Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection: The show features 59 works in a mind-boggling hodgepodge of media by artists ranging from Damien Hirst to Olafur Eliasson and José Antonio Hernández-Diez. It “proposes a playful, imaginative, curious, and unexpected approach to objects used in daily life,” curator Cecilia Fajardo-Hill says…
Remember the 1985 movie version of the Parker Brothers whodunit board game Clue, with its pre-DVD-era gimmick of multiple endings? Well, Vantage Point is like that, only instead of multiple endings, it gives us multiple beginnings. Oh, and Vantage Point, to the best of my knowledge, isn’t supposed to be…
The pleasures of Be Kind Rewind do not extend far beyond the promise of its premise: Jack Black, magnetized and manic (yawn), erases every single videotape in the rental store where he hangs out and has to reshoot the movies with pal Mos Def. Theirs becomes a ramshackle filmography of…
Like most wannabe heroes of the eager-to-please teen comedy, poor little rich boy Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) is too charming by half and not nearly quirky enough. Expelled from his ritzy private school, our blazered hero soon finds himself dispatched to a public school by his desperate single mother (Hope…
Kenny Carnes’s Last Words wouldn’t play well in the rest of the theatergoing world. A one-man show examining the human side of the death penalty, it simply wouldn’t make sense. Most countries with happening theater scenes don’t kill their prisoners. This one does, though: More than 1,000 people have been…
The Sorrows of Young Werther: Of the many reasons this adaptation of Goethe’s play succeeds, the director’s savvy use of the small venue ranks highest. Jesús Quintero and his upstart troupe recognize that close quarters allow for eye contact with the audience and for the use of nuances that would…
Margot at the Wedding (Paramount) Margot (Nicole Kidman, or someone who looks just like her) is a fiction writer whose tales are based, uncomfortably and unkindly, on the real-life family for whom she seems to care very little. Hence sister Pauline’s (Jennifer Jason Leigh) late discovery that Margot’s a “monster”…
Let’s just get it out right now: “Devil May Cry” is a weak-ass name for a wicked action game. But what’s in a name? In three previous outings, the brutal, hella-challenging series has consistently delivered some of the greatest hack-and-slash thrills in the genre. Sure, the setup’s as old as…
Black Water (Sony) Catacombs (Lionsgate) Chaos (Lionsgate) Cops: 20th Anniversary Edition (Fox) The Death of Adolf Hitler (Koch Vision) The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town (1977) (Warner Bros.) The Final Inquiry (Fox) Gangsters: The Ultimate Film Collection (Universal) German Expressionism Collection (Kino) In the Valley of Elah (Warner Bros.)…
“The avant-garde is always just the people with the most energy,” Fairfield Porter once said. If that’s true, Miami’s avant-garde would have to include Lauren “Lolo” Reskin, South Florida’s only record store owner, event calendar guru, DJ, and … book club leader? To each town its own Oprah, and Lolo…
:In the world of Latin dance, some consider the rumba to be the most sensual, and judging by its slow underlying rhythm and seductive hip motions, we totally understand how it got that reputation. The newest spot to get your rumba on is Chocolate’s Place , named for the singularly…
“Circuit parties” are the Mardi Gras of the gay world, where hordes of revelers party for days on end. Miami, always happy to host a party, is the home of several of the largest circuit parties of the year, and there’s a doozy starting tonight — the Winter Party, which…
The Florida Panthers, and more specifically Richard Zednik, survived a scare February 10. Zednik suffered a gash on his neck from Olli Jokinen’s skate blade when the team captain was checked and upended by Buffalo Sabres forward Clarke MacArthur. Zednik quickly skated to the bench, where trainers took over and…
To distinguish herself from Wynwood competitors, art dealer Cristina Ricci is popping the cork on her new gallery “on the other side of the tracks.” Her pristine 1,900-square-foot space, nestled behind the Bacardi Building on Biscayne Boulevard, will specialize in contemporary photography and something else most Wynwood joints can’t boast:…
You thought your coif was edgy, Miss Fauxhawk, but until you’ve launched a helicopter from your dome, your look is still plain-Jane. The style soldiers who go to battle in Hair Wars, photographer David Yellen’s book about the unconventional styles shown at the infamous hair show of the same name,…
The writers’ strike is over and Hollywood is working around the clock to make up for lost time. Trust that the big suits behind the scenes at this year’s Academy Awards show are breathing heavy sighs of relief that there won’t be a band of bearded scribes picketing their longstanding…
You feel a shudder of delight when a new product hits the makeup aisle at the drugstore, and a trip to Sephora can damn near give you a shopping orgasm. You’re a product junkie. A beauty addict. You can’t get enough eyeliner, lip gloss, and mascara. Don’t be ashamed –…
Pack up the pooper scooper and your favorite four-legged friend: These are the dog days of February. Today head over to the Humane Society of Greater Miami Adopt-a-Pet’s Purina Walk for the Animals at Bayfront Park. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m., and the walk starts at 10. If your dogs…
You might think a model’s life is easy, glamorous stuff, but you couldn’t be more mistaken. Put it this way: While your tush is parked in a cushy chair for eight hours a day, those glorified mannequins are expected to have hair and makeup teams pull, crimp, tweeze, and contour…
Want to score major points with your lady this weekend and actually enjoy yourself at the same time? Take her to see the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami’s season opener, Swan Lake, tonight at 8 or Sunday at 3 at the Fillmore. The costumes and scenery were brought in from…
Healthy ain’t exactly the first word that springs to mind when you think about the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Decadent, yes. Gluttonous, indeed. Cardiac-arrest-inducing – quite possibly, if you do it right. The festival prides itself on excess – more fancy TV chefs than you can shake a…
It’s been a painful season. But at least now the new, Shaq-less Miami Heat looks faster — and younger. Not much better, though. Still, unnoticed in the seismic Shaq-to-Phoenix trade is the fact that Miami got a great player in return. Newly acquired Shawn Marion debuted for the Heat with…
