Dominic Sessa Didn't Know How to Cook Before Playing Anthony Bourdain
Dominic Sessa plays Bourdain before fame, and the film follows the 19-year-old trainee chef into the kitchen culture that shaped his career.
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Tony gives Anthony Bourdain something worth writing about
We are often asked as adolescents what we want to be when we “grow up” — doctor, lawyer, engineer, the usual respectable pursuits to pluck from. Embedded in the question is an assumption that maturity and wisdom simply arrive as natural side effects of aging into our careers. As filmmaker Matt Johnson’s Tony, a fictionalized biopic about Anthony Bourdain’s formative years, reminds us, growing older offers no such guarantee. The film introduces u…
‘Kitchen Confidential’ Returns to Bestseller Lists Following Anthony Bourdain Biopic
More than 25 years after Anthony Bourdain first pulled back the curtain on restaurant kitchens, readers are going back for seconds. Bourdain’s seminal 2000 memoir, “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly,” has returned to bestseller charts following the theatrical release of “Tony,” A24’s new biographical drama about his formative years. The book is also […]
Anthony Bourdain was also a master storyteller. The film follows a young Tony before he became a star.
Friends of the legendary cook tell anecdotes of how the myth of this New Yorker was forged, whose life jumps to the big screen this month
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