![]() Her dungarees, a gift from Jack, are a mere extension of her assumptive personality. She wears the social rank like an invisible armour. The scenes are visually appealing because of the rich grainy texture and hues of red that highlight events of the narrative and for a film that goes back and forth multiple times in its narration, editing with any less finesse would have simply sabotaged the project.Īlina Allison who plays Thea is classic. However, it’s the cinematographer (Billy Kendall), and Wheeler, who also happens to be the editor of the film that make The Wine Thief remarkable. It fits so effortlessly with the narrative in resurrecting the yesteryears that one doesn’t feel its presence until the scenes are filled with silences. If Thea remains unaware of it like most of us in the audience, then in one telling scene, which also becomes the setting for the undoing of Jack and his companions, it’s made crystal clear.įred and Leo Lawton’s music is almost not taken note of. But it’s there, smartly inserted in the dialogues and setting. It’s interesting to note here how writer-director Wheeler thought of incorporating such subtexts without making it seem like the most striking context. And it’s through this back and forth retelling that we are introduced to every other character in the film.īarnaby Chambers is Jack, a smooth-talker, whose gift of the gab can seem jarring to some, and outright unacceptable to others, depending on which side of the British ranking class you are looking at. ![]() As Thea and the detective go back and forth, covering the heist, Thea recalls each moment spent with Jack. Be it the costumes, props, the hairstyles, everything is a textbook reproduction of the 2000s. Right from its opening frame, what Wheeler gets right are the visual depictions of the film’s setting. Jack charms Thea their meet-cute and quick romance is recounted as Thea remembers it for the interrogating detective (Jack Waldouck) at the High Wycombe police station. A 19:56-minute short that runs along the lines of several films from its genre, but apart in terms of its setting and visual theme. But, underneath it, it’s a social drama that explores the British class divide that is entrenched in the fabric of the society. And, a revisit to the nostalgic times of the early 2000s. A love story set against the backdrop of the idyllic English countryside. A heist film, set in Bridgnorth, Shropshire dealing with a charming thief and his escapades. Elliott and Kelly Townsend.Thomas Wheeler’s The Wine Thief is many things at once. They’ll offer an a la carte menu, with the potential for future chef’s tastings and special wine dinners. Created by veteran chefs and North Park residents Kelly and Elliott Townsend, who cooked at Juniper & Ivy and Cowboy Star, respectively, it features their take on California cuisine and revolves around ingredients sourced from Chino Farm and other area farms, so expect dishes to change regularly based on seasonality. Meanwhile, after finishing up its 20-month tenure at Vino Carta in North County later this summer, Long Story Short will make its permanent home at Little Thief beginning on August 2. Mesa Agricola will continue to appear at Vino Carta on Mondays and Tuesdays during its stint in North Park but starting on August 2, it will be fully taking over the kitchen of the Solana Beach bottle shop and bar. Megan Strom and Juan Gonzalez Mesa Agricola Run by chef Juan Gonzalez and his wife, Megan Strom, who grows produce for Mesa Agricola on the couple’s 1/4-acre plot in Valley Center, it features a farm-to-table menu that changes weekly but is influenced by pre-Hispanic cooking techniques and Gonzalez’s upbringing in Baja, Mexico. First up is Mesa Agricola, which will be posted up at Little Thief from May 24 to July 30. Replacing it will be two local pop-ups that gained acclaim through their residencies at Vino Carta’s Solana Beach location. Papalito, the Sonoran-style barbecue outfit from chef Drew Bent, which launched at Little Thief but has since expanded to Papalo, a partnership with Modbom in the East Village, will be departing the kitchen on Sunday, May 21. ![]() ![]() University Avenue’s popular natural wine bar and bistro, which was opened in August 2022 by the group behind Bottlecraft and Vino Carta, is swapping out its restaurant-in-residence to a different set of chefs. ![]()
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