Sausage Party
A Certain Point of View – An animated spoof showing us life from the viewpoint of the food we eat.
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Scooby Doo
Bravery, Hunger, and Monstrous Food – Scooby and Shaggy's monstrous appetites lead them to acts of bravery.
The Secret Life of Bees
Honey of the Heart: Food as Spiritual Nourishment - Black Mary honey embodies food's spiritual and healing powers for young Lily.
The Shawshank Redemption
The Dehumanization and Humanization of Prisoners through Food - Prison food represents oppression, and beer restores prisoners' humanity.
Shiawase No Pan
Cafe of Happiness – Throughout the seasons, Rie and Nao's Cafe Mani is a place where people eventually find their happiness.
The Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal the Cannibal: The Fine Flavor of People - Cannibalism can be an act of discriminating taste and connoisseurship.
Shrek
Food for Fairytales – For Shrek and Fiona, conversation and food helps to bridge the physical human-ogre divide and foster a new love.
Snowpiercer
A Taste of Revolution: Food’s Status and Power – Bong Joon-ho uses differences in food to depict dystopian socio-economic inequity.
Soylent Green
In a dystopian New York City, the corporation Soylent Green controls most of the food supply – which gives them immense power ...
Spirited Away
Insatiable Adults & Spirited Children – In Studio Ghibli's spirit world, insatiable appetites blind the characters to human connections.
Stalker
Food, Humanity, and the Supernatural – Imagery of food and drink and the Holy Trinity are used to question human nature ...
Stanley Ka Dabba
Food as a Barrier – Food serves as unifying connection between lower-class orphan Stanley and his friends at school.
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