Pedro Almodovar

Real Men Don't Wear Leather Suits

To Have and Have Nat

Victoria's Secret

To Pee or Not To Pee

Swelter 20

Latin Gay Film Festival Announces Line Up

still from EL PATIO DE MI CARCELI didn't know Miami had a Latin Gay Film Festival. In fact, outside of Almodovar, I didn't even realize there was much going on in the way of queer Latin cinema. Reading the festival's program proved me wrong, and here, in this very post, I have re-digested  ... More >>

Spanish Empire

Miguel Bosé is no run-of-the-mill Latin heartthrob.

Leaning Sideways

In a year when small movies came up big, picking the best was a Payne

The Man Who Loved Women

Gyno-centric director returns with a light-hearted ghost story

Screen for Me, Argentina

If you bump into Lucrecia Martel at the Miami International Film Festival, don't ask her about metaphors

Misdirected

Almodóvar shoots for noir and misses the mark

Latin Love

Almodóvar shoots for noir and misses the mark

The Year in Queer

Almodóvar shoots for noir and misses the mark

Unnatural Attractions

What would draw sultry Latin films to chilly Canada? One huge festival

Feast of Film II

The Miami International Film Festival, part two

Smoked, Not Chilled

Martirio carries the old-school torch

Back to the Future

Most of this year's best won't be seen until next

Far From Happy

The year's best featured plenty of Sad White Guys

Year of the Coma

Blending emotion and wackiness, Pedro Almodóvar's latest looks at sleeping beauties

Film en Español

This year's festival has lots to offer from lots of Latin countries, though generally on the light side

Before the Lights Go Down

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

Mad music at the Miami Film Festival

Nat Chediak's jazz café is sorely missed, but there's still music in the air

Hard Eye Candy

Art can take serious issues lightly and be better for it

Eavesdropping On Barcelona

Judy Davis swirls around Gaudi façades, eccentric lives, and sexual ambiguity

Festival of Mights, II

Headlining the second week of international film, Mexico and France provide some evocative, provocative heavy hitters

To Hatch a Thief

Venezuela's financial crisis as seen through the eyes of a motley robbing crew

To Be Gay, Gifted, and Imprisoned

Before Night Falls recounts the grim, brave life of the persecuted Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas

The Salsa Doctor Is Out

Finding one of Cuba's most famous stars on either side of the Florida Straits can be downright impossible, as the musician navigates between big dreams and political realities

The Year That Was ... Pretty Good

Even New Times critics liked what they saw

Good Grief!

All About My Mother

Gay Life in Reel Time

Bedrooms and Hallways

Frolicking at the Fest

Bedrooms and Hallways

The Z Stands for Zzzzzz

Bedrooms and Hallways

Flush with Queens

Bedrooms and Hallways

Spirit Willing, Flesh Unsure

Bedrooms and Hallways

Screen Tests II

Bedrooms and Hallways

Simple Pleasure

Bedrooms and Hallways

Beautiful Sangria of My Soul

Bedrooms and Hallways

Get Your Red, White and Blue on With Huma Rojo

Let's say tomorrow rolls around and you finally manage to tear yourself away from CNN's round-the-clock coverage of all things Michael Jackson to celebrate the birth of our nation and the day Will Smith freed us from alien annihilation. You find yourself on South Beach for some Fourth of July fe ... More >>

Ooh, This Is So FLIFFy!

Let's say tomorrow rolls around and you finally manage to tear yourself away from CNN's round-the-clock coverage of all things Michael Jackson to celebrate the birth of our nation and the day Will Smith freed us from alien annihilation. You find yourself on South Beach for some Fourth of July fe ... More >>

Huma Rojo This Thursday at Transit

​Let's face it, girls that can truly shred onstage are one of those things that just kicks ass. Just take Joan Jett, Go-Go's and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth). Not for any chauvinistic reason--we are an equal opportunity rock fan. Just because, even today, you simply don't see it enough in the male-dom ... More >>

Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces is twice as fun as it ought to be

​Let's face it, girls that can truly shred onstage are one of those things that just kicks ass. Just take Joan Jett, Go-Go's and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth). Not for any chauvinistic reason--we are an equal opportunity rock fan. Just because, even today, you simply don't see it enough in the male-dom ... More >>

Ladies' Man

​Let's face it, girls that can truly shred onstage are one of those things that just kicks ass. Just take Joan Jett, Go-Go's and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth). Not for any chauvinistic reason--we are an equal opportunity rock fan. Just because, even today, you simply don't see it enough in the male-dom ... More >>

Miami's Wynwood art walk offers everything from cheerleaders to Aborigines

​Let's face it, girls that can truly shred onstage are one of those things that just kicks ass. Just take Joan Jett, Go-Go's and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth). Not for any chauvinistic reason--we are an equal opportunity rock fan. Just because, even today, you simply don't see it enough in the male-dom ... More >>

Huma Rojo Adds Two Members, Changes Name to Oh Dear!, and Records Its Debut EP

​Miami rock fans are no doubt familiar with Huma Rojo. Comprised of vocalist-bassist Damaris Vicke, guitarist Javier Guell, and keyboardist Daniella Bertoldi, the bilingual art rock band has been rumbling around the local scene since 2006 (though Bertoldi actually joined in '08), delighting fans w ... More >>

Spanish Exposition

​Miami rock fans are no doubt familiar with Huma Rojo. Comprised of vocalist-bassist Damaris Vicke, guitarist Javier Guell, and keyboardist Daniella Bertoldi, the bilingual art rock band has been rumbling around the local scene since 2006 (though Bertoldi actually joined in '08), delighting fans w ... More >>

The Skin I Live In: Pedro Almodovar's mad-scientist tale

​Miami rock fans are no doubt familiar with Huma Rojo. Comprised of vocalist-bassist Damaris Vicke, guitarist Javier Guell, and keyboardist Daniella Bertoldi, the bilingual art rock band has been rumbling around the local scene since 2006 (though Bertoldi actually joined in '08), delighting fans w ... More >>

Almdóvar

​Miami rock fans are no doubt familiar with Huma Rojo. Comprised of vocalist-bassist Damaris Vicke, guitarist Javier Guell, and keyboardist Daniella Bertoldi, the bilingual art rock band has been rumbling around the local scene since 2006 (though Bertoldi actually joined in '08), delighting fans w ... More >>