August Wilson August Wilson, one of the 20th Century’s greatest playwrights, died last year at age 60. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and high school dropout was among the first to put the black American experience, imbued with truthful vernacular, humor, politics and sex, before theatre goers. On Friday morning,…
Once an actor gets big enough to take whatever kind of role he wants, it makes sense that the biggest stretch imaginable, given his current situation, is the part of a powerless man with no control over the world around him. Call it a “nice” movie — a vehicle designed…
Pity Max Skinner, emasculated over his lamb chops. On a gray afternoon, at London’s hot spot du jour, his gloating superior unveils a plot to poach his most lucrative client, divesting him of a six-figure bonus (pounds sterling) in the process. Fuck it. The bummed-out bond trader hands in a…
The third collaboration between Britain’s Aardman studio and DreamWorks animation, this puckish charmer about a posh Kensington mouse flushed down the loo into London sewer country is to action-adventure what Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was to Hammer Horror. Aardman’s first foray into CGI might spell woe…
While covering the 1970 Kentucky Derby with Hunter S. Thompson for an obscure sports magazine, Ralph Steadman had his sketchpad hurled on by a julep-sodden horse dealer before a race. The artist had put his money on a nag called Holy Land but turned from the track to scan the…
Manimalism: Miami International University of Art & Design students and faculty have ripped a page from H.G. Wells’s sci-fi classic The Island of Dr. Moreau and hatched their own crossbreed experiments with equally bizarre flair. “Manimalism” features more than twenty animal/human hybrid characters that curator and sculpture instructor Brian Hiveley…
Mr. Marmalade: Teetering on the edge of reality, Noah Haidle’s play takes you to the playground of make-believe for emotionally disturbed children. Yes, four-year-old Lucy’s imaginary friend is a bipolar coke addict who also has a personal assistant. And the little girl’s real friend, Larry, is suicidal. (Life sucks when…
The Junky’s Christmas (Koch) They just aren’t cranking out claymation Christmas specials like they used to, which makes this a welcome one. Nicer still, it’s got heroin! A mixture of stop motion with a little puppetry and live-action shots of William Burroughs (who may himself have been a Muppet), this…
In the gangsta pantheon, nobody gets more respect than Tony Montana. Consider all the homages: Not one, but two rappers have named themselves after Montana (Scarface of the Geto Boys and Tony Yayo of G-Unit), and Nas borrowed Montana’s slogan for his breakout hit, “The World Is Yours.” Indeed, the…
Anna Karenina (Kino) Arrested Development: Seasons One-Three (Fox) The Best of the Scripps National Spelling Bee (ESPN) Beverly Hills 90210: The Complete First Season (Paramount) Cinema Paradiso (Weinstein) The Fallen Idol (Criterion) Freak Out (Anchor Bay) Jag: The Complete Second Season (Paramount) The James Bond Collection: Volumes One and Two…
The holidays are practically upon us, and everyone’s party schedules are rapidly filling up. ´Tis the season to look gorgeous, and there’s no better place to get your glamour on than at the M•A•C Annual Shopping Extravaganza. Now in its third year, the fundraising event will benefit Suited for Success…
Not all aphrodisiacs are created equal. Chocolate is fattening, champagne can give you a headache, and products like horny goat weed and deer antler should be avoided at all costs. In terms of sensual and arousing foods, nothing beats the oyster. Slippery and succulent, these salty mollusks have a well-earned…
Miami is known for its intellectual buffet of Cuban, South American, and Haitian culture. But if you’re looking to whet your appetite for something different, point your compass farther east today and visit the sixth annual Iranian Festival of South Florida. The Persian-theme party offers Middle Eastern food, music, art,…
The space cadets from the Southern Cross Astronomical Society will be orbiting around a couple of Earth-bound events today. This morning they’ll land at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables), where they’ll introduce guests at the 66th annual Ramble Fundraiser to the joys of looking directly…
The Steadfast Tin Soldier is one of those Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales that breaks your heart while offering hope. First published in 1838, it tells of a one-legged tin soldier who falls from a window and is reunited with his paper princess love under dire circumstances. In this era…
Not only does he draw with a vengeance, but artist Santiago Rubino also has a way of manifesting an atmospheric mood that suggests he has been visited by a dark muse. His figures reflect a bygone era of remembered scenes and people — as if conjured from the foreboding reservoir…
You won’t need to drop hallucinogens or strap yourself into an isolation chamber to get into the spirit of this trippy show exploring the uncharted regions of the brain. “Altered States,” opening tonight at 7:30 at Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, buzzes with the sense of the distorted imagery and dizzy…
It is possible to have too much of a good thing. Here in Miami, all of that sun will damage your skin, the heat can leave embarrassing sweat stains, and the salt water will wreak havoc on your hair. Luckily a brief reprieve is granted every year during fall and…
Saks Fifth Avenue is internationally known as one of the most upscale department stores. It is where the Monopoly man would shop for monocles, and where C. Montgomery Burns would select his latest animal-skin vest. But every now and then, the working girl wants to live the glamorous life. Ladies,…
Hey, kids! Chuck Norris wants you to be careful when you are searching for facts about him on the Internet. You see, not everything is true (no, he really cannot make a woman climax just by pointing at her and saying, “Booya!”), and not everything is suitable for young eyes…
Writer Joyce Maynard once said, “A good home must be made and not bought.” Whatever. We all know that if we had a cool million dollars, we would buy the perfect beach condo and decorate it with the most expensive designer furniture possible. Beginning today, you can get ideas for…
You will not likely find any of this stuff in an MTV crib, but a mother lode of bling is tricking out the Wolfsonian in a flashy exhibit boasting the richness of American silver design during the past century. Opening today, “Modernism in American Silver: 20th Century Design” features more…
