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2008 Stories by P. Scott Cunningham

• The Revolution Will Be Projected

  published December 25, 2008

  A defining feature of the French New Wave is that it declared all other French film (except for Renoir and Franju) one long reel of shit, the kind... More >>

• Organ Donor

  published December 18, 2008

  "Every organ is different," says Luis Cuza, and he should know. The FIU student is getting his bachelor's degree in music with a concentration in... More >>

• Way Beyond the Publix Party Platter

  published December 11, 2008

  Chefs are the new film directors, who are themselves the new rock stars, who are themselves the new actors, who are themselves the new novelists,... More >>

• Are You the Sexiest Person in Miami?

  published November 27, 2008

  Does a crowd gather when you pose for a passport photo? Do bank tellers lick the dollar bills you deposit? Do you sometimes catch your hairstylist... More >>

• Shakespeare in da House

  published November 20, 2008

  To-night and to-night and to-night only — Thirty-seven plays by one Bill Shakespeare Abridged into ninety-seven minutes Of pure sound and... More >>

• C’est Si Bon

  published November 6, 2008

  The key to rescuing the world from this recession lies in placing unemployed workers in high-paying jobs that require no particular skill set or... More >>

• A Festival for Subtitle Lovers

  published October 30, 2008

  Spanish films often include plots involving young, struggling artists sleeping with older women; funerals that turn into occasions for lovemaking;... More >>

• Australian Pink Floyd

  published October 23, 2008

  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 >>

• Sarah Palin Parody Hits Miami Beach

  published October 23, 2008

  Next week in a small theater roughly the size of dormitory lounge, a local middle-school teacher named Kimberly Cox will magically transform... More >>

• Vino Patriotas

  published October 23, 2008

  Although the United States has fallen behind other developed nations in education (ninth, according to the OECD), healthcare (37th, says WHO), and... More >>

• Vote Mamet

  published October 16, 2008

  For comedians, an election year — and the fertile plain of material that springs from heavily made-up people trying to act as serious as... More >>

• In Case You Didn’t Know

  published October 9, 2008

  The point of this calendar section is to promote and sell local cultural events, with the underlying idea that if it weren’t for New... More >>

• La Dolce Vita

  published October 9, 2008

  Italians make everything better. In their hands, scooters become Vespas, coffee becomes espresso, and murder becomes “a favor.” A film... More >>

• High Fidelity

  published September 25, 2008

  Only in Miami — probably a worse theater town than Wasilla, Alaska — could a dramatic institution such as the Coconut Grove Playhouse... More >>

• Going, Going, Gonzo

  published September 18, 2008

  How many promising young men and women have been lost to the drudgery of a life in journalism because of Hunter S. Thompson? Lured by the good... More >>

• Old Man Bebo

  published September 11, 2008

  Bebo Valdés's story is familiar to fans of Cuban music: A great bandleader in the Forties and Fifties who created his own rhythm (in... More >>

• Green with Envy

  published August 28, 2008

  Everyone is going green now that gas prices are higher than James Franco in Pineapple Express, but how do we shrink our carbon footprints in the... More >>

• Language Barriers

  published August 14, 2008

  Ways to get ostracized from the Junior League of Baghdad: (1) Wear an abaya made by Z. Cavaricci, (2) table-dance at the annual fundraising... More >>

• Ten Times Hotter than Eva Longoria

  published August 7, 2008

  Google "randy housewife, pre-1980," and the first result should be a full-cover shot of Julianne Moore, her red hair feathered and layered,... More >>

• The Future’s So Bright

  published July 31, 2008

  Ah, the future! A Democrat is in the White House, American troops are home, and athletes are taking pills to help monitor their internal body... More >>

• The Spice Scene

  published July 31, 2008

  The culinary scene in Miami increasingly resembles the economic one: there’s no middle class. While plenty of great options exist for poor... More >>

• Crazy Fingers Forever

  published July 24, 2008

  Jazz fusion began with Miles Davis's heroin addiction in the Sixties and exploded into a full-fledged movement in the Seventies through disciples... More >>

• Why So Paranoid?

  published June 12, 2008

  Though now 55 years old, Gus Van Sant continues to tell stories about the passing of youth. From his first feature, Mala Noche, to network... More >>

• Old-School Kicks

  published June 5, 2008

  Sixty years after television made it obsolete, radio drama is going strong, surviving purely on the sheer nerdiness required to produce it. Its... More >>

• 24-Hour Auteur

  published May 29, 2008

  On one hand are the Marcel Prousts of the world, sitting in bed and typing their 10-volume novels a couple hundred words at a time. On the other... More >>