"What will they do, eat the leftovers?" Danish filmmaker Gabriel Axel's rhetorical question was his piquant way of rejecting an offer dangled to him by a producer who wanted to fund a sequel of his ...

With its moments of low-key culinary joy, the Danish gem offers a vital recipe for unity in times of austere hardship At a time when basic grocery shopping is a military operation and many people’s ...

Payne's next project will reimagine the culinary wonders of the 1987 Danish Oscar winner, but set in small-town America. Payne’s version will transport the original’s 19th-century religious community ...

One of the most famous films about food (at least for those of a certain age), "Babette's Feast," is getting a remake. And it'll be set in Minnesota. An adaptation of a Karen Blixen story, Gabriel ...

THE MOVIE Babette's Feast (1987) is considered by many (including me) to be the ultimate tribute to food on film. Danish writer and director Gabriel Axel, who died in February, will be remembered for ...