Sugar and Stars

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the k...

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Scott Hicks

Cast

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin

Vatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favour. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty conflict.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Roland Joffé

Cast

Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Ang Lee

Cast

Lung Sihung, Yang Kuei-mei

One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the st...

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Bob Giraldi

Cast

Danny Aiello, Polly Draper, Alex Corrado

An American woman seeking divorce from her wealthy, controlling husband falls for a romantic Parisian who saves her from his entrapment.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Frank Borzage

Cast

Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo