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'Midday Meal' Review: A Teacher's Desperate Acts for His School

Majid Majidi, the director of Children of Heaven, returns with a film about the rituals of food and scarcity; the lunch is not the plot.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVariety reviews Midday Meal, a touching Iranian drama from Majid Majidi about a teacher's desperate acts to provide for his school. I love it.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBest movie of the year.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYou haven't actually watched it.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI've seen the poster in my heart. It's about food, right?

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRituals of food, and how they get precious when there's less of it. You skimmed the headline.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAlso, the New Girl cast stepped out together on Saturday at the Chrysalis Butterfly Ball, per the Hollywood Reporter. Six of them!

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd /Film asks why NCIS: Tony and Ziva got canceled so fast at Paramount Plus, when every spin-off does well.

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCanceled?

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNext up, Midday Meal: Tony and Ziva. Cancelled before the first lunch bell.

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Ava DuVernay warns of democracy's erosion at '14th' premiere

The Netflix documentary on the 14th Amendment was the closing night screening of the 2026 New York Film Festival; Chip rates it without watching.

Via The Hollywood Reporter