The last line in James Berardinelli’s review of Before Night Falls was pretty much on the money: “It is an intriguing and sporadically powerful motion picture with a stellar central performance.”  Although somewhat disjointed, the story did get told, and at times the camera work was delicious.

We chose to show Before Night Falls to mark Tania’s birthday (of one of our regular guests, who happens to be Cuban-born), and as part of the celebration, we had four (yes four!) special cocktails, all rum based.  Rather unexpectedly, we had a full house, and for a while we were “in the weeds” behind the bar. So much so, that I kind of refused to make a Hot Pretty Lady for one of our guests (sorry Alex!) and suggested that he have a strawberry mango daiquiri instead. He seemed to enjoy the substitute, but I do feel a bit like a bully. Next time, sir, I will try to be more accommodating.

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