THE IMPOSSIBLE * BIG NIGHT

My movie bender continues.  

The Impossible - This is a great film.  It's the true story about a family caught up in a natural disaster, and it's graphic and scary in a real life way.  The acting is great - there's a little boy in this movie whose performance is touching.  It's a movie with many breathtaking moments that will have you riveted to the screen.   

Big Night - A couple of weeks ago, the food section in the Chicago Tribune featured a recipe for a Timpano.  Apparently, in the movie Big Night, the brothers made a Timpano, and it's one of those unusual classic italian dishes.  It turns out that a Timpano is a giant crust filled with every other kind  of italian food, prepared in a big metal bowl, then baked for ages.  It's meant for special occasions and will feed an army.  In the movie it was quite beautiful.  I have a plan (that may or may not materialize) to make a vegetarian Timpano.  All I know for sure is that it will feature penne alfredo,  eggplant parmesian and hard boiled eggs.  It already sounds delicious.  
I remember enjoying the story of a quirky failing restaurant hoping to be revived by a visit from Louis Prima.  It takes place in the 1950s and it's much better than I'd remembered - a charming movie about brotherly love, italians, and food.