Tuesday, July 28, 6:00 pm - Big Night
Tuesday, August 25, 6:00 pm - Like Water for Chocolate
Tuesday, September 29, 6:00 pm - Babette's Feast

Doors and dinner at 6:00. Films begin at 7:00.

Join us at White Branches the last Tuesday of July, August, and September for our Dinner and a Movie film series. Three films about food – Italian, Mexican, and French cuisine – each one featuring an optional, themed catered meal by a local restaurant!

RSVP at least three days in advance to reserve your seat and meal! Meals are not available "at the door."

Some films merely make you hungry, while others remind you that sharing a meal is one of life's greatest pleasures. Our film series Dinner and a Movie celebrates stories where food is more than just sustenance; it's an expression of love, tradition, and community.

Over three evenings, each screening will be paired with an optional themed dinner inspired by the film itself, inviting you to experience these unforgettable stories with all your senses. From the exuberant Italian feast of Big Night to the magical flavors of Like Water for Chocolate and the transcendent banquet of Babette’s Feast, we hope you’ll leave with a full stomach and a full heart.

Additional food and drinks will be available for purchase, including White Branches menu bite boxes (limited availability), wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages along with cake, popcorn, and candy.

July 28: Big Night

Chef Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and businessman Secondo (Stanley Tucci) are immigrant brothers from Italy who open their dream restaurant, Paradise, in New Jersey. However, Primo's authentic food is too unfamiliar for the local tastes, and the restaurant is struggling.

When famous Italian-American bandleader Louis Prima is scheduled to appear at Paradise, the two brothers put all of their efforts into the important meal -- which will likely decide the fate of their restaurant.

"As delicately and deliciously prepared as the dishes it features, Big Night is a lyric to the love of food, family and persuasive acting." —Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Directed by Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci

Starring Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Holm

OPTIONAL DINNER BY IL GRANAIO - $28

Handmade Strozzapreti pasta noodles in a creamy tomato vodka sauce
Handmade meatballs tossed in traditional tomato sauce
Meat & cheese platter
Mozzarella caprese & bruschetta

Reserve your dinner when buying your ticket online, or by sending an email to White Branches. Reservation Deadline: July 25.

August 25: Like Water for Chocolate

The youngest daughter in her family, the beautiful Tita (Lumi Cavazos) is forbidden to marry her true love, Pedro (Marco Leonardi). Since tradition dictates that Tita must care for her mother, Pedro weds her older sister, Rosaura (Yareli Arizmendi), though he still loves Tita.

The situation creates much tension in the family, and Tita's powerful emotions begin to surface in fantastical ways through her cooking. As the years pass, unusual circumstances test the enduring love of Pedro and Tita.

"Like Water for Chocolate creates its own intense world of passion and romance, and adds a little comedy and a lot of quail, garlic, honey, chiles, mole, cilantro, rose petals and corn meal." —Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

Directed by Alfonso Arau

Starring Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Yareli Arizmendi

September 29: Babette's Feast

Beautiful but pious sisters Martine (Birgitte Federspiel) and Philippa (Bodil Kjer) grow to spinsterhood under the wrathful eye of their strict pastor father on the forbidding and desolate coast of 19th-century Jutland, until one day, Philippa's former suitor sends a French refugee named Babette (Stéphane Audran) to serve as the family cook.

Babette's lavish celebratory banquet tempts the family's dwindling congregation, who have renounced such pleasures as fine foods and wines.

"It is as if the best stories, miraculously, write themselves. [Director Gabriel] Axel’s film manages to capture this anonymous and folklorish quality. Faithful to the story, he has made grace visible, and given us, in addition, a wonderful lesson in courtesy." —Mark Le Fanu, criterion.com

Directed by Gabriel Axel

Starring Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel

Film Prices

Lincoln Theatre Members get $3.00 off on the following prices when buying tickets at-the-door:

General: $12.00
Seniors, Students, and Active Military: $11.00
Children 12 and under: $9.5

All prices include a $2.00 Preservation Fee that goes directly into our capital account for the preservation of the Lincoln Theatre and its programs.