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Biting satire: dining on film

The elaborately prepared feast at uber-exclusive restaurant Hawthorne, the setting of new gourmand-culture thriller The Menu, is so photogenic that snapping pictures is forbidden; food in general, however, doesn’t come off looking so good.

The dishes whipped up by self-serious celebrity chef Julian (Ralph Fiennes) and his fleet of obedient kitchen staff aspire to profundity. As foodie douche Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) mansplains to his unimpressed date Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy),

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