The stories of Miami’s famous and infamous sure are keeping the good people over at Rakontur busy. Rakontur, you may recall, made the stunning documentary Cocaine Cowboys, about Miami’s drug heydey in the 1980s. The Miami-based production company has several projects on tap in the coming months, says Alfred Spellman,…
At various times over the last decade, David Fincher, Sam Mendes, and Michael Mann were all slated to direct Scott Frank’s screenplay for The Lookout, about a brain-damaged high school hockey stud who’s smooth-talked by distant acquaintances into robbing a small-town bank. That Frank — best known for straightening and…
War movie, horror movie — the difference is negligible in the grim sequel to last year’s hit remake of Wes Craven’s 1977 mutant thriller. After a grisly childbirth and some gory killings, the real action starts with a group of gung-ho National Guardsmen blasting their way through Kandahar. It proves…
The Sty of the Blind Pig: Phillip Hayes Dean’s play, a classic in African-American theater, debuted onstage in 1972 and was made into a movie in 1974. The work explores race, gender, and spirituality, set against a backdrop of the early civil rights movement in Chicago. The work is performed…
During a recent visit to Kunsthaus Miami, Xavier Cortada was putting the finishing touches on his show while ruminating on the “transformative effects” of his visit to the South Pole. “Antarctica,” his solo exhibit, features videos and photographs accompanied by wall text documenting a handful of installations he created as…
Hernan Dompé, Juan Lecuona, Andres Waissman, and Nora Correas: Hernan Dompé transports viewers with his whimsical sculptures of dreamlike ships, contorted fish, and powerful totemic figures hinting at fugitive warriors from an imaginary past. The gallery is also exhibiting Andres Waissman’s abstract paintings, whose rich surfaces vibrate with ancient text…
Children of Men (Universal) Set in a tomorrow that looks like yesterday, Alfonso Cuarón’s wrenching adaptation of P.D. James’ novel feels more like documentary than fiction. In the movie’s world, women have gone barren, and immigrants are tossed into prison camps; it’s the proverbial nightmare to which we might actually…
In the poem “in just-,” e.e. cummings described the world as “mud-luscious” and “puddle-wonderful” — words so perfectly befitting MotorStorm’s gorgeously sloppy off-road hijinks, the game’s designers probably had them tacked up on a wall somewhere. And had Cummings paid $60 for MotorStorm, the verbally inventive (and upper-case averse) poet…
Bow (Tartan) Comeback Season (First Look) Curse of the Golden Flower (Sony) The Eden Formula (Westlake) The Addams Family: Volume 2 (MGM) Errol Flynn: The Signature Collection, Volume 2 (Warner Bros.) Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes, Volume 1 (Fox) Following Sean (New Video Group) Hacking Democracy (Docurama) Happy Feet (Warner…
There’s nothing like a sad song and a cold beer when your soul is feeling a little sore, and the Titanic Brewing Company has just what you need to kill both of those birds with one heavy, heavy stone. The Wednesday night Blues Jam at the pub — named best…
Creative inspiration abounds in the Magic City. An uneventful stroll down the street can be a photographer’s dream, complete with lush scenery, quirky and colorful characters, and only-in-Miami details that can take a standard snapshot from good to great. If you’re a photographer who longs to take your creative talents…
Spa Week sounds like Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and an early birthday for women who love to be spoiled. Some of South Florida’s finest establishments will be offering their typically pricey services for a reduced rate from April 16 to 22. A mere $50 will get you an Ocean Breeze facial…
Tonight the streets of downtown Coral Gables will be hopping with coffee-lovers celebrating the first ever Starbucks Latin-American Coffee Festival. The green-awninged behemoth is rolling out new Latin-inspired flavors of their highly addictive Frappuccinos, lattes and coffees, and they want lil’ ol’ you to help celebrate with coffee and caffeinated…
Local fans get ready, because the Heat is on! Okay, sorry, but lame wordplay (and Glenn Frey reference) aside, our defending champs are on a serious roll and just might be the hottest team in the NBA right now. Apparently where there is smoke there really is fire. Thanks to…
Observing the human body push itself against the physical laws of the universe is an awe-inspiring sight — especially when Antigravity is involved. The New York-based dance company was founded in 1990, and has melded elements of traditional gymnastics, dance, and modern circus arts into its exciting playbook. Think of…
Landscapes have been a part of the artistic repertoire since the days when primitive men used iron oxide to decorate their caves. Capturing the essence of the environment around us isn’t a skill to be sneezed at. Bob Ross might make it look insanely easy, but making a mountainside fir…
Paella is the Latin dish so ubiquitous that even George Costanza’s mother made it on Seinfeld. But as Jerry Stiller’s memorably explosive reaction revealed (“Again with the pepper? What do you gotta use all this pepper for?”), good paella can be hard to find. The recipe seems simple enough —…
American comedy writer Robert Orben once said, “There’s so much pollution in the air now that if it weren’t for our lungs there’d be no place to put it all.” And if you’ve watched Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, you already know that Orben’s words are hitting close to home…
Throughout her influential career, Rei Kawakubo has demonstrated an unerring eye for cutting an unusual silhouette. For her collaboration with Merce Cunningham, the avant-garde fashion designer took his dancers out of their tights and draped them in Quasimodo-like costumes, turning them into weirdly sculpted shapes twirling on stage. The innovative…
Miami FC es el único equipo de fútbol profesional del Sur de la Florida, which is odd, considering the sport’s global popularity and the fact that the majority of the city’s residents are Latin. In any case Miami’s USL First Division team is back for another season, kicking things off…
March is Women’s History Month, and if you didn’t get a chance to observe it as you should have, or if you just really need to conjure up some good karma toward womankind, here’s your last chance. Community Arts & Culture is holding the fifth annual Women and Culture Festival,…
Spring is here, complete with promises of beautiful breezy weather and ladylike outfits in pleasant pastel shades taking over storefront windows all over town. Meanwhile here in Miami, the sun offers only sweltering summer heat, and pit stains are spreading on your new lemon yellow blouse. Hey, good lookin’! At…
