The Five Most Anticipated Films at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2017
From a documentary about Native American rock stars to a Churchill biopic, these are the films you won’t want to miss at FLIFF.
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The Once Fearless South Park Shies Away From the Biggest Target of Our Age
Last year, just days after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone told a reporter that the next season of their show wouldn’t take aim at Trump, because “satire has become reality.” After 20 years of skewering public figures from Steve Jobs…
Netflix’s Joan Didion Doc Does Justice to Its Epochal Subject
Joan Didion has set an impossible standard for any documentarian who would want to cover her life. She’s essentially already done it herself, brilliantly, in her essays, novels and films. Still, Didion’s nephew, actor/director Griffin Dunne, takes a shot with his new Netflix film Joan Didion: The Center Will Not…
The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week
Thursday If you’re a Halloween pro, you know you should get at least three runs out of your costume in one year. You also know that you don’t make your freshest run Halloween night, when your getup will get crushed in the sea of street revelers. No, you go to…
Thank You for Your Service Is a Singularly Honest Drama of Soldiers at Home
Maybe it’s encouraging, in a way, that an America in crisis struggles so mightily to make crowd-pleasing war movies. Whatever their politics, no studio exec today would let a wide-release desert-war drama come right out and say what even the GOP increasingly admits: that Iraq was a mistake, that Afghanistan has…
After Years of Renovations, the Bass Reveals Its New Look
After over two years and $12 million worth of renovations, The Bass —Miami Beach’s only contemporary art institution—finally opens its doors to the public. The construction completely transformed the museum’s interior without altering the building’s footprint, nearly doubling the programmable space and adding a new cafe and Creativity Center for…
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You Must Discover the Great Mexican Chanteuse Chavela Vargas, and This Movie’s Not a Bad Start
The day you first hear Chavela Vargas is the best day you’ll have that year. A majestic and inimitable performer, and a lesbian trailblazer of gender nonconformity, the Mexican chanteuse stripped ranchera music to its wounded heart, singing lovesick, masculine cowboy songs with a voice that holds hurting like liquor…
Simply Streisand Celebrates Barbra at the Miami Beach Cinematheque
The Miami Jewish Film Festival and Miami Beach Cinematheque are bringing back the series Masters of Jewish Cinema with a bang this year by celebrating Streisand the whole month. The retrospective, titled Simply Streisand, will provide a glimpse into the film career of the immensely talented artist.
In All I See Is You, a Blind Woman Gets Her Sight — and Looks Disappointed
This fall, mainstream films are subverting expectations all over the place. Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! proved too much for some audiences looking for a moody drama who were then shocked by gory, allegorical narrative. Blade Runner 2049 sloughed off most of its predecessor’s lower-brow populist action for a somber tone and…
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The Paco de Lucía Project Celebrates a Flamenco Legend
Few artists have had the impact on their disciplines that guitarist Paco de Lucía had in flamenco. He expanded the harmonic vocabulary, incorporated instruments from outside the tradition, and had a curiosity that led him to collaborations with artists as disparate as jazz guitarist John McLaughlin, pianist Chick Corea, and Brazilian pop star Djavan. He opened new vistas to flamenco artists.
Manuel Artime Theater Competes for Funding With Historic Sites Across the Nation
This past January, the National Trust for Historic Preservation designated Little Havana as a National Treasure, only two years after the trust included the neighborhood in its list “11 Most Endangered Places.” The National Trust, along with Partners in Preservation and Main Street America, implemented a “Vote Your Main Street” campaign that lets the public decide which historic sites in 25 cities should receive part of $2 million in preservation funding from sponsor American Express.
The Best Free Events in Miami This Week
Find plenty of events to get you in the spirit, such as Downtown Fright Night, the Paranormal Zine Tour with Exile Books at the duPont Building, and Ball & Chain’s Monster Ball. If you need to save your spooky energy for the true night of fright, chill at Corona’s Electric Beach in Fort Lauderdale, or relax by the pool at the Hotel Colonnade. Just be sure to put your savings where it really counts.
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With Breathe, Andy Serkis Asks How Much Fun a Polio Movie Can Be
The last few months have seen some welcome innovation in the cry-along subgenre of dramas about finding the will to keep living after bodily catastrophe. First, in the notably sincere and unsensational Stronger, director David Gordon Green and his crew strove to strip away as much of such films’ usual…
The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend
This weekend, you won’t need to curate your health/debauchery tightrope walk, because fate has done it for you. Between Erika Moon’s Burlesque Avant-Garde at the Fillmore and Wanderlust 108 in Virginia Key Beach Park, or the Coconut Grove Seafood Festival at Miami Marine Stadium and Octavia Yearwood’s book-release party at CIC Miami, you have three days of gluttony and repentance all laid out.
Halloween 2017: Miami’s Ten Best Costume Parties
Halloween is looming, and setting foot near a chaotic party store can make or break you. As Miami prepares for one of its rowdiest nights of the year, it’s time to get those final Halloween looks in order. When it comes to dressing up for the occasion, the Magic City doesn’t mess around. It’s all fun and games until you lose the costume contest that’s worth $1,000 — or worse, a free bar tab.
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It’s Daniel Radcliffe vs. Amazonian Terror in the Real-Life Horror Tale Jungle
My favorite biopics — those that tell any portion of a real person’s story faithfully — are those that borrow from other genres. Pablo Larrain’s Jackie possesses the kinetic punch of a horror film. Mario Van Peebles’ Baadasssss! is a sharp comedy. And Mike Leigh’s Topsy Turvy is a cutting…
Miami Motel Stories‘ Debut Brings Local History to Life
“These walls do talk.” That’s Monica Lynne Herrera, a Hialeah-born, Miami-raised actor who’s performing in Miami Motel Stories, a real-time immersive theater experience opening October 26 at Little Havana’s newly restored 1920 Tower Hotel. The Juggerknot Theater Company production is the first of its kind in Miami, turning hotel rooms into intimate spaces that bring the city’s deep-rooted history to life.
Breakin’ Convention Breaks Barriers for Street Dance at the Arsht
In a roomful of dancers popping, locking, and breaking, famed dancer, spoken-word artist, and director Jonzi D is as eloquent in words as he is in dance. Jonzi founded Breakin’ Convention, the world’s largest festival of hip-hop dance and theater, in London in 2004. This weekend, Breakin’ Convention will travel to the Southeast for the first time for a performance at the Adrienne Arsht Center in downtown Miami.
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Limón Dance Company Injects Humanity Into a Chaotic World
When the Limon Dance Company returns to Miami-Dade this weekend, it brings with it the powerful vision of founder José Limon. He was a man deeply concerned about and connected to the humanity of his fellow human beings. The company is presenting three of his works, along with pieces by…
The Five Best Haunted Houses in South Florida
It’s almost Halloween, the time of year when we can delight in scary things that cannot literally kill us. For many people, that means haunted houses. And South Florida has some properly sphincter-tightening experiences for even the most macho of macho men and women.
Eyes on Miami: J. Balvin, Derek Jeter, DJ Khaled, and Others
It’s not easy having eyes all over the scene, being around to take in all the wild visuals at all the worthwhile places in the city. There are, however, those parties and gallery openings where a fortunate photographer can point and shoot. Every week, in collaboration with WorldRedEye, New Times…
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Pop Cats Convention: A Feline Fest Coming to Miami
Once upon a time, the proverbial cat lady was maligned in all forms of mainstream media, from novels to sitcoms. But no more. Since the early days of the internet, sites such as LOLcats have given quirky humans with deep affection for kitty culture a sense of community. Suddenly, all the closeted cat lovers of the world realized they were far from alone.