This Saturday, November 2, Coral Gables Art Cinema will screen Dolemite, a blaxploitation classic that marked the cinematic debut of nightclub comic Rudy Ray Moore.
“It’s a blast; I’m superproud of it. If I wasn’t, I’d let history bury it,” Mark Patton says of the flick that was supposed to make him a star, 1985’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge. Patton wound up having a complicated relationship with the Freddy Krueger sequel that was lambasted by critics but cleaned up at the box office.
With Carros, 21-year-old filmmaker Alec Castillo looked to make a subtle statement on the treatment of Cuba in pop culture.
“Moonlight” producer and Borscht Corp. cofounder Andrew Hevia’s documentary “Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window” examines Art Basel’s nascent Hong Kong fair and how it relates to that city’s artists.
The Miami Film Festival is back with its annual Gems — a weekend of movie premieres showing at the Tower Theater. Perhaps the most anticipated of these screenings is Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, which will open the four-day minifestival Thursday, October 10. But as New Times film critics Juan…
With so many options to choose from, navigating Miami’s film festival scene can prove challenging for even the most dedicated cinephiles.
Big Mouth writer Victor Quinaz says Miami’s independent film scene has greatly expanded since his days growing up in the Magic City.
A new collectors’ book about Moonlight includes a forward written by Frank Ocean.
In the film Netizens, Emmy-nominated writer and producer Cynthia Lowen explores the lives of three women victimized by online harassment.
The $18,000 Grand Jury cash prize marks the first such award to be offered by any Jewish film festival in the world.
Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival Gems 2019 has announced its full lineup.
Though many observers will cite “Moonlight” as a visual and narrative reference point (in part because both works were shaped by McCraney’s life experiences), “David Makes Man” allows familiar elements to play out differently.
After shuttering its Wynwood location, O Cinema is expanding to South Beach and vying to stay in North Beach.
HBO Latino’s Marquesina Sessions revolve around panel discussions regarding the need for increased Latinx talent in media.
Writer/director Lulu Wang is having a 100% Fresh moment on Rotten Tomatoes. The Farewell marks only the second film by the New World School of the Arts alum, who grew up in Miami after emigrating from Beijing with her family when she was 6. She now lives in Los Angeles but recently returned to her former hometown to work the hype for the followup to her 2015 debut feature, Posthumous.
Most of us remember the awkwardness of high school. Between finding yourself and trying to fit in, it seemed as if every step of life was a major challenge. Nowadays it’s even worse. Concerns that kids didn’t have to consider ten years ago, such as a photo going viral on social media for all the wrong reasons, makes it a whole new world for teenagers now.
On the heels of its announcement last week, Popcorn Frights Film Festival has returned with more films for their fifth edition in their second wave announcement. The festival, taking place August 8-16 at Savor Cinema, announced such features as Paradise Hills, Knives and Skin, and Haunt last week. The second…
There are a handful of Stranger Things-related events and activities taking place in Miami this weekend if you need a break from binge-watching season three of the nostalgic Netflix sci-fi series.
Just in time for the conclusion of Pride month, MTV is making history with its show Are You the One? The reality dating competition is the first in US history to feature a sexually fluid cast. What does that mean exactly? Miami Beach resident and contestant on this season’s show, 22-year-old Aasha Wells, explains. “Nobody [on the cast] preferred…
Popcorn Frights Film Festival returns to Savor Cinema for its fifth year August 8 with an opening night sure to please many horror fans. Kicking off the nine-night celebration is the world premiere of Haunt, a new horror thriller by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, two of the writers of A…
Jhoan “Sebastian” Grey still remembers the design advice he got from one of his favorite teachers at Miami’s Istituto Marangoni. “She told me, ‘Why do you always do these shapes, these flowy skirts and flowy arms?’ She was always pushing me to learn new things and get out of my…
Executive-produced by Eva Longoria, ABC’s new summer drama, Grand Hotel, is set in Miami Beach. The action takes place at the fictional Riviera Grand, which was modeled after the very real and very famous Fontainebleau Miami Beach.
