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By Steve W (2,154) on 11 Apr 2016

Delectable dining and a fascinating view of Los angeles. Absolutely enjoyable and humorous too…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 11 Apr 2016

So much of the food and its unassuming nature -- and especially Gold's enthusiasm for it -- is, like the film itself, very appealing indeed…

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By Calum Marsh (242) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 03 Apr 2016

Gold is important because Gold is a great writer. No further argument necessary…

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By Kathleen B (36) on 02 Apr 2016

Excellent movie about my hometown Los Angeles - the parts that aren't seen by the mainstream…

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By Eric M (1,401) on 31 Mar 2016

I love LA. I love food. I love writing. I love diversity. Jonathan Gold does a great job of writing about diversity, food and LA…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 31 Mar 2016

Although there might be a few too many items on its menu, this mouth-watering documentary uses the food culture of Los Angeles to celebrate…

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By Gerald Peary (163) for Arts Fuse (166) on 31 Mar 2016

The really unforgivable thing about City of Gold: the dull, flat way in which the food is shown…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 31 Mar 2016

There's an honesty in what Gold writes and the way he writes it, which is why his words have so much impact…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 30 Mar 2016

Toronto audiences may be too far removed to get much from Gold's Pulitzer Prize-winning taco panegyrics, but the film still works as an examination…

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By Edward Johnson-Ott (361) for NUVO Newsweekly (453) on 30 Mar 2016

If you opt to see the film, and you should, I suggest you grab a bite before, or make plans to grab one right after, because this is certainly…

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By Susan G. Cole (137) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 29 Mar 2016

It's kinda fun going along with Gold while he makes his way to apparently nondescript malls to eat dishes from remote areas of China, Mexico…

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By Molly Eichel (91) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 25 Mar 2016

It's a documentary that is ostensibly a profile of a man, but is really about the vibrant city he inhabits, beyond the Hollywood sheen and…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 24 Mar 2016

City of Gold is a love poem to the Los Angeles food scene and to the man who made it his mission...to eat…

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By Devra First (1) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 24 Mar 2016

It is a film about Los Angeles, culture and coexistence, the American dream. It is the opposite of narrowcasting…

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By Maura Judkis (1) for Washington Post (9,851) on 24 Mar 2016

The film is most interesting when it uses Gold to tell the story of Los Angeles’s diversity, rather than the story of the most important…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 24 Mar 2016

Why make a film about this lucky guy? Gold is a philosopher and cultural critic as much as a gourmet…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 24 Mar 2016

As a documentary about Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic, City of Gold is more or less an entertaining valentine to an…

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By Bethany Jean Clement (6) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 24 Mar 2016

While the film’s formula gets repetitive, little revelations peppered throughout keep it engaging…

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By Cary Darling (452) for Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com (553) on 24 Mar 2016

City of Gold then comes off as something of a puff piece…

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By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 Mar 2016

More than just culinary recommendations, he provides a cultural guide to the Los Angeles that is almost never seen in movies — and then the…

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