We recently released our picks for the ten best films of 2010, written by LA Weekly film critic Karina Longworth. And as soon as we saw Greenberg (the pick for the second best film of the year), we knew this list was trouble. Was Greenberg good? Yes. Was it also…
In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys. Courtesy of Jonathan David Kane 51. Jonathan David Kane By now, most discussions involving Miami’s fledgling film…
So what if Art Basel has blown out to sea? The Florida Dance Festival Winterfest is docking, and bringing a slew of artists, dancers, and choreographers to ring in the new year with modern dance. The first public performance is a retrospective of choreographer Gerri Houlihan on Thursday at 8…
There’s magic afoot at Little Haiti Cultural Center these days. The once underused space has started attracting foot traffic on weekdays and is now open on weekends. It houses several resident dance companies and some arts classrooms. During Art Basel week, the place just off NE Second Avenue even hosted…
“The Visionary Eye”Through January 15 at O. Ascanio Gallery, 2600 NW Second Ave., Miami; 305-571-9036; oascaniogallery.com. “The Visionary Eye” features the work of eight contemporary and modern masters, including Jesus Soto, Carlos Cruz Diez, Alejandro Otero, Victor Lucena, Francisco Salazar, Carlos Cabeza, Victor Vasarely, and Bernar Venet. With the exception…
Since we’re a heartbeat away from being sick-to-death of this month’s crop of Oscar-seeking masterpieces, we’ve decided to cast a quick glance forward to the ten 2011 films we’re excited to see. We’ve seen some of the below, and make no promises for the others, but, as ever, we’re hopeful…
Oliver!By Lionel Bart. Through December 26 at Actor’s Playhouse, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables; 305-444-9293; actorsplayhouse.org. Oliver! is the 50-year-old musical by Lionel Bart based on the Dickens novel, but there’s nothing stodgy about it. The glittering new production at Actor’s Playhouse is so fresh, fun, and with-it you could…
The Chinese invented fireworks in the Seventh Century to scare away evil spirits. By the 14th Century, that same chemistry was harnessed for rocket warfare. Now, we launch rockets over cities like Baghdad and Kabul. Wait, never mind — those are actually missiles. Best not to get the two confused…
The Chinese invented fireworks in the Seventh Century to scare away evil spirits. By the 14th Century, that same chemistry was harnessed for rocket warfare. Now, we launch rockets over cities like Baghdad and Kabul. Wait, never mind — those are actually missiles. Best not to get the two confused…
This year, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) launched the World Series of Boxing. The WSB is a professional boxing event in which fighters pummel each other, Jake Lamotta-style, on city-based teams. It was created to help amateur boxers get the exposure they need to land national sponsors and rise to…
The last time the Miami Heat clashed with the Milwaukee Bucks, the Big Three were leading the team to their fifth-straight win. Dwyane Wade, returning to the city where he played college ball, finished the night with 25 points and a career-high of 14 rebounds. LeBron James contributed 17 while…
The fourth-ranked Stanford Cardinal face the 13th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies at the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl in a match-up that features two of the hottest teams in the country. Virginia Tech has won 11 games in a row, while Stanford triumphed in seven on the trot. So how come nobody…
When slavery ruled Haiti, field workers lived and died worse than farm animals. But up in the mountains, the drums of revolution sounded. In 1804, African-Haitians overthrew plantation masters and took control of the republic. According to legend, voudou leader Dutty Boukman set the wheels in motion at Alligator Wood,…
For 64 years, the King Orange Jamboree Parade traveled up and down Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami every New Year’s Eve. But the expensive and poorly run event disappeared after 2002, never to return. Luckily, by that time, junior was ready to take over where daddy left off. Now running…
The day after the festivities have worn off and your double vision has finally disappeared, you might wonder what you should do next to commemorate the new year. It’s schmaltzy, but how about the time-honored Austrian hangover cure, the Strauss waltz? Even a neophyte to classical music will recognize the…
“I feel like this outfit screams ‘I’ve been living in Ohio for the past three years. Take me to your gross apartment and have sex with me,” Aura complains in recent indie hit Tiny Furniture. Comedies of humiliation are usually bred in the minds of those much older and male…
At 26 years old, R&B songster Trey Songz is already the envy of 99.9 percent of the music industry. He toured with Jay Z last year and is traveling with Usher this year; he also collaborated with Drake and Soulja Boy Tell’em. And he’s launched four popular albums, including one…
Can you anticipate what your partner will say in reaction to almost any earthly occurrence? Is sex — if it happens at all — akin to a choreographed and laborious meeting of the genitals? Have you spent every Friday evening in the same corner booth at a local P.F. Chang’s…
If Hollywood ever reboots Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, the titular role of green meany will go to comedian Lewis Black. Think about it: the curmudgeonly veteran of The Daily Show sports a disposition of malcontent and vein-popping candor, but posseses a heart of gold inside. His new…
Sofia Coppola had her 21st birthday party at the Chateau Marmont — a fact she had forgotten until Phil Pavel, the manager of the hotel, reminded her while she was there shooting her new film, Somewhere. It’s the first feature to be granted clearance to shoot extensively inside the rooms…
10. Enter the Void I can’t fully condone director Gaspar Noe’s trip—in my review, I called it a “mashup of the sacred, the profane, and the brain-dead,” and I stand by that. But I’ve come to appreciate its stoner stoopidness as part of its charm. And nothing else in 2010…
A picnic for Anglophiles, not to mention a prospective Oscar bonanza, The King’s Speech is a well-wrought, enjoyably amusing inspirational drama that successfully humanizes, even as it pokes fun at, the House of Windsor. The story is a good one: shy, young prince helped by irascible wizard to break an…
