Drink & a Movie

“Drink & a Movie” is a monthly series that ran from 2022-2025 in which I paired a cocktail with a film. I am now editing it down into a self-published book. All photographs are by my loving wife Marion Penning.

2025:

December: Chain Smoker + Die Hard

November: Normandy + The Ring

October: Witch’s Kiss + Starship Troopers

September: Elotes Sour + The Exterminating Angel

August: Shady Lane + Tokyo Drifter

July: Waltermelon + Crimes of the Future

June: The Navigator + The Strange Case of Angelica

May: Cinema Highball + Masculine Feminine

April: Chapuline + Black Sheep

March: All In + Bob le Flambeur

February: Theobroma + Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

January: Don’t Give Up the Ship + The Lady from Shanghai

2024:

December: Nouveau Sangaree + Playtime

November: USS Richmond Punch + The Searchers

October: Lion’s Tale + The Leopard Man and House of Usher

September: Autumn Winds + History Is Made at Night

August: East India Cocktail + Black Narcissus

July: Employees Only Martinez + French Cancan

June: Triumph of Pompeii + Damsels in Distress

May: Rosemary & Rhubarb + Stalker

Campari & IPA Spritzer + The Palm Beach Story

March: Tobacco Road + Hoop Dreams

February: Light and Day + The Young Girls of Rochefort

January: Amaretto Sour + Scarlet Street

2023:

December: Aged Eggnog + National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

November: Last Word + Pyaasa

October: Corpse Reviver #2 + Heaven and Earth Magic and The Very Eye of Night

September: White Negroni Daiquiri + The Last Wave

August: Aviation + Wings

July: Knickerbocker + Inside Man

June: Peach Blossom + My Brother’s Wedding

May: Rio Bravo + Bacurau

April: El Oso + Grizzly Man

March: Hurricane + The Wind Will Carry Us

February: Massagrand + The Passion of Joan of Arc

January: Finger Lakes Kir Royale + The Clock

2022:

December: The Grinch + Elf

November: Cereal Milk Punch + Yeelen

October: Yellow Cocktail + Suspiria

September: Sweet New Year + Hester Street

August: Benton’s Old-Fashioned + Horse Feathers

July: Bottecchia + The Triplets of Belleville

June: Whisky Highball + Early Summer

May: Lilac-Elderflower Prosecco Cocktail + The Flowers of St. Francis

April: 20th Century + The Hole

March: In Vida Veritas + A Christmas Tale

February: Brigadier + Downhill Racer

January: Standby’s Corn ‘n Oil + The Tamarind Seed

“Bonus” Posts:

#6: Red & Green Martini + The Thin Man

#5: Sherry Tale Ending + Lonesome

#4: Pumpernickel + Miracle on 34th Street

#3: Americano + Groundhog Day

#2: Halekulani Cocktail + Lilo & Stitch

#1: Woolworth Manhattan + The Simpsons S3E4 “Bart the Murderer” and The Menu