Tony

We all know that genius is forged not in the days of wild success, but at the coal face of practice and frustration as we start our journey. So it is with legendary chef and culinary saint Anthony Bourdain, played in this new biopic by Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers). Tony’s arrogant certitude of his writing talent is shaken when he fails to attract a college scholarship, forcing him to take a summer job as a kitchen drudge in Cape Cod. Yet under the tutelage of master chef Ciro (Antonio Banderas), he soon discovers his true calling.

Following his underrated corporate drama Blackberry and the wild comic steer of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Matt Johnson shows his rare gift for drama in this clear-eyed picture of a legend as he comes to full boil.