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Screenshot from the 2003 Korean movie "...ing"

Wine in Films

July 10, 2025

 by Gabor Por · Published July 10, 2025 · Last modified July 9, 2025

Drowning the sadness of parenting – “…ing” (2003) – Wine in Films #42

Even a mother of a seriously ill teen child can sometimes accept melancholy. Like Lee Mi-sook does in the 68th minute of the 2003 Korean movie “…ing” and grabs a glass of red wine,...

Screenshot from A Real Pain

Wine in Films

July 9, 2025

 by Gabor Por · Published July 9, 2025

Awkward dinner – “A Real Pain” (2024) – Wine in Films #41

The whole group of tourists, who are visiting Poland and reconnecting with their Holocaust heritage, are having an intimate dinner with ample red wine that turns awkward as the conversation and the antics are...

Screenshot from Hector and the Search for Happiness

Wine in Films

July 8, 2025

 by Gabor Por · Published July 8, 2025

Ingredient for seduction – “Hector and the Search for Happiness” (2014) – Wine in Films #40

A somewhat naive Hector, played by Simon Pegg doesn’t even realize that an escort, played by Ming Zhao is seducing him. Part of the process is being offered a bottle of red wine in...

Screenshot from The Sandmand: Season of Mists

Wine in Films

July 7, 2025

 by Gabor Por · Published July 7, 2025 · Last modified July 6, 2025

Château Lafite 1828 – “The Sandmand: Season of Mists S2.E1” (2025) – Wine in Films #39

What else could give the (personification of) Dreams as a gift than the most expensive bottle of red wine in the world? That is what happened in the first episode of the second season...

Screenshot from Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

Wine in Films

July 3, 2025

 by Gabor Por · Published July 3, 2025 · Last modified June 30, 2025

Fake feast, fake wine? – “Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets” (2021) – Wine in Films #38

Does the wine look fake to you in the screenshot from (the 14th minute of) Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets? The scene is sarcastically over the top, depicting a happy family that, in...

Screenshot of Gilda with Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford

Wine in Films

July 2, 2025

 by Gabor Por · Published July 2, 2025 · Last modified June 27, 2025

Glamour = champagne and a lady – “Gilda” (1946) – Wine in Films #37

Rita Hayworth is the most glamorous, so Glenn Ford is rightfully enchanted in the 26th minute of the 1946 film noir, titled Gilda, directed by Charles Vidor. Nobody is even paying attention to the...

Screenshot of Old Dads with Katie Aselton

Wine in Films

July 1, 2025

 by Gabor Por · Published July 1, 2025 · Last modified June 27, 2025

Chilling with chilled white wine – “Old Dads” (2023) – Wine in Films #36

Katie Aselton is quite incredulous that the three dads have no clue about modernity, but she is also amused by it. Thus, she watches the scene unfolding in the 96th minute of Old Dads...

Screenshot from The Phoenician Scheme

Pointers

June 30, 2025

 by Gabor Por · Published June 30, 2025

Why Wes Anderson Changed His Mind About God In ‘The Phoenician Scheme’

From Joseph Holmes‘ review in Religion Unplugged On the surface, the plot of “The Phoenician Scheme” is a severe whiplash from the 2023 film “Asteroid City.” One movie says there is no God or...

Screenshot from Something's Gotta Give

Wine in Films

June 30, 2025

 by Gabor Por · Published June 30, 2025 · Last modified June 27, 2025

Falling for the “wrong” gal – “Something’s Gotta Give” (2003) – Wine in Films #35

Jack Nicholson is not exactly sure what he is doing with Diane Keaton, but midnight scrambled eggs with red wine can surely ease both of their discomfort in the 66th minute of the 2003...

Danny Huston as Father Romero in Christopher Smith’s “Consecration.” (IFC MIDNIGHT)

Pointers

June 27, 2025

 by Gabor Por · Published June 27, 2025

The fear is making a film like “Consecration” (2023)

From the review/interview of Consecration, a 2023 religious horror film, in ScreenRant, written by Grant Hermanns With his [Danny Huston‘s, who plays Father Romero] genre and religious research also seeing him “delving a little...

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  • Drowning the sadness of parenting – “…ing” (2003) – Wine in Films #42
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  • Château Lafite 1828 – “The Sandmand: Season of Mists S2.E1” (2025) – Wine in Films #39
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  • Why Wes Anderson Changed His Mind About God In ‘The Phoenician Scheme’
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