No./ 7 The one-shot film heats up
THE SAYING GOES: if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. For his first film as a producer, Stephen Graham saw this as a challenge. Graham and his wife Hannah Walters’ newly formed Matriarch Productions is opening its account with , a drama about a chef on the verge of a breakdown, set and filmed, literally, in a kitchen. To turn the gas up higher, it’s improvised, filmed as one shot with dozens of speaking roles, and is also a debut feature for director Phil Barantini. It begs the question: why?
