Globally, kid’s entertainment is a booming, ever-expanding industry with hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue each year. In the U.S., children account for 23 percent of the population (74 million people). It’s little wonder why a who’s who of kids’ media giants and attendees from over fifty countries make it a priority to descend upon Miami each February, hunting for the next big hit.
Overtown has long been a mecca for culture. The deeply rooted community in the historic heart of Miami was a center of entertainment in the 1940s and ‘50s, comparable to Miami Beach. Some of most iconic black artists of the time performed in the neighborhood. But Overtown’s cultural significance is…
Before winning awards and audience’s eyeballs, a movie needs connections to movie theaters via a distributor. It’s really the ultimate goal for an independent filmmaker. The Sundance Film Festival is often thought of as the gateway to such success. But Miami-based collaborative documentary filmmakers Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch found…
Alita: Battle Angel. This is a film made up of three distinct, and sometimes conflicting, aesthetics. At its heart is Yukito Kishiro’s manga series Gunnm (or Battle Angel Alita), of which a number of chapters were chopped and rearranged by writers Laeta Kalogridis and James Cameron to create the two-hour…
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney, and starring André Holland, Netflix’s latest release is a riveting sports drama titled “High Flying Bird.” But it’s more than just the tale of a sports agent trying to disrupt the business during an NBA lockout; it’s a tale that prioritizes characters…
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Nothing feels more like a cash grab in Hollywood than a movie sequel. Usually that means finding a way to bring back the same characters and actors and putting them in similar situations as the first movie and trying not to divert too…
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade has been one of South Florida’s most beloved sports figures for over a decade. He’s also in the middle of his final season in the NBA, with plans to retire later this year. But don’t be too sad when he’s gone, Wade County. You’ll see…
Michael Corleone Blanco, the son of deceased drug lord Griselda Blanco, spent the first 33 years of his life in the drug business. Now, he’s the star of “Cartel Crew,” a VH1 docuseries that follows the sons and daughters of former cartel members. The drug trade isn’t a field that…
The Sunshine State shone brightly at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with filmmakers from southern Florida taking center stage. One of the festival’s strongest films was Pahokee, a documentary feature directed by the West Palm Beach-based husband and wife team of Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan…
The Miami Film Festival (MIFF) revealed its 2019 slate of picks and guests this morning, and there are plenty of exciting inclusions. More than 160 feature narratives, documentaries, and short films of all genres from 40-plus countries will be presented during the festival March 1 through 10.
When the words “based on a Spanish-language film” pop up in bombastic text the moment Miss Bala’s credits appear onscreen, one quickly becomes aware of how little interest the movie has in either its original version or Mexico, where the film mostly takes place.
Opening with an establishing shot of Art Basel Miami Beach, Dan Gilroy’s new Netflix movie, Velvet Buzzsaw, which recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival, sets up its premise by cheapening Miami’s art scene in the predictable manner you’d expect from a California-based filmmaker. Miami is there to provide a colorful, superficial backdrop…
From big-budget blockbusters to indie films, here’s your guide to the movies opening in Miami theaters this week. Serenity. After directing a tense drama featuring a single actor in the front seat of a car (Tom Hardy in 2013’s Locke), screenwriter Steven Knight returns to the director’s chair with a…
The biggest surprise of the list: Local filmmaker Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” snagged only three nominations. These included nods for Original Score, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. But there was an obvious snub for the incredible flick in key categories such as Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director.
From big-budget blockbusters to indie films, here’s your guide to the movies opening in Miami theaters this week. “Cold War.” Pawel Pawlikowski, whose movie “Ida” won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2015, has returned with a much lighter but no less weighted film, “Cold War.” Zula (Joanna…
I think I was ten years old the first time I saw Eyes Wide Shut. I was sick in a hotel in Orlando, probably delusional from cough medication and exhaustion while my family was out having dinner. Flipping through the channels, I ended up on either HBO or Cinemax—both of…
Who would have thought that in 2019 a show that delivers the diversity we crave would follow a bunch of would-be teenage assassins? Syfy sure did. The television network has adapted Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s graphic novel series “Deadly Class” into a program with a 10-episode…
For the past few decades, director Christian Petzold has been delivering a consistent stream of fascinating works of art. His latest, Transit, is an adaptation of Anna Seghers’ novel, described as “an existential, political, literary thriller that explores the agonies of boredom, the vitality of storytelling, and the plight of the exile with extraordinary compassion and insight.”
Pretty much the whole film consists of phone exchanges between Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren), a police officer who has been temporarily demoted to working the phones, and others out in the field as he struggles to save a woman who is being abducted by her ex-husband
Last year, Ryan Murphy’s “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” captivated audiences with the grisly tale of Andrew Cunanan, whose 1997 killing spree ended with the shooting of the famous fashion designer on the steps of his South Beach mansion. Last night, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association affirmed that…
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.
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…
