Miami Jewish Film Festival 2019’s Must-See Movies

The Miami Jewish Film Festival returns this month with an exciting and progressive lineup, punctuated by spotlights on women and first-time filmmakers, live music performances, and other events. It’ll be impossible to catch all 80 films during the fest’s two-week run. So New Times film critics Juan Antonio Barquin and Hans Morgenstern have narrowed their picks to these four standouts.

How Mokhtar Alkhanshali Brought Yemeni Coffee to the U.S.

If you’ve been in Miami long enough, you know the Magic City runs on cafecito. Yemeni-American coffee entrepreneur Mokhtar Alkhanshali, the subject of Dave Eggers’ most recent book, “The Monk of Mokha,” will share his love of coffee and indulge in Miami’s own when he visits Books & Books…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday A bunch of clowns and mimes down by a river? In most towns, that would sound like a horror movie. But all of this and more will happen at the beautiful Wharf Miami during the Riverside Circus. The waterside space will boast stilt-walkers, jugglers, acrobats, magicians, and other performers,…

The Best Films of 2018, According to Miami Movie Experts

Miami’s annual film review has returned. The tradition of polling a collection of local film experts, including critics and programmers who work for numerous publications, festivals, and cinemas in the city, was published on the website Dim the House Lights for 2015 and 2016, and the winners of the Miami…

Five Ways to Recover on New Year’s Day in Miami

Maybe you’re convinced now that you’ll head home after the ball drops at midnight, but a little part of you knows that you’ll stay out until sunrise. It’s New Year’s Eve — going hard is on the agenda. And this is Miami, the magical city that never sleeps and parties…

Bubble City Pop-Up: An Alternative to Pricey Wynwood Storefronts

Twenty years ago, Wynwood was a place where Puerto Rican families lived and warehouses offered cheap deals on stuff. If you wanted to open a creative business just after the turn of the millennium, you could do it in Wynwood where an artsy community was sprouting. It grew so strong…

Five Miami Artists to Watch in 2019

In 2018 we saw Miami get more crowded, more expensive, and more dedicated to massive projects like David Beckham’s soccer stadium and the American Dream Miami mega-mall. But as our economy and population seem to build beyond our physical limits, our art and culture have increasingly turned inward. For the…

Ten Movies to Look Forward to in Early 2019

The January, February and March months of 2019 are already boasting a strong slate, with U.S. distribution of international festival favorites along with welcome returns of first-rate genre filmmakers like M. Night Shyamalan and Jordan Peele

South Florida Businesses Are Embracing the Sport of Axe Throwing

Just west of American Airlines Arena lies a freestanding building. Climb its stairs and you’ll begin to hear throbbing dance music accompanied by the thwack of medieval weaponry. Reach the second floor and you’ll see the sport that’s quickly invading the American Zeitgeist – indoor axe throwing. For…

How Local Artist Rey Jaffet Made His Mark on Miami

Rey Jaffet says he’s always been a curious guy. That lifelong seeking instinct led the artist to create a visual voice for the misunderstood. His work across different mediums and styles has earned him international recognition, and now, with his artistry on display in the largest mural in all of Miami,…

Top Ten TV Shows of 2018

It was a terrible year in so many ways, but onscreen, with shows including Sharp Objects, My Brilliant Friend, Better Call Saul, The Americans and Atlanta, it sparkled

The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday You know a Riot Ten show will be anything but boring. The word “riot” is right there in his name. Hitting Club Space this Thursday is his Hype or Die Tour, bearing the same name as the El Paso-bred artist’s EP, which dropped earlier this year. If your soul…

Top Ten Films of 2018

The art houses and Drafthouses again pull more than their fair share of the burden of quality, but my No. 2 (and many people’s No. 1) is a straight-up Netflix production, already available to watch on your phone