These are two completely different films with entirely different messages but both are worth your time.
Farmageddon
Nov 04 – Nov 06 (Kristin Canty, 2010, USA, Bluray, 86 min) http://nwfilmforum.org/
Americans’ right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. This film tells the story of small, family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent action, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, Farmageddon highlights the urgency of food freedom, encouraging farmers and consumers alike to take action to preserve individuals’ rights to access food of their choice and farmers’ rights to produce these foods safely and free from unreasonably burdensome regulations.
The LA Times called it, “An eye-popping wake-up call revealing how the USDA and FDA have increasingly waged war on America’s small farmers even when they can prove they are contributing healthful products to our food supply.
The Bride Wore Black
Jeanne Moreau
Directed by Francois Truffaut
In François Truffaut’s 1968 “The Bride Wore Black,” which begins a New York run this week and will then play in many other cities. Truffaut is sometimes viewed as a relative lightweight among the company of big-name ’60s and ’70s European directors, and there’s no doubt his work is uneven. What begins as a French cinephile’s almost obsessive tribute to Alfred Hitchcock becomes progressively weirder and wittier. Jeanne Moreau as the ultimate femme fatale heroine in this knife-twisting tale of murderous revenge and unexpected romance, “The Bride Wore Black” is well worth rediscovering.
November 4, 2011
Film Forum
New York, NY
November 25 – December 1, 2011
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
December 9 – 14, 2011
Pacific Cinematheque
Vancouver, Canada
December 10, 2011
Pacific Film Archives
Berkeley, CA
January 1, 2012
Cinema Arts Centre
Huntington, NY
February 3, 2012
Webster University Film Series
St. Louis, MO
February 9, 2012
Union
Milwaukee, WI
February 17 – 19, 2012
Jacob Burns Film Center
Pleasantville, NY
March 16 & 18, 2012
Museum of Fine Arts
Houston, TX
Originally heard through the grapevine Starbucks was going to divide their shops into two; half coffee and half cold pressed juice bar, “grab it and go or consume it on the premises” but it was announced today that it had acquired Evolution Fresh, a West Coast supermarket brand for $30 million, and instead of the split which was considered, the Seattle-based coffee chain has decided to launch a “health & wellness” concept in 2012 to establish a new vision of the high-end juice business.
Culinary Tidbits . . . 
Tavern Tipples . . . Saveur’s Helen Rosner knows
Former President Bill Clinton has turned into a vegan. Due to health scares he has lost twenty pounds and considers himself a vegan. “I like the vegetables, the fruits, the beans, the stuff I eat now.” However, the ex-McDonald’s addict isn’t always such a saint, admitting, “At Thanksgiving, I had one bite of turkey.”
