City of Gold (2015 film)

City of Gold is a 2015 documentary film directed by American filmmaker, Laura Gabbert. The film profiles food critic Jonathan Gold and the influence of his writing on Los Angeles culture and beyond.

City of Gold
Film poster
Directed byLaura Gabbert
Produced byLaura Gabbert
Holly Becker
Braxton Pope
Jamie Wolf
Andrea Lewis
Lara Rabinovitch
StarringJonathan Gold
CinematographyJerry Henry
Goro Toshima
Edited byWilliam Haugse
Greg King
Music byBobby Johnston
Distributed byIFC Films/Sundance Selects
Release date
  • January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Release

City of Gold debuted at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released the following year by IFC Films/Sundance Selects in theaters and on DVD.[1]

Reception

Akiva Gottlieb of the Los Angeles Times wrote that City of Gold "Offers an almost utopian vision of urban life in which good food can temporarily transcend borders of race, class and gender."[2] Rolling Stone's Peter Travers stated "In search of fresh culinary treasures, Gold travels the hidden corners of a too-familiar city and we get to fall in love with L.A. again."[3] According to Melena Ryzik of The New York Times, "The documentary does as much to demystify and yet romanticize Los Angeles as any Chandler novel."[4] Conor Bateman of 4:3 Film summed up that City of Gold is "A Love Letter to the art of discovery."[5]

References
  1. "City of gold: Presented by Sundance Selects". IFC Films.
  2. Gottlieb, Akiva (2016-03-03). "Review: Los Angeles is the guest of honor at Jonathan Gold's table in City of Gold". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  3. Travers, Peter (2016-03-09). "Review: City of Gold: Los Angeles eats itself in this admiring documentary of SoCal food critic Jonathan Gold". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  4. Rysik, Melena (2015-01-28). "Review: 'Sundance 2015: Writers Made Photogenic and Crazy Tales Made Poignant'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  5. Bateman, Conor (2015-08-25). "Review: 'Review: City of Gold'". 4:3 Film. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
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