La Cocina

March 11, 2026 00:03:27
La Cocina
Flicks with The Film Snob
La Cocina

Mar 11 2026 | 00:03:27

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Show Notes

A temperamental Mexican chef, one of many immigrants working in a New York restaurant, gets into trouble with his bosses. It’s a pleasure to witness the growth of a film artist in real time, which I’ve been able to do in the case of Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios since watching his first film at a local festival back in 2014. Now with his fourth film, La Cocina, he’s reached a new level. It’s a major work, an impressive and absorbing drama. La Cocina means The Kitchen in English, in this case the underground kitchen of a fictional Times Square New…

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