Mia Wasikowska is proof of reincarnation. The Australian actress must be possessed by the spirit of Lillian Gish. At 22 — the same age that Gish starred in Birth of a Nation — Wasikowska became a bankable name playing the lead in Tim Burton’s garish Alice in Wonderland. In the…
Aaron Sorkin opens a new desktop icon with Steve Jobs, a briskly busy, talkative companion piece to the Newsroom and Moneyball writer’s Mark Zuckerberg-centric The Social Network. Adapting Walter Isaacson’s biography of the Apple innovator — and covering much of the same ground as Alex Gibney’s documentary Steve Jobs: The…
Here’s a scary story for you. Somewhere in Hollywood, a cabal of producers are forever zombie-ing up the corpses of long-dead licensed properties, ever hopeful that you will continue to throw your money at familiar trademarked characters even as they eat your brains. Sometimes, when a silver moon shines just…
Steven Spielberg’s true-story Cold War procedural Bridge of Spies has a wintry chill. The colors are gray and green, the skin tones pale as frozen fish, and the film stock fuzzed and snowy. Our protagonist, James Donovan (Tom Hanks), spends half the movie waylaid by a cold and takes his…
Like the small bit of concrete foundation embedded in the brick sidewalk that pokes out in an awkward triangle from under the post office wall on the corner of Grand Avenue and McDonald Street, my memories of the Grove Cinema are slight. The physical evidence of the art house is…
On Saturday afternoon, hundreds flocked to Wynwood for the Miami Book Fair International’s mural unveiling party. The MBFI departed from their traditional poster format to do something a bit more edgy this year, turning to the streets of Miami for inspiration. The commissioned mural, entitled Three Muses, was painted by…
Physical and symbolic lines have long divided the island of Hispaniola. On the one side is Haiti, on the other, the Dominican Republic — two vastly different countries that have had a turbulent history. The Dominican Republic, which has a population of about 10 million, has both benefited from and…
Unless you’re a government employee enjoying this Columbus Day on your couch, you’re likely one of many III Points festival goers zombie walking your way around the workplace. After three days of crowd sweat and food lines, what you need is a heap of free entertainment, preferably with very little…
Since she was appointed director of Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Helen Toomer has redefined the typical Basel exhibition. When she took the helm of the commercial behemoth, the fair was comprised of a long and disjointed selection of galleries and artists from around the world, held far afield on Miami’s…
On Thursday night, as the rest of the nation put on layers of wool clothing and ate hot soup (or whatever it is people do when winter is on the prowl) artists and supporters of the arts braved North Miami Beach flooding and October humidity for a poolside soiree. Set…
When former Miami City Ballet prima ballerina, Mary Carmen Catoya, debuts as Arts Ballet Theatre (ABT) of Florida’s principal dancer, it will be a double reunion of sorts. Years ago, she danced with ABT’s guest choreographer, Alberto Méndez, in his work Tarde en la Siesta. “I did many ballets with him,”…
For Timothy Rodgers, the newly appointed director of the Wolfsonian-FIU, stepping into the role at the university-run art museum was a dream come true. “I’ve known about the Wolfsonian-FIU since very early on in my career, when they published my very first article in the Journal of Decorative and Propaganda…
The best time of the week is finally here: the weekend. Miami offers just about every activity this weekend. On the music front, you can catch Los Amigos Invisibles at The Fillmore, Nervo at Story, XYZA Label Cue at Concrete Beach Brewery and Mark Knight at Story. You can also run…
It’s not easy having eyes all over the scene, being around to take in all the wild visuals at all the worthwhile places in the city. There are, however, those parties and gallery openings where a fortunate photographer can point and shoot. Every week, in collaboration with WorldRedEye, New Times will…
Nothing says autumn in Miami like FOMO (fear of missing out, for you n00bs). Unlike the sweltering days of summer, the temperate fall means everyone who’s anyone is on their way to the 305, and amazing events follow by the boatload. And we all endure serious stress when faced with…
Miami has always been too cool for school, and now with the recent launching of its very own domain name, the city is has reached subzero. Starting this month, businesses and average folk alike can purchase a .miami domain for as little as $13.99. If the allure of having your…
The early evening light on Sunday was as orange as the pumpkins for sale at the second ever Miami Flea, a market packed with 50-plus vendors and an endless stream of all-ages shoppers. The atmosphere was so inviting, I spent more than I should have. I went a little wild…
If musical talent was encoded in our DNA, Carlos Averhoff Jr. inherited a genetic boon. Born in Havana to Cuban saxophone legend Carlos Averhoff Sr., his official bio playfully claims that he learned to play in the womb, and one can easily envision his father tapping rhythms against his mother’s…
For months now, Red Bull has been working on revamping an old warehouse in Wynwood to be the site of their new Miami office, and today, the location is ready to be unveiled. Since the workspace is in Wynwood after all, it would be remiss to not add a little…
Well, folks, a month of horror and cooler air approaches and, boy, is it a fun one for the classics. With the Halloween spirit all around the place, an abundance of horror hits Miami, but it’s not solely limited to that. Without further ado, here are the classic films showing…
Miami’s art climate is changing rapidly, fueled not by hydrocarbons but by an ever-expanding global market hungry for the Magic City’s scene. With last year’s messy birth of the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) — which acrimoniously broke away from the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami — Miami now…
Thursday, October 8 There’s nothing worse than spending your hard-earned cash on crappy cocktails, especially those made with bottom-shelf swill you know costs half of what they’re charging you to pour it. Thankfully, the third-annual Craft Spirits Festival gives local libation lovers the chance to get a big taste of…
