Moon, directed by British advert tyro Duncan Jones, is a modest science fiction film with major aspirations. Jones’s debut is pleased to engage genre behemoths — 2001, Solaris, Blade Runner — as well as B movie classics like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The tale of a lonely spaceman might…
Through the Lens: Photography from the Permanent Collection Arnold Newman: Photographic Legacy Through October 4. Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Dr., Coral Gables; 305-284-3535; lowemuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday noon to 4 p.m. A new exhibit at the Lowe features a rare image of…
Miami isn’t shy about its love of bass. And not just any bass. Big-booty bass — bass so fat that when the room shakes, it feels like an earthquake. So it’s no surprise that the dubstep genre has finally boiled over from the underground. Its natural evolution from electro-house —…
Forget Brüno. Forget Moon. Forget Public Enemies. Forget Harry Potter, Ice Age, Away We Go, Transformers, The Hangover, etc.The movie you need to see this weekend is Rahim Bahrani’s Goodbye Solo.Don’t believe me? Go to Metacritic and keep scrolling until you find a rating under 100. (It will take you awhile.)…
Outrage — the documentary by Academy Award-nominated director Kirby Dick that explores the world of closeted homosexual politicians and casts Florida governor and Senate candidate Charlie Crist as its leading man — is set to screen twice locally this month. The Miami Beach Cinematheque will premiere the film this Friday, July 17, at 9 p.m. Tickets…
Robbie Coy, founder of Homestead’s Sabbath Memorial Dog Rescue operation, includes in his adoption contracts a clause stating that the new owners cannot leave the animals leashed outside. So inn November, 2007, when Coy was driving by an adopter’s home amd saw a former rescue dog tethered in the yard,…
Frank Gehry has officially been replaced on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Park project — the outdoor, 2.5-acre space leading up to the Gehry-designed New World Symphony — after the famed architect couldn’t stick to budget. The selection committee has chosen West 8, a Dutch firm specializing in contemporary landscape architecture. (Update: We just…
Some only head to Broward for the drugs, some for the Cracker Barrel, and tonight a trip up 95 could have similar side effects (euphoria, giddy laughter, intestinal agitation, etc) — minus the shrinking balls and covert racism. At 8 p.m., Cedric “The Entertainer” headlines the annual comedy portion of the festival…
In March, we reported on the release of Miami Graffiti, a photography book by New York husband-and-wife duo James and Karla Murray that captures the unique culture and handiwork of some of our finest street artists. Tommorow, the work of those same graff artists- and the photographers- will be honored in…
I never liked the Biblical story of Jesus overturning the moneychangers tables. Why punish small business owners for setting up shop where they know there’ll be optimal foot traffic?A bunch of Miami businesses you know and love are taking a similar approach this Saturday for the (hopefully) inaugural Art &…
ArtCenter/South Florida, that trusty cultural oasis on Lincoln Road, is looking for more artists. The 25-year-old nonprofit sent out a news release this week advertising its short-term residency program, which is different from its three-year, juried residency program.”The short-term residency program is great for artists looking to try out the…
To people outside the 305, Miami is a place where women lounge around in swimsuits and caftans all day, forever clutching mojitos and sporting oversize shades. If you’re reading this, it’s possible you’re not that girl. It’s also possible you are. Which is why Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week – Swim is…
“In our culture,” novelist Jennifer Haigh says, “a woman’s appearance has everything to do with how she is perceived and treated, the opportunities that come to her, her career and personal relationships, the way she views herself.” But what, Haigh asks in her newest book, The Condition, if that woman…
Has it ever occurred to you that, several thousand years from now, 99 percent of what we consider “culture” will be lost forever? And what if, by sheer circumstantial luck, one of those very few surviving works of art is a VHS cassette of Wrestlemania III? Might our descendants rationally…
We’re going to need a bigger boat. In fact, we’re probably going to require an oil tanker, and Richard Dreyfuss should start pounding Muscle Milk. Even then, this fish makes the great white in Jaws look like the protagonist in Finding Nemo. Lucky for us, Megalodon, billed as “the largest…
The barbed wire tattoo on your bicep was the result of too many kamikazes in Cancun. That ruby-red puckered pout on your neck was a gift to yourself February 14, 1998. And the teardrop on your cheek — well, if we said it, we’d be considered an accessory to the…
Next time you find yourself hankerin’ to catch a local sporting event, maybe you should consider soccer. Sure, the Marlins seem like the only thing going on these days. They’re in the middle of a pretty decent NL East race, and who doesn’t want to partake of the peanuts, Cracker…
Teenagers with foam swords, Cowboy Bebop Spike haircuts, Wolfwood Punishers, Naruto wristbands, and Sailor Jupiter costumes. If this list makes no sense, we probably won’t see you at Florida’s largest anime convention, Yasumicon 2009, this Saturday and Sunday at Florida International University’s Ernest R. Graham Center and Greene Library. Speaking…
The ubiquitous apple is the star of a healthful quote begging us to eat it once a day, but the mango needs no cute little nursery rhyme to make us suck on its sweet, sweet flesh. Whether we enjoy it for color, fragrance, flavor, food, or juice, everyone wants a…
There’s pasta, and then there’s Italian pasta, just as there are kingpins, and then there are Italian kingpins. For some reason, certain things are just done better inside the boot, and one of them is organized violence. Another is cinema about organized violence, or at least that was true back…
Comedian Steve Byrne is not performing at the Miami Improv Comedy Club this Thursday through Sunday. He’s blowing up the joint. The Irish/Korean hybrid’s comedic style has landed him gigs across the nation, plus a few plum film roles alongside heavyweights such as Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, and Jeremy Piven…
Hard Rock Live in Hollywood is classing it up on July 14 when Paul Potts comes to town. For those of you who don’t regularly watch British television, Potts is the original winner of the Simon Cowell-produced Britain’s Got Talent, where he astonished audiences and judges alike week in and…
