu, who still pines for the wife he divorced, begins to grow closer.
A best friend duo find themselves entangled in a drug-ridden scheme to raise money for their school prom.
More and more people are suffering from wheat and gluten intolerance. Wheat protein was long considered to be the cause of this scourge, and today gluten free products are on all the supermarket shelves. However, there is now increasing suspicion that it is not wheat but how it is processed that makes bread a potentially unhealthy food. Industrial processes simply do not give bread enough time to mature. More and more bakeries are reacting to this by introducing former production methods and ingredients such as champagne rye, emmer or in vogue chia seeds. Bread is baked according to old recipes, sometimes using home grown and home milled grains.