#230: March 14, 2012

Hugo

Attending:

• Marty
• Justin
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner:  Burgers.  The weather was a record-setting 81 degrees today, so we grilled burgers and generally had a big old time.  Also, celebrated Adam's having found a new job.

These weren't just any burgers, though.  Marty ground the meat himself, and while you probably can't see it in the photo, he actually ground raw bacon into the beef.  It was delicious; didn't really have a bacon flavor, but got some of that wonderful smokiness and body without being overbearing.

Delicacy or carnage? You make the call.

P.S.  Marty replaced the propane canister on the grill's starter tonight.  I record this so we can note the next time it runs out and figure out how long a canister lasts.

Null set

March 7, 2012:  No movie night.  Adam was too sick to move.  Unconfirmed reports indicate that a pod of scabs gathered at Marty's place, but it is generally agreed that this did not constitute an official Movie Night.

#229: February 29, 2012

A special movie for Leap Day: The pants-shittingly badass 13 Assassins.  Seriously, this movie is so metal, it makes iron look like astatine.

Attending:

• Marty
• Justin
• Craig
• Elizabeth
• Adam

Dinner:  Cincinnati chili.  Nobody else wanted seconds, so Adam ate all the rest of it, which turned out to be quite a lot of food.  I regret nothing!

Awards

Last night, I'm sure you're aware, the winners of the most prestigious awards in film were revealed.

What?  No, not the fucking Oscars.  I'm talking about the 2012 A Damned Arty Mural Awards, celebrating the best movies we saw at Movie Night in 2011.

Everyone who attended movie night in 2011--even once--was eligible to vote.  The results:

Best Picture:  Tree of Life

Best Director:  Terrence Malick, Tree of Life
Best Cinematography:  Tree of Life
Best Score:  Tree of Life

Best Actor:  Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt
Best Actress:  Catherine Deneuve, Repulsion

Best Supporting Actor:  Albert Brooks, Broadcast News
Best Supporting Actress:  Marion Mack, The General

Best Screenplay:  Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Best Documentary:  Tabloid

#228: February 22, 2012

The Conversation

Attending:

• Marty
• Craig
• Justin
• Alfredo
• Adam

Dinner:  Spaghetti with incredible meat sauce, salad, and garlic bread.  Nothing too fancy, but good and hearty and delicious.  I think it's safe to say we all felt like this was one of the best movie night meals ever.

And we DESTROYED it.

#227: February 15, 2012

The Sunset Limited

Attending:

• Marty
• Elizabeth
• Justin
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner:  Fantastic chicken chili with cornbread topping.

#226: February 8, 2012

Last Night

Attending:
Marty
Craig
Adam

Dinner: Bison hot dogs.  Hot damn those were good.

#225: February 1, 2012

The Leopard, which Marty's been threatening to show for years and finally did.

Attending:

• Marty
• Kristi
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner:  Tacos with slow-roasted achiote pork and habanero sauce.  Incredible.

After the movie we had video-chat with DL from Nashville.  As you can see, he's doing awesome.

This is what awesome looks like.

#224: January 25, 2012

Rebecca

Attending:
Marty
Craig
Adam

Dinner: Meatballs, green beans, potatoes in cream sauce.

And steam.

#223: January 18, 2012

At last:  Citizen Kane

Attending:

• Marty
• Kristi
• Elizabeth
• Justin
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner:  Something called "Country Captain," which claims to be a Georgia dish, but this Georgian has never heard of it.  Maybe it's a Low Country thing?  Anyway, it was fantastic.  Chicken, fried then simmered in a tomato-curry sauce and served over rice.  Terrific. 

I can't wait for warm weather and long daylight, so I can take more interesting photos at movie night.  I'm starting to think we should have a staged portrait every week, so we can watch ourselves age over the years.  Thoughts, anyone?

#222: January 11, 2012

Midnight in Paris

Attending:

• Marty
• Justin
• Craig
• Alfredo
• Adam

Dinner:  Minestrone soup with homemade bread.

Listening to the Tigers game on the radio.

Quote of the evening was from Fredo:

"Yeah, I'll take the butt...  Pass me the oil."

Because we are GROWNUPS.

#221: January 4, 2012

First movie night of 2012! 

The flick:  Stanley Kubrick's amazing and disturbing The Killing

Attending:

• Marty
• Justin
• Craig
• Thomas
• Adam

Dinner:  Big grilled cheeseburgers with the cheese inside the patties. 

