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Douglas Tirola’s “Hey Bartender” — which had its world premiere at SXSW — was picked up by 4th Row Films for a June 7th release both in theaters and on demand. 4th Row Films said they have pre-booked ...

As the movie heads into wide release, we chatted with Tirola about why he opted to tell the story of this community, what he was trying to capture, and how making a movie about bartending changed the ...

Hey, Bartender! When should a bartender stop serving someone? In the first installment of “Hey, Bartender” we talked about the best way to get served in a bar. This week let’s talk about what gets you ...

Hey Bartender is a documentary on the subject of finally being able to get a decent drink around here. In paying homage to the craft-cocktail scene—tracing its origins, cataloguing its attributes, ...

Joshua David Stein is a New York-based journalist, author, food critic, and editor. Do you like food? Do you like movies? Do you like movies about food? If you answered yes to any of those questions, ...

Director Douglas Tirola originally set out to make a movie about corner bars, “but it's not the best time in history for the corner bar.” So instead he made a movie about what it is the best time in ...

"Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came. You wanna be where you can see our troubles are all the same. You wanna be where everybody knows your name.

The colorful, fast-paced documentary “Hey Bartender” celebrates the renaissance of the craft cocktail and the men and women who mix them with rock star aplomb. To do so, writer-director Douglas Tirola ...