The Witch
A24
What is the name of the restaurant in When Harry Met Sally…?
Katz Deli
The Ice Storm AND WALL-E
Sigourney Weaver
Towards the end of Little Miss Sunshine, Olive’s dance routine is accompanied by this early 80s R&B song – which causes quite a commotion.
"Super Freak"
Eberts writes of this movie, "This is a movie to surrender yourself to. If you require logic, see something else."
Mulholland Drive
Million Dollar Mermaid
MGM
What is the name of the diner in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore?
Mel's Diner (also Mel & Ruby's Cafe)
Frida AND Interview with the Vampire
Antonio Banderas
In When Harry Met Sally…, this Allman Brothers Band song is played at the diner early in the film.
Ebert writes of this movie: "It is told entirely within a closed world. That’s why we sympathize with characters who are essentially evil."
The Godfather
Mommie Dearest
Paramount Pictures
What is the name of the diner in My Big Fat Greek Wedding?
Dancing Zorba's
Spotlight AND The Daytrippers (Name Both)
Liev Schreiber AND Stanley Tucci
In Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, this Dolly Parton song is playing on the jukebox in the bar scene with Alice and Ben (Ellen Burstyn and Harvey Keitel).
"I Will Always Love You"
Eberts writes of this movie: "There is a melancholy gulf over the holidays between those who have someplace to go, and those who do not."
The Apartment
Being John Malkovich
USA Films/Univerisal Pictures
What is the name of the diner in Mulholland Drive?
Winkie's
Almost Famous AND Spotlight
Billy Crudup
In The Worst Person in the World, this Christopher Cross song is played during one of the party sequences.
"Ride Like the Wind"
Speaking of the movie's famous score, Ebert write: "The sound is jaunty but without joy, like whistling in the dark. It sets the tone; the action begins like an undergraduate lark and then reveals vicious undertones."
The Third Man
The Ice Storm
Fox/Searchlight Pictures
In Almost Famous, Patrick has lunch with Lester Bangs at Funky Garcia's in this California city.
San Diego
The Killing AND The Godfather
Sherling Hayden
In The Full Monty’s final dance number, this Randy Newman-penned song is performed by Tom Jones.
“You Can Leave Your Hat”
Speaking of the director of this movie, Ebert writes: "It's tempting to search here for themes and a style he would return to in his later masterpieces, but few directors seemed so determined to make every one of his films an individual, free-standing work."
The Killing