By Jason Roche Just when we think there is nowhere left to explore in the world of metal, a flood of excellent releases both reinforce what we already love about the genre, and push the boundaries of what we know it to be. Below, we celebrate the top 10 heavy…
By Calum Marsh As critics busy themselves drawing up lists and handing out awards, it seems time to look ahead. Here are the ten films to get excited about during the year to come. 1. Jauja (Dir. Lisandro Alonso) Revered Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso returns after 2008’s exquisite Liverpool with…
Photo by Mark PokornyTalk some sense into ’em, Bilbo.Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson discuss the third-and-final Hobbit movie: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, in this special bonus episode of the Voice Film Club podcast. As always, send barbs, jabs,…
Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson run down their ten favorite/best/top/whatever movies of 2014, along with Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl. Send barbs, jabs, claims or jokes to filmpod@villagevoice.com and follow us on the Twitter at @voicefilmclub. [Subscribe to the Voice Film Club…
In honor of new album, Just Be Free, the Queen Diva, Late-Night Creepa, New Orleans’ Big Freedia (a gay man, if you don’t already know, who answers to “he or she”), brought her booty-shakin’ bounce party to Bardot Miami’s carpet stage last night. The rich and fabulously fierce cross-dressing tradition…
We begin this week’s Voice Film Club podcast with a strange story about Giles Corey, who famously said, “More weight!” as stones were laid upon him during his witch trial. The end of the year is sort of like that for film critics, who are pressed upon with all the…
Artem Stoliarov released his first original track at the age of 19. Months later in 2010, Armin van Buuren took notice of Arty, as he’s come to be known, choosing the track “Bliss” for one of his State of Trance mixes. Soon, he signed to Above and Beyond’s prestigious Anjunabeats…
By Ian S. Port The funniest and most incisive show on television is ending this week — so let’s look back at how it began. On October 17, 2005, a power-suited Stephen Colbert furrowed his eyebrows and showed off highlights of his new set. Red letters above him shouted, “The…
“It’s kind of like Jim Morrison if he had a laptop,” says Niko Javan. The Miami music producer and member of rap duo O’Grime is talking about #Yoppin Wednesdays, a new party that he launched at South Beach spot Haven last week. Named after his “Yop = Your own path”…
Welcome to the 305. The city that vibes. And shakes ass. And shreds. Too often, jetsetters and Midwestern tourists land on the sandy white shores of South Beach seeking only uhntz-uhntz and a trip to the VIP. And sure, we love that stuff too. But the locals know Miami is…
The sun had just gone down. We walked into downtown Miami’s Mekka Nightclub. And to our surprise, Top Dawg Entertainment’s own Isaiah Rashad was doing his sound check. “This sounds good, but turn the beat down a little bit so that you can hear me better,” the Chattanooga, Tennesse-bred rapper…
Art Basel is finally over. The behemoth art fair that sweeps into our fair city every year has packed its bags and blown us a very European kiss goodbye. And in its wake, it’s inevitably left both the victorious and the conquered. We here at the Miami New Times have…
We begin this week’s Voice Film Club podcast with a Thomas Pynchon story, before hosts Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, and Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly, move onto Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie adaption of his novel, Inherent Vice. It’s “in some ways a godawful mess, indulgent…
When it was time for the C9 collective’s Denzel Curry and Mike Dece, Metro Zu’s Lofty, and FWAY God to take over Vive Block Party 2014 at The Showroom by 8&9 Clothing, the scene erupted and all of the fans sprinted to the stage. Dece’s single “Yung Ho” is what…
Hospitals are depressing. Until recently, medical shows glossed over this basic fact of life by focusing on the most glamorous clique within them: doctors. For the past two decades, the upwardly mobile audience identification integral to most TV shows taught us to look away from the bedpans and sheaves of…
Last year’s Fool’s Gold Day Off was lit, thanks to the 305’s own Trick Daddy. A true thug’s holiday. And this year’s #FGDayOff during Art Basel Miami Beach week was nothing short of spectacular, with headliners like Fool’s Gold label boss A-Trak and wild Detroit rapper Danny Brown. The DJs…
Bill Cosby’s present is secure. Despite the 17 women (so far) who have publicly come forward with notably similar allegations of drug-enabled sexual assault, the comedian received standing ovations for his stand-up performances in the Bahamas and in Florida recently. His comeback tour will likely continue over the next few…
Photo: Murray CloseJennifer Lawrence in MockingjayCan The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 keep up with the first two films? Why was the final book split into two movies? Does Katniss even want to be part of this revolution? On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, we discuss all things Hunger…
It’s a special The Daily Show edition of the Voice Film Club podcast, as we talk about Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher (starring Steve Carell) and move onto Rosewater, the movie Jon Stewart left The Daily Show for three months in 2013 to direct. Both are in theaters starting November 14. See…
Has it always been your dream for someone to pay attention to you? Perhaps your parents ignored you as a child? Or you were too afraid to speak up during those awkward teenage years? Well, that’s why God created music journalism, so we could compartmentalize all the painful trials and…
Sunday, November 9, was a rainy day, much like the day the Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago. On that historical day, people gathered in the streets in protest. Some rushed to the wall, climbed over it, and broke it down, moved by a desire for freedom and years of…
There’s more television today than at any other point in the medium’s history, but there’s a good chance you’re stuck in a TiVo rut. That’s because, with a handful of exceptions, this fall has delivered a truckload of mediocrity and dead-on-arrival trends. (Goodbye, “rom-sit-coms” like the already canceled A to…
