Pedro is a "f***ing time bomb" in one character's words, and the same could be said of La Cocina. The escalating pressure needs a release valve, and we see the film reach its fateful end in a ...

LA COCINA ★★ (MA) 139 minutes If there were a prize for Most Obtrusive Cinematography, Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina would be in the running.

A magnet for middle-class tourists, enterprising rodents and undocumented workers all hungry for a bite of the American dream, the Manhattan restaurant at the centre of La cocina – Mexican filmmaker ...

On Jan. 30, a fire destroyed La Cocina Mexican Grill in Trufant. The owners leveled it a few days afterwards, and now, they'll be reopening on Cinco De Mayo.

Unlike The Bear, however, La Cocina is a tale of exploited labour that walks an often unsteady line between real-world drama and poetic surrealism. The restaurant in question is The Grill, an upscale ...

La Cocina makes watching The Bear feel like listening to Enya in a garden centre. In cinemas from Friday, March 28th ...

Raúl Briones, compelling in the role of the actor playing the policeman Montoya in A Cop Movie, enjoys a central role in La cocina as Pedro, the volatile migrant sous chef embroiled in a complex ...

Starring Raúl Briones and Rooney Mara, the latest film from Alonso Ruizpalacios searches for signs of life in the intense work of running a not-great restaurant.

Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios and co-starring Raúl Briones, the indie — based on a 1957 Arnold Wesker play — takes place in a busy Times Square restaurant.

The real heart of “La Cocina” is a chef named Pedro (the excellent Raúl Briones), a charismatic survivor, someone who can tell you about the history of the lobster as haute cuisine and has enough ...