Snack Bar Films

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A place for film lovers and foodies.

  • The Graduate

    The Graduate

    The Graduate 1967 Lauren Kicinski Scroll for Snack Bar menu! Story When Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) comes home as a college grad, he’s stuck. He doesn’t know what he wants or what to do now, and the only thing people seem to care about is just that: what now? When he’s approached by Mrs. Robinson

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    A Real Pain 2024 Lauren Kicinski Scroll for Snack Bar menu! Story After their grandmother dies, cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite on a Jewish Heritage tour of Poland in her honour. While on the tour, they work through their relationship, their grief, and learn about their family’s history. My Thoughts 2024

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  • Cléo from 5 to 7

    Cléo from 5 to 7

    Cléo from 5 to 7 1962 Lauren Kicinski Scroll for Snack Bar menu! Story Chronicling the two hours singer Cléo (Corinne Marchand) has to wait for biopsy results, we are taken on a Day in the Life in 1960s Paris, France. From a colorful and ominous tarot card reading, to a run in with a

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  • The Truman Show

    The Truman Show

    The Truman Show 1998 Lauren Kicinski Scroll for Snack Bar menu! Story Everything in Truman Burbank’s (Jim Carrey) life is a lie. Or, more accurately, completely made up and fictionalized via a 24/7 TV show. Through hidden cameras and an ensemble of actors posing as friends and family, Truman’s life is on surveillance all the

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  • Groundhog Day

    Groundhog Day

    Groundhog Day 1993 Lauren Kicinski Scroll for Snack Bar menu! Story Self-centered, cynical TV weatherman Phil (Bill Murray) is given the assignment of attending Punxsutawney, PA’s annual Groundhog Day event. In attendance with a producer, Rita (Andie MacDowell), and cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott), Phil spends the day begrudgingly covering the holiday and wanting nothing to

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  • Rear Window

    Rear Window

    Rear Window 1954 Lauren Kicinski Scroll for Snack Bar menu! Story While recovering from an accident, news photographer LB Jefferies (James Stewart) becomes bored with being confined to his wheelchair and begins to look in on his neighbors across the courtyard. As he watches the different lives of those around him, such as the piano

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  • Singin’ in the Rain

    Singin’ in the Rain

    Singin’ in the Rain 1952 Lauren Kicinski Scroll for Snack Bar menu! Story When the transition to “talkies” takes over the film industry, it makes sense that the tabloid’s leading duo would make the change. Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) are already on thin ice as a “couple,” given that they

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  • Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard 1950 Lauren Kicinski Scroll for Snack Bar menu! Story Down on his luck screenwriter, Joe Gillis (William Holden) becomes the editor of ex-silent film star, Norma Desmond’s (Gloria Swanson) screenplay she hopes will get her back into stardom. While helping her, she becomes infatuated with him and barely lets him out of her

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Lauren Kicinski, author and creator behind Snack Bar Films, is all about pairing film reviews with fun food. Read full bio.

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