Billy Corben

Marlins' Terrible Home-Run Sculpture Cost More Than Most of Their Roster

Hope you're psyched for Opening Day, Miami! Your hometown Marlins are off to a roaring start. If by "roaring," you mean they're tied for the worst record in baseball, have scored just 14 runs in six games, and are so desperate for a first-baseman they held open auditions yesterday, that is.Just in c ... More >>

MIFF's Jaie Laplante Talks Cinema at the Intersection of Hollywood and Latin America

Irregardless Is a Real Word, Bro

Bro, remember when Shit Miami Girls Say came out and Non-Miamians were super making fun of the way Miamians freaking talk, bro? That shit was super annoying bro. Especially the part when one of the girls says, "irregardless, I don't care." All the English language snobs were talking shit about Miami ... More >>

DJ Laz Conquered Disability, Tragedy, and Miami's Airwaves; Now He's Aiming Higher

Blue Collar Turns Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Blue Collar's Daniel Serfer is renaming his restaurant Pink Collar for the month of October in honor of National Breast Cancer awareness Month.Read Also:-Blue Collar -- My Favorite Miami Restaurant- Eating a Blue Collar Corben with Billy CorbenFor the chef/owner of the small restaurant that was name ... More >>

Eating a Blue Collar Corben With Billy Corben

Blue Collar: Miami's Best Restaurant ValueBlue Collar's chef Danny Serfer has gained a cult following since he opened his small restaurant in January. Grab a seat and look around. Chances are, if you've been there more than once, you'll start to recognize the faces of regulars who come weekly -- som ... More >>

Director Billy Corben Off the Hook for Tweeting During Jury Duty

Billy Corben, Miami's master documentarian, has found himself innocent on charges of being a "Tweeting twit." Corben, director of films like The U and Cocaine Cowboys, pulled jury duty earlier this year and updated his Twitter and Facebook followers about the inanities of sitting on a jury, but neve ... More >>

June 5 Will Be "Michael Bay Day" in Miami-Dade County

Well, it's better than Brett Ratner Day.Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sally Heyman has issued a proclamation officially recognizing June 5 as "Michael Bay Day." Yes, Michael Bay the director of Bad Boys, Transformers, and the upcoming Pain and Gain.Unfortunately, the day will probably not be celebr ... More >>

Cocaine Cowboys Creator Gets Called "Tweeting Twit" by Crotchety, Out-Of-Touch Columnist

It's as if Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago read her own paper's story on a defense attorney trying to get a new trial for his client because a juror, Cocaine Cowboys director Billy Corben, mused about the mundane details of jury duty on Twitter and then muttered to herself, "Wow, what a twee ... More >>

Rakontur ten-year restrospective at O Cinema March 26-30

Jon Roberts, Smuggler in Cocaine Cowboys, Dies

​Jon Pernell Roberts, the megasmuggler featured in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys, has died at the age of 63. Film company Rakontur's Billy Corben tweeted yesterday: "Just got word that Jon Roberts from Cocaine Cowboys passed away. Thankful he gave us the opportunity to tell his story." And the ... More >>

Art Basel Events You're Not Invited To, Sorry

Art Basel not only offers an overload of visual stimulation, it also presents a time to dredge up any tragic feelings of rejection you experienced in your youth. Sure, there are like 300 openings and parties each and every night of next week, but there are only like three you want to go to. Those ar ... More >>

Limelight: Billy Corben's new documentary screens at O Cinema

Michael Corleone Blanco lives in the shadow of his cocaine-queen mother

Billy Corben Stumps for Luther Campbell On Sid Rosenberg

How about a debate between Uncle Luke and Vicious Sid?​While making the local radio rounds this past 4/20 promoting his latest epic documentary, Square Grouper, Rakontur auteur Billy Corben articulated his unwavering support for Luther Campbell's mayoral campaign on Sid Rosenberg's 560 WQAM show." ... More >>

DJ Le Spam and the soundtrack for Rakontur's Square Grouper on DVD April 19

Rakontur Recruits DJ Le Spam to Score Its New Doc Square Grouper

DJ Le Spam, AKA Adam Yeomanson.​There are certain things that are quintessentially Miami, like cafecitos at a board meeting and a doctor sporting a guayabera. Now add Rakontur Media Studio's rapidly expanding library of South Florida-focused documentaries to that running list. For over a decade, ... More >>

