Email Author P. Scott Cunningham

2007 Stories by P. Scott Cunningham

• Oh Danny Boy!

  published December 20, 2007

  Irish films are not that dissimilar from Irish pubs. When you walk into one, you pretty much know what you’re going to get: car bombs, sexy... More >>

• Come On-A My House

  published December 6, 2007

  It's strange for us Miamians to openly welcome people into our homes. We're used to barricading, blocking, barring, and walling. But perhaps that... More >>

• See You on the Dark Side

  published November 29, 2007

  At this very moment, in a dorm room far, far away, the MGM lion is roaring for the third time just as some guy named Alec presses play on his... More >>

• Short Attention Span Theater

  published November 22, 2007

  Most people are afraid of film festivals, and with good reason. The prospect of sitting through a two-hour experimental feature, shot with a cell... More >>

• You Might Be a French Redneck If ...

  published November 15, 2007

  Cash your welfare check. Fix your car in the yard. Make fun of the one Arab family in town. Then sneak off to a cow pasture with your girlfriend.... More >>

• Biblical Feats

  published November 8, 2007

  One thing you can't argue about with regard to Jesus: He set the bar pretty high, especially athletically speaking. Michael Jordan may have dunked... More >>

• Looking for Mr. Positive

  published October 18, 2007

  Michael Yawney assumed "bugchasing" was just a gay myth, like a Village People reunion tour or bathroom sex at "Homo" Depot. A 2003 Rolling... More >>

• Women Send Words from Prison

  published October 11, 2007

  It's New Year's Eve 1972, and 15-year-old Janice Billie has decided to kill herself. She lives in a trailer on the Seminole reservation in... More >>

• Before YouTube, There Was This

  published October 11, 2007

  The funny thing about anti-communist propaganda films from the Thirties, Forties, and Fifties is how much they resemble pro-communist propaganda... More >>

• Italy + Film Festival = Party

  published October 4, 2007

  The point of film festivals is that people get to wear badges, duck lines, and go to afterparties. It's like Italian slalom skier Alberto Tomba... More >>

• Beyond the Baton

  published September 27, 2007

  The way newspapers and magazines typically try to sell you on classical music is by convincing you there’s something edgy and dangerous about... More >>

• Stage Capsules

  published September 27, 2007

  Live from the Edge: Presented by the Miami Light Project is fusion theater from the New York-based Universes ensemble. The show... More >>

• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Rallying

  published September 13, 2007

  Despite their existentialist philosophy -- free individuals are handcuffed by society’s contractarianism -- bikers sure do get together... More >>

• Swallow, Don’t Spit

  published September 6, 2007

  What product better illustrates the importance of presentation than wine? Set a bottle of Château Margaux next to some fine china and... More >>

• Broadway on Repeat

  published August 30, 2007

  In the ongoing competition for most annoyingly catchy song, “Try to Remember,” from the Sixties-era Broadway production The... More >>

• Splice of Life

  published August 23, 2007

  Chicago, May of 1945. Two people, ages 27 and 21, are getting married. They are also deaf, as are most of their guests. The camera recording... More >>

• Extreme Home Makeover

  published August 16, 2007

  While developers continue to litter Miami’s airspace with overpriced piles of pseudo-Modernist garbage, the rest of us have realized... More >>

• Filled with Music

  published August 9, 2007

  VOID’s Website (www.void.tv) describes the band as “without a doubt one of the hottest groups in contemporary Australian... More >>

• Quality Imports

  published August 2, 2007

  One disadvantage to living in New York is its overwhelming excess of “new American plays.” How do you know which ones are worth seeing... More >>

• Oh My Papa

  published July 19, 2007

  When he arrived in Key West on a steamship in 1928, Ernest Hemingway had written two small novels -- The Sun Also Rises and Men Without... More >>

• Welcome to Lynchville

  published June 21, 2007

  According to the lore behind Inland Empire, director David Lynch turned to his producer one morning during shooting and... More >>

• Meet the Szechuanosaurus

  published June 14, 2007

  What if Jurassic Park had been set in China? Imagine swarms of human-rights protestors picketing outside the electric fences; knock-off... More >>

• Feel the Spirit

  published May 24, 2007

  While we disagree wholeheartedly with hypocritical doctrine, missionaries, and the entire existence of post-Braveheart Mel Gibson, we also firmly... More >>

• Sibling Adaptation

  published May 10, 2007

  How to explain the combination of Anton Chekhov and Pina Bausch in Sayda Trujillo’s Three Sisters: Awake? It’s like My... More >>

• We’re All Gonna Go

  published May 3, 2007

  In terms of artistic interest, the battle between heaven and hell has been more one-sided than the Harlem Globetrotters versus the Washington... More >>