Dinner & a Movie with Santino Domani

Here we salute the lead-livered legends of libation in cinema that have inspired generations of impressionable filmgoers to take their first fledgling steps down the Primrose Path of high-functioning alcoholism. This piece of ethanol-fueled irreverence was clipped from my upcoming review of the Coen brothers’ 1991 dark comedy, “Barton Fink.”

Clipped from my upcoming review of the Cohen brothers’ 1991 dark comedy, Barton Fink, starring John Turturro and John Goodman. Keep your bananas peeled. You don’t need your guns to protect yourself from the government, you stupid crop-dusting peasant. You see, if you ever tried to overthrow the government because it betrayed its constitutional duty to uphold your rights, it would simply crush you with the might of its bottomless fleets of F-15s and stockpiles of nuclear warheads. But oh no, what’s this? A handful of buffoons have set fire to the Reichstag—whoops, I mean stormed the capital building, of course—and came this close to forcing those honest, loveable, beacons of virtue and integrity we all adore and value so much—our members of congress—from actually having to be within the general vicinity of those penniless helots they extort for wealth and power? So, you see, that’s why we need to suspend democracy indefinitely; weaponize our intelligence agencies as a means to silence dissidents, political opponents, and other threats to our autocracy; and monopolize the dissemination of information by threatening social media platforms with fines, slander, and subpoenas for allowing the free exchange of ideas and civil discourse in general between their patrons.

Leave Daniel Plainview alone! LEAVE HIM ALONE! In this episode of Dinner & a Movie with Santino Domani, we’re going to be dispelling the unscrupulous rumors befouling the good name of Daniel Plainview by unpacking Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 historical drama, There Will Be Blood. Also, There Will Be tri-tip steak, mashed potatoes, bearnaise sauce, and a hazelnut milkshake for you to drink up. Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day Lewis Interview: https://youtu.be/0SFvaootAL8

Defend your work you finger-sniffing, no-talent libertines.

A brief homage to some of the more subtle callbacks from Director Edgar Wright’s popular films, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. This short is clipped from my upcoming review of Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece, There Will be Blood, starring Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano. Keep your bananas peeled; this one’s going to be a corker.

YOU'RE NOT CRAZY! The Emperor does not—in fact—have any clothes on! Still not entirely sure? Here's a sure-fire test that will expose your finger-sniffing, blue-blooded, sycophantic "friends" for the insecure snake-oil salesmen they actually are.

What do you get when you cross garlic flavored, mozzarella-stuffed soft pretzels with the most mouth-watering marinara sauce you’ve ever tasted to dip them in? I don’t remember. But what I do remember is that I’m reviewing one of the most introspective and well-written films that cinema has to offer; Christopher Nolan’s 2005 masterpiece, Memento. "Memento Mori," by Jonathan Nolan: https://youtu.be/aqq2aSegXXI Memento explained by director Christopher Nolan: https://youtu.be/tYScJZWhaHA Marinara Sauce- Ingredients: Yellow onion (1/2; diced), Cento San Marzano whole, peeled tomatoes (2 cans), garlic (6 cloves: minced), tomato paste (4 tbsp.), balsamic vinegar (4 tbsp.), red pepper flakes (1/2 tsp.), brown sugar (2 tbsp.), dried oregano (2 tbsp.), salt (4 tsp.), fresh pepper (2 tsp.), bone marrow/soup bones (2-3 bones), dried basil (1 tbsp.), Margherita pepperoni (1 stick/ 8 oz.), butter (2 tbsp.), olive oil (2 tbsp.), lemon juice (from 1 lemon) Directions: 1. Sauté yellow onion (1/2; diced) on medium to low heat in butter and olive oil. Stir continuously. 2. After onion has caramelized (approximately 40-60 minutes), add garlic and sauté for an additional 30-60 seconds. 3. Combine San Marzano tomatoes, tomato paste, balsamic vinegar, red pepper flakes, brown sugar, oregano, salt, pepper, lemon juice, basil, and bone marrow. Bring to a simmer, stirring every minute or so. 4. Cover and simmer, stirring approximately every 10 to 15 minutes for the next 2 to 2 1/2 hours. 5. Add pepperoni and simmer and stir again for another 30 minutes. Forget me Knots- Ingredients: Pizza dough, Mozzarella cheese (about 1 cup per pretzel), Butter (1/2 cup), Garlic powder (1/4 tsp.), Thyme (1/4 tsp.) Salt and fresh ground pepper (a pinch), Pecorino Romano cheese (grated; 1/4 cup). Directions: 1. Spread out pizza dough, and line with mozzarella cheese. 2. Roll and tie into a pretzel knot. 3. Sauté butter in garlic powder, thyme, salt and pepper. 4. Spread garlic butter on top of pretzels. 5. Bake at 425° for 8-10 minutes. 6. Remove pretzels, cover with Romano, and bake for another 3-5 minutes, until cheese is melted.

