On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice and Amy Nicholson of L.A. Weekly remember Robin Williams, who died on Monday. He was 63. They also recommend We Are Mari Pepa, a slight movie about growing up punk in Mexico, the Daniel…
Emma Stone and Colin Firth in Magic in the Moonlight.On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice and Amy Nicholson of L.A. Weekly discuss Woody Allen’s latest, Magic in the Moonlight, and revisit Get on Up and Guardians of the Galaxy, and…
On this week’s , Stephanie defends her Guardians of the Galaxy review against internet trolls who tell her to go suck eggs, and we touch on Scarlett Johansson in Lucy and the excellent James Brown biopic Get on Up. There’s a lot to be had in this one. Enjoy. [Subscribe…
“No jaded shock star … A seeking searcher, a shifting shape, a spirit lifter.” Those are the words of post-punk icon Peter Murphy, as crooned and howled on “I Am My Own Name,” a seemingly semi-autobiographical musical musing off his latest solo record, Lion. Once the frontman of proto-goth band…
Travi$ Scott With Nuri, SpaceGhostPurrp, Robb Bank$, Denzel Curry, Yung Simmie, Nik SB, IndigoChildRick, and others Presented by Yes Julz and Norma Now Grand Central, Miami Saturday, July 26, 2014 Better Than: Your fave videos of Travi$ Scott in action. Live, Travi$ Scott is even raunchier than Youtube footage of…
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, Amy Nicholson of the L.A. Weekly and Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice interview film critic and author Karina Longworth, who’s just launched a fascinating new podcast on the history of Hollywood called You Must Remember This. [Subscribe to the Voice Film Club…
On the runway, the models of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim look like tiny, toned goddesses, flawless and untouchable, and definitely not human. But when we took our cameras backstage to chat with the nameless stars of the annual bikinifest, we found out that underneath all the bronzer, these models are…
In 1983, nine Cuban exile artists came together and exhibited their works in a show called “The Miami Generation.” They didn’t know it then, but despite the contrasts in their artistic styles and influences, that show at the now-defunct Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture in Miami would bind them…
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, we hear from L.A. Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson, who’s intrigued by the bizarre universe of Pixar’s Planes movies. We also hear about the film critic’s background and how she became interested in the movies by way of subliminal advertising and photography. [Subscribe…
Welcome to the future nerd sanctuary of Miami. An arcade bar has finally landed in south Florida. Forget “up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A”; with a great craft beer selection, eye-catching artwork, video games, and owners who want to embrace the geek community, ARTcade has all…
By Chris Kornelis At the time of his death, in May 1981, Bob Marley was 36 years old, reggae’s biggest star, and the father of at least 11 children. He was not, however, a big seller. For Dave Robinson, this presented an opportunity. Two years after Marley’s passing, Chris Blackwell,…
Reality TV cast members tend to have — how to put this nicely? — outgoing personalities. But it takes a special kind of exhibitionist to bare your ass on national television. Bonus points for doing so in the first five minutes of your new TV series’ first episode. Chris Leavitt…
You thought only homely people went to Electric Daisy Carnival this past weekend? Think again! This year, per usual, the bold and the beautiful made their way to Las Vegas for parties that lasted all night long. Here are the concertgoers whom we found particularly enchanting. See also: Electric Daisy…
You might think the world of reality TV is a ladies’ game. But you’d be wrong. Housewives be damned; many reality shows reflect the unfortunate reality of the glass ceiling for professional women. Take the Million Dollar Listing franchise, for example. Bravo’s Los Angeles original and New York spin-offs both…
Sub Focus Grand Central, Miami Saturday, June 28, 2014 Better Than: Staying home and playing FIFA 14 for Xbox One. Only three days into his solo tour, English electronic music star Sub Focus blessed Miami with an Ultra Music Festival-worthy performance that left everyone in the audience drenched in sweat…
From the very start of the first episode of Million Dollar Listing Miami, you can already tell it’s going to be one saucy season. What else would you expect from a show that puts a zoom lens on our city’s luxury real estate market and the players who run it? …
Miami is no friend to underground clubs. They open. They flourish. They close. So when we here at Crossfade wrote about The Nest for the club’s grand opening during Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week, we were hopeful, but we also suggested not getting used to the new pop-up…
Although The Galactic Effect has only been around since early 2014, his impact on Miami’s music scene has already been felt. Determined not to be another faceless producer in a sea of EDM-crazed Miamians, he combines aspects of classical music with futuristic bass and old-school hip-hop. His unique mix of…
Recently, Star Wars fans, along with much of the planet’s pop-culture collective, nearly ruptured the internet in their enthusiasm to share set-building photos from next year’s long-awaited new feature film. But these weren’t shots of just any set. They depicted the construction of the Millennium Falcon. You’ve never heard of…
In 1984, George Orwell wrote about an entirely new language that nixes freedom of speech, limiting what you can say, the emotions you can express. Some could argue that the cartoon text language emoji runs along the same lines. Sure, they make flirting through Tindr that much easier — “Ooh,…
The Western genre isn’t entirely comprised of spaghetti or John Wayne talking out the side of his mouth: From its earliest days, filmmakers were putting a comic spin on stories set on the dusty trail, with the genre hitting its apex between the mid ’70s and mid ’80s. We’ve gathered…
Pin-up girls, strip teases, vintage cars and enough rock ‘n’ roll to bring Elvis back from the dead. What’s not to love about Pinned Miami, the three-day pin-up, rockabilly, burlesque and tattoo festival that’s hitting Miami this weekend? It’s a retro renaissance, with enough cheekiness and ’50s cheese to hold your pin…