#220: December 28, 2011

Tabloid

Attending:

• Marty
• Kristi
• Amelia (first time; she's in town for the holidays)
• Justin
• Craig
• DL
• Adam

Dinner:  Sausage and tortellini soup with breadsticks from scratch.

Quote of the night:  "Sex!  Bondage!  Dogs!"  Or something like that.  The movie was awesome.

#219: December 14, 2011

Island of Lost Souls

Attending:

• Marty
• Justin
• Kristi
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner:  Ravioli and meat sauce from Fino's, plus fresh bread and spinach from Marty's kitchen.

Marty and Adam are both not quite done being horribly sick.  Marty, in his infinite mercy, picked a movie that was barely over an hour long so we could all get some sleep.  Awesome flick, though.

Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to eat meat, that is the law. Are we not men?
Beasts (in unison): Are we not men?
Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to go on all fours, that is the law. Are we not men?
Beasts (in unison): Are we not men?
Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to spill blood, that is the law. Are we not men?
Beasts (in unison): Are we not men? 

#218: December 7, 2011

π

Dinner:  Potato and chive soup with ham sandwiches on pumpernickel-rye swirl bread.

Attending:

• Marty
• Kristi
• Craig
• Adam

#217: November 30, 2011

Sweet Smell of Success

Attending:

• Marty
• DL
• Craig
• Justin
• Adam

Dinner:  Roast beef from Arnold's in Nashville

November 23, 2011

No movie night this week, as various folks were busy cooking and otherwise preparing for Thanksgiving.

#216: November 16, 2011

Slasher

Attending:

• Marty
• Krtisti
• Justin
• Craig
• Alfredo (movie only)
• Adam

Dinner:  Spaghetti with fresh, homemade carbonara sauce.

And cheese.  Lots and lots of cheese.

#215: November 9, 2011

Murder by Death

Attending:

• Marty
• Justin
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner: Hot dogs with jalapeños and Monterey Jack cheese built in.  The jalapeños were a bit intense for some, but others enjoy the sensation of sweating out of the crowns of their heads.

Marty made these once before, but this time the jalapeños were way bigger and he left the seeds (source of the capsaicin) intact.  Hot damn.

#214: November 2, 2011

Cyrus

• Marty
• DL
• Craig
• Justin
• Fredo (late)
• Louisa
• Adam

Because the next day was Adam's 40th birthday, we got a little crazy.  Marty made fantastic crab/shrimp/sausage stew, and there was prosecco and other terrific wine, and we had a bonfire out back after the movie.

A few photos after the jump:

#213: October 26, 2011

Tree of Life

Attending:

• Marty
• Justin
• Kristi
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner:  Homemade pappardelle with homemade pork sugo.  And a salad.  Goddam delicious.

#212: October 19, 2011

The Player

Attending:

• Marty
• Justin
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner: Smoked sausage and duck gumbo.  Everything homemade, including the sausage.

Can you declare a picture "iconic" immediately after it's taken?  I think yes.

#211: October 12, 2011

Road to Nowhere

Attending:

• Marty
• Craig
• Justin
• Adam

Dinner:  Spaghetti with homemade meatballs.

#210: October 5, 2011

Shadow of a Doubt

Attending:

• Marty
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner:  Grilled chicken sandwiches on homemade bread.

#209: September 28, 2011

True Grit

Attending:

• Marty
• Kristi
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner: Grilled pork tenderloin with a lime-honey-garlic-chipotle marinade, sweet potatoes with chipotle, and greens cooked with a whole goddam turkey in the pot.  Also, bacon cornbread.

Now that the play's run is finished, I'm hoping to have more time for what's important in life, like more episodes of "Cooking with Marty."

Sorry, I meant to say "webisodes," because I have time for useless portmanteaux.

Flowers on the dinner table.  Because we are not savages.

Keep on eatin'.

#208: September 21, 2011

Movie:  The Magnificent Ambersons

Attending:

• Marty
• Craig
• Adam

Dinner:  "Eggs in Purgatory," aka uova al purgatorio. With crispy polenta cakes. Hot damn.

Marty also started using a wine-tracker app that will let us keep a much better record of what wines we try and how well we like them.  Once we get a bit of a database built up I'll post a link to our wine history.

For a while it looked as though we might not have movie night after all.  A transformer down the street from Marty's house had somehow blown out, and this particular rise of the machines meant no one on his block had power.  Then the power came on, but then MLGW showed up and said they had to shut it off again.  We had no idea what was going on, but pretty soon it came on and stayed on. 

I took a lot of blurry, dark pictures. 

MLGW truck.