High Times

Rakontur Puts Plans for Sequel to Hurricanes Football Doc The U on Hold

Despite The U, Rakontur's documentary on Miami Hurricane's football during the '80s, being a critical and ratings smash and one of the best films in ESPN's lauded "30 for 30" series, director Billy Corben has put plans for a sequel on hold. The news comes after the University of Miami apparently de ... More >>

Tweets of the Week: When LeBron Met Nicki Minaj

​Everyone has a Twitter these days, so it's hard to keep up. Luckily for you Riptide has decided to start chronicling the best Miami-related Tweets each week. Of course, we're not even up on all of Twitter. So if you think there's a local VIP whose account we need to keep an eye on or just a reall ... More >>

Miami vs. Ohio State: Why a Win Would Feel So Good (And a Loss Isn't the End of the World)

​It might take a crack squad of psychoanalysis to properly dissect all the emotions Canes Nation has been going through leading up to Tomorrow's game against Ohio State. To put it simply though, a win in this game would feel better and be more monumental than almost any other win the Hurricanes ha ... More >>

Spam Allstars, Playing Alba Lounge This Friday

​Spam...it's not just for breakfast anymore. And, really, if ever you've eaten it, you know you're not missing much in the canned foods department. Spam for your ears, however, is a whole other ballgame. And this Friday, the new Sunny Isles boutique hotel Solé On the Ocean is serving it up hot at ... More >>

Watch New Art Teele Documentary Miami Noir Here, Airs Soon On Local TV

Two years ago two University of Miami students filmed a documentary re-enacting the last days of former city commissioner Art Teele Jr.'s life. ​After making the rounds on the festival circuit, the documentary, Miami Noir, will air on Miami PBS in July, but it is now entirely online up at doc site ... More >>

Miami Film Czar Harry Emilio Gottlieb Passes Take-Home Quiz

Harry Emilio Gottlieb knows cinema!​Who knew that Harry Emilio Gottlieb, a prolific writer of letters to the editor denouncing cronyism, was a Hollywood wheeler-dealer?Why else would he get a $63,000-a-year gig as the man in charge of Miami's film and cultural affairs office? It couldn't possibly ... More >>

Warren Sapp Gets Pimp-Slapped By The U Director Billy Corben

Warren Sapp Loves Billy Corben 4EVAH​When a 300 pound 6'3" retired NFL quarterback killer talked smack about Billy Corben on WQAM 560's Sid Rosenberg show last week, the Miami documentary filmmaker didn't waste time sacking Warren Sapp's blathering nonsense.The former University of Miami and Tampa ... More >>

Billy Corben Promises Sequel to The U; Trashes University of Miami

​Rakontur films has announced a sequel to their documentary The U, which chronicled the Miami Hurricanes football team of the '80s. It became the highest rated documentary in ESPN history. They plan to have the sequel ready for release by December, about one year after the original's premier. Sinc ... More >>

ESPN Films Premieres The U, and Chef Bullfrog's Gastropod is at Lyric Theater, Overtown

Jacob KatelChef Jeremiah Bullfrog serves Rakontur director Billy Corben.​It's all about The U. It's a Canes thing. Miami loved the Hurricanes more than the Dolphins. Sloppy Jose, glass bottle Coke. Miami's own Billy Corben, from Dade County's own Cocaine Cowboy producing Rakontur, premiered his ne ... More >>

ESPN Documentary The U Premieres at Lyric Theater in Overtown

By Francisco AlvaradoFormer Hurricanes mascot John Routh and ex-running back Melvin Bratton pose with Vinny Testaverde's Heisman Trophy​Click here to view photos from this event.Last night, Rakontur debuted an extended version of its upcoming ESPN documentary The U inside Overtown's historic Lyric ... More >>

Miami Hurricanes football told by Rakontur filmmakers

It's A Canes Thing, U Wouldn't Understand

John F. Rhodes, Dallas Morning NewsUM defensive end Russell Maryland sacks the Texas Longhorns QB in the 1991 Cotton Bowl​It's just before the start of the Cotton Bowl Classic at the Fair Park Stadium in Dallas on the morning of January 1, 1991. There is not an empty seat in the place. And just ... More >>

Cocaine Cowboys 2 Takes Its Cues From '90s West Coast Hood Flicks

Meet the Cocaine Queen

Cocaine Cowboys sequel takes us to the web of the Black Widow.

Confessions of a Trafficker

Jon Roberts was a big-time Miami coke dealer who did time in the big house

Before the Lights Go Down

Poland versus Chediak: There was plenty of drama at the Nineteenth Annual Miami Film Festival