City of Gold
Filmmaker Laura Gabbert follows Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold, taking us into his universe to tell the improbable story of a revolution inspired by the pen, but driven by the palate.
5 December 1935, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
16 January 1948, New York City, New York, USA
July 28, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA
4 July 1961, New York City, New York, USA
July 01, 2016
It's really a documentary about journalism and eating, and truly appreciating both words and food.
April 01, 2016
There's an honesty in what Gold writes and the way he writes it, which is why his words have so much impact. The film has a similar impact to one of his reviews.
December 31, 2016
An unalloyed success, this documentary makes the city and its subject one.
May 26, 2016
Be warned: if you go on an empty stomach, you will certainly not last the distance.
December 27, 2016
City of Gold' is a sweet and charming portrait of a talented man with a big appetite -- for food, for people, for Los Angeles.
April 01, 2016
Gabbert's film is part portrait, part city symphony. It celebrates Gold as a fixture of his native Los Angeles and L.A. as in thrall to its stalwart guide.
March 25, 2016
It's a documentary that is ostensibly a profile of a man, but is really about the vibrant city he inhabits, beyond the Hollywood sheen and the grit of Compton.
August 26, 2016
While the documentary occasionally verges on hagiography... it doesn't irritate... It's just a nice movie about a nice man
March 24, 2016
A colorful and loving tribute to the kinds of restaurants that food critics once ignored - and a few fancy places as well.
April 29, 2016
It's obviously fun being Gold.
March 24, 2016
It's a neat little bit of hagiography, dwelling fondly on his quirks, but that's OK. For people who want to taste the world, Gold is a patron saint.