"I don't care WHAT she was wearing! That's never an excuse to put your hands on someone without permission! "What's that? A red hat, you say? Oh, well. Uh, errrrm...I have to go." Clipped from episode one, "...And Justice for Meatball Soup".

Dinner & a Movie with Santino Domani is the channel dedicated to alienating myself from my friends and family by immortalizing my unpopular political and social opinions through ideological, incoherent ravings thinly veiled as film reviews and meal tutorials. @SantinoDomani

Worried about not getting into college because you’re dangerously underqualified? Never you worry, my simple friend—strut right up to the Dean’s office with these three aces up your sleeve and you’ll be up to your cold sores in that sweet, indiscriminate, and perfectly socially-appropriate degeneracy before you can say, “Student loans don’t qualify for bankruptcy.” Clipped from episode 2, "Sweet and Sour Peasant Soup."

For this episode, we hold the integrity of our sexual self-perceptions to the fire as we sashay decadently through the looking glass into Mike Nichols’s 1996 film: The Birdcage. And while we’re grappling desperately with our values, I’ll be sharing a modified version of a Hot & Sour Soup that my family has endearingly labeled, “Sweet & Sour Peasant Soup.” • Ingredients: Chicken broth (48 oz.) > Sesame oil (2 tbsp.) > Firm tofu (1 package; 16 oz.) > Shitake (or baby bella/cremini; 4 large, or one package) > Frozen peas & carrots (2 cups) > Shirataki noodles (1 package; 8 oz.) > Chili paste (2 1/2 tbsp.) > Soy sauce (6 tbsp.) > Apple cider vinegar (6 tbsp.) > Fresh ground pepper (1/2 tsp.) > Corn starch (4 tbsp.) > Water (4 tbsp.) > Eggs (2; beaten) • Directions: 1. Sautéed mushrooms in sesame oil (2 tbsp.). 2. Bring chicken broth (48 oz.) to boil 3. Add sautéed mushrooms, tofu, peas, carrots, noodles and chili paste (2 1/2 tbsp.)—let boil for a couple of minutes. 4. Stir in soy sauce (6 tbsp.), vinegar (6 tbsp.), and pepper—mix well. 5. In a small bowl, mix corn starch (4 tbsp.) and water (4 tbsp.) until smooth, and stir into the broth. 6. Simmer for five minutes until broth thickens, then turn off heat. 7. While stirring broth in a circular direction, pour in the eggs ( 2; beaten) from several inches above the pot in a very slow stream to create ribbons. Serve.

Editing is a pain in the balls; but there's nothing more satisfying than when it all comes together and you're able to sit back and watch the jumbled mess that was in your head all come together up on the screen. This segment was clipped from episode one, "...And Justice for Meatball Soup" where I compare egocentric, no-talent sociopaths like Rian Johnson and Paul Feig to the likes of everyone's favorite dystopian antihero: Alex DeLarge.

Join me as I attempt to put my balls where your mouth is by detailing how to make an iconic and criminally delicious Italian wedding-style meatball soup, while at the same time offering a run-down and commentary of the most quintessentially indignant Al Pacino performance you’ve never seen.