THE BEST FILMS OF 2014 Jerry Roberts | February 15, 2015 10. Living Things Eric Shapiro’s tiny independent treasure is one of those great unheralded experiences that critics happen upon in a pile of DVD screeners. It’s one of those…
by Mat Viola June 12, 2014 Living Things consists of a dinner-table debate between a vegan and a meat-eater. That’s it: just two people sitting down to dinner and debating the morality of eating animals. Never having been a fan…
VeggieFans Laurie Fanelli June 13, 2014 Writer/director Eric Shapiro takes a deep look at the complicated emotions that surround the way people eat with Living Things. Through the setting of what should be a nice family dinner, Shapiro reveals the…
Emma Larocque May 13, 2014 Vegan Mainstream (VM): This is a very interesting conversation/debate we get to listen in to – how did you decide what the two parties were going to argue? Eric Shapiro (ES): There were a few…
Genre Drama Duration 1 hour 15 minutes Availability Worldwide Rhona, a yoga instructor committed to a vegan lifestyle, must entertain Leo, her red meat-loving, blue collar father-in-law, as she waits for her husband to join them for dinner. When Leo…
MM Editors April 15, 2014 MM: For Living Things: A Vegan & Meat Debate, you crafted a gripping drama with a very micro-budget set up: a dialogue over food choices that escalates into a surprise ending. ES: With both my…
November 20, 2013 PETA’s letter, which was drafted by Bruce Wieland of their Los Angeles office, reads, “We appreciate the strong case that LIVING THINGS makes for going vegan and that it does so in such a well-acted, engaging, and…