Hello, fellow movie fans. I'm Lily Percy and I'll be your guide this week as I talk with the New York Times chief film critic A.O. Scott. The movie that changed him is Ratatoui. And don't worry if you haven't seen it, we're going to give you all of the details to follow along. But if you have, get ready to relive this Pixar classic. But before we get started, a special shout out to our Minneapolis friends.

We're doing a live recording of this movie, Change Me, with artist, activist, and Minneapolis

City Council member, Andrea Jenkins.

We'll be at the Parkway Theater on Sunday, September 29th, talking about Spike Lee's

masterpiece, Malcolm X.

You can get your tickets at theparkwaytheater.com and use a promo code movie friends to get 20% off.

The first time that I saw Ratatouille, I couldn't get over the fact that I was seeing a rat cooking in a kitchen.

It's something that, you know, if you've ever lived in New York City or any major city in the U.S., Minneapolis included where I currently live, you fear rats.

And yet there is something so delightful and extraordinary about watching this rat create his masterpieces.

What have you got there?

You found cheese?

And not just any cheese?

Tom de Chevro de Paye!

That would go beautifully with my mushroom!

And, uh, and, and, and, and, oh, this rosemary!

This rosemary, uh, with, uh, maybe, maybe, with a few drops from this sweet grass!

Well, throw it on the pile, I guess, and then, well, you know...

We don't want to throw this in with the garbage! This is special!

But we're supposed to return to the colony before sundown, or you know, Dad's gonna...

Emil! There are possibilities unexplored here. We gotta cook this! Now exactly how we cook this is the real question...

Ooh! yeah!

The key is to keep turning it.

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