Way before reality shows blighted the airwaves, Sophie Calle made a name for herself following strangers and documenting their private lives. The French artist once invited dozens of people to occupy her bed for several days, and then photographed them while they slept. In 2003 she spent a night in…
When a region gains a certain creative cachet, the work produced there tends to get categorized. A perfect example is “Latin American art,” a term that generalizes work from a vast and vital part of the world. Laymen who are expecting to encounter walls covered with bright paintings will be…
Yes, we know there seems to be a film festival for every ethnicity and culture. We wouldn’t be surprised to receive news of a Swedish Pirates with an Eye Patch Film Fest. But, hey, you feel special knowing you have a chance to see movies that average Joes can’t. One…
Dexter Reads “The Star” Serial killers aren’t so bad. Meet Dexter Morgan, a forensics expert for the Miami-Dade Police who spends his evenings trolling Miami, killing off Magic City slime one by one. He’s the creation of Jeff Lindsay, a Miami-born writer whose novels Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted…
Watching The Guardian, you will learn that the U.S. Coast Guard’s rescue swimmers rank among the bravest and least heralded of military personnel, selflessly hurling themselves into raging currents or hurricane swells to save a single human life. But I doubt that even these knights in neoprene armor could rescue…
Feast isn’t the least bit artful, but it is gleefully gruesome, which might be all one can ask of a no-budget monster movie. As the film opens, a freaked-out stranger bursts into an isolated desert tavern to warn the dozen or so people inside that man-eating creatures, possibly from another…
When local homicide cops find themselves stymied by a case and wishing the dead could tell tales, they seek Samantha Steinberg or Jorge Molina to communicate the secrets concealed in the victims’ bones. The talented pair composes the Forensic Art Unit of the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Crime Scene Investigations Bureau,…
I’m So Much Better than You: Magnus Sigurdarson’s installation features four tons of Miami New Times papers interlocked like bricks to form a curving hip-high wall. It houses a DVD player and monitor where the artist is seen performing a puppet show in Xiamen, China. Sigurdarson, who was born in…
The Big Animal (Milestone) It’s a simple yet lesser known law of comedy: Camels are always funny. There are the jaws that drool and chew side to side, the front legs that move like a human’s, the humps — but mostly it’s the eyes: There’s something of Buddha in a…
Football is a game of inches. The same goes for the Madden series. Each fall, a new Madden game arrives, with a roster update and an incremental change in the game-play formula. Last year brought a “cone of vision” for the quarterback, which mostly just annoyed the fans. Madden NFL…
Beowulf & Grendel (Anchor Bay) The Book of Daniel: The Complete Series (Universal) Bratz: Passion Fashion Diamondz (Fox) Con Man (Docurama) Curious George (Universal) Danger Mouse: The Final Seasons (A&E) Daniel Boone: Season 1 and Season 2 (Goldhil) Dark Shadows: DVD Collection 26 (MPI) Dracula: 75th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Drop…
One would never confuse the work of writer-director Todd Phillips with that of the late Robert Hamer, whose filmography includes the essential Kind Hearts and Coronets. Hamer’s movies had a gentlemanly quality, no matter the cruelty that skulked beneath their prim exteriors; one always believed that the characters in his…
Your eyes are drop-dead gorgeous, your figure is enviably svelte, and you’ve got full, kissable Angelina Jolie lips. That won’t mean a thing if your face is as pock-marked and lumpy as the moon’s surface. No matter the season, good skin is always in. Take care of yours with a…
A shiny new gem is about to be unveiled on Biscayne Boulevard. The highly anticipated Carnival Center for the Performing Arts is on the cusp of opening day, and downtown Miami’s hopes are pinned on the pricey venue. Locals with long memories have faith the main thoroughfare can return to…
In our schlubby American jeans-and-T-shirt society, ornately dressed and made-up Japanese Harajuku girls look like beautiful aliens. However, they (along with Gwen Stefani) know something we don’t: Dressing up is so much fun it shouldn’t be relegated to one night in October. Fashionistas can get their freak on every Tuesday…
When we first walked into Quattro Gastronomia Italiana, we were mesmerized by the stylish bar located in the back of the restaurant. The gleaming mirrors and glass, and the slick black counter and leather chairs had the right amount of swank without being pretentious. As we sat down, our bartender…
We like to have dinner with friends who believe we should love animals, not eat them. Yes, other folks would argue they taste good and that vegetarian is just a Native American word for “bad hunter,” but we’ve seen the photos and read accounts of bad farming practices. Cows, chickens,…
This is it, sports fans, the last game of a season that should be celebrated for its surprising, if relative, success. Today’s 1:05 matchup against the Philadelphia Phillies — a team that spent much of the season just ahead of the Fish in the National League East and in the…
Once upon a time, Charlie Murphy was solely known as Eddie’s look-alike brother. A cultural phenomenon called Chappelle’s Show changed that forever. Now when we think of him, quotes like “I’m Rick James, bitch,” immediately come to mind. Even though the show is over, Murphy is not resting on his…
Now that you have that sporty new chocolate brown and pink bike (complete with matching Timbuk2 messenger bag) for tooling around town, why aren’t you doing it? Yeah, we’ve heard all of your excuses, and we’re not buying any of them, so get off of your duff and gather your…
When we heard Edie Brickell and New Bohemians were going to perform at the Hollywood Beach Clambake, we almost peed ourselves. Seriously. We remembered the time when we were making fun of the long-hair folk singer (who happens to be married to one of our favorite musicians, Paul Simon) because…
Forget Calle Ocho and Christmas: September 30 is National Museum Day! Okay, so it’s not the kind of holiday that makes you giddy with anticipation, but it does get you into two of our local bastions of knowledge for free. Each year museums nationwide follow the Smithsonian’s lead and offer…
