Say what you will about James Cameron, but the man commits. Stories of the director’s perfectionism, his control-freak mania and his sheer drive are legion, but I’m talking about something more fundamental to the work itself. Whereas most action filmmakers are content to let emotion and morality take a backseat…
Since it premiered at Cannes earlier this year, the Safdie brothers’ man-on-the-run, darkly comedic thriller Good Time has been hailed as something of a return to classic New York movies, i.e. from before the Giuliani cleanup, when Martin Scorsese was experimenting with cinema on the streets. In this film, Ben…
Say cheese, Miami. You’re probably in somebody’s selfie right now. According to a recent study, Miami is one of the most Instagrammed U.S. cities, ranked third behind New York City and Los Angeles.
Twenty-five years ago, Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida. Photographer Barry Fellman will mark the anniversary of the storm with a book of photos he took in its aftermath — and says we’re not doing enough to prevent another massive disaster.
Once more, into the brie — or, in this case, the Manchego. For the third time, now, for Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, it’s the feast as improv proving ground, the sumptuous meal as arena of competitive discernment: Who can better parse and parody the particularities of some beloved British…
Aubrey Plaza is a national treasure, but the movies still haven’t figured out what to do with her. Ingrid Goes West comes close, though, with its twisted, of-the-moment tale of an Instagram stalker who infiltrates the personal life of a social media celebrity. But for all its many virtues, it…
The next solar eclipse with the same visibility as that of this Monday’s event won’t occur until 2045, which kind of makes you wonder about the future. Will humans have wiped themselves out in a nuclear holocaust by then? Will Miami officially be underwater? Instead of getting morbid, you can get proactive.
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…
Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor, the biggest fight you didn’t know you wanted until someone told you it could be a thing, is only days away. The once-retired Mayweather will take on the UFC’s biggest star, McGregor, in Las Vegas next Saturday, August 26, in a boxing match that is all but guaranteed to break the all-time record for pay-per-view buys. It’s definitely time to figure out where you’ll watch the bout.
Lately, you might have found yourself asking, “How would I react to the complete degradation of the world as we know it in the event of, say, a third world war or Nazi uprising?” Well, this weekend could provide something of an answer. If you’re the solutions-oriented type…
Tarell Alvin McCraney, the acclaimed playwright who penned the play that inspired the Oscar-winning film Moonlight, has been given the green light to create a TV series set in South Florida and inspired by his experiences growing up in Liberty City.
For his weekday-afternoon interview with New Times, mentalist Alan Chamo, AKA the M1ND H4CK3R, arrives at a restaurant in casual clothes: a T-shirt, shorts, and sandals. But Chamo is far busier than his attire indicates, for he immediately must take a business call. It’s clear he has a lot on his mind as he prepares to amaze and manipulate the minds of South Floridians.
You know that 90-minute hot stone massage you’ve been eyeing since July? It’s time to make a reservation. There are less than two weeks left of Miami Spa Month, when the city’s most exclusive spas offer treatments at discounted pricing. Before it’s too late, here are the five best last-minute deals to book for Miami Spa Month 2017.
Our least-favorite sculptures and murals in Miami.
Look, you don’t need to have watched Iron Fist to enjoy the brisk, brawling silliness of The Defenders, a team-up adventure that’s something like a surprising return on an investment you thought had soured. In fact, not knowing all the plot details of all the earlier stories brings the experience…
Thursday The Prism Creative Group has been busy pumping us full of Miami culture this summer. This week, it’s gifting us a performance by Venezuelan songstress Manu Manzo, sweets by Elsie’s Flour Shop, and food from Fufi Restaurant in the last installment of its Summer Crafts and Concerts series. Madewell…
There is a better, more touching movie hidden somewhere inside The Only Living Boy in New York, and you can often see it creeping in around the edges. It’s not to be found in the somewhat empty coming-of-age narrative at the film’s center, which follows Thomas (Callum Turner), a precocious,…
Here are our top seven places in Miami to experience the solar eclipse August 21.
At a crater in the lush, mossy-green Mexican countryside in Amat Escalante’s fourth feature, The Untamed, every native species of animal gathers to fuck, like a pornographic Noah’s Ark. This scene of otherworldly magical realism is not what audiences have come to expect from the director, whose most well-known film,…
As Miami’s cultural landscape boomed in the past decade — with the influx of major art fairs, new museums, and local galleries opening in up-and-coming neighborhoods — the city’s queer culture was in flux. Reading Queer, a Knight Foundation-sponsored cultural organization, is looking to change that fact by highlighting voices…
On a crowded Brooklyn street, an Orthodox Jew adjusts his yarmulke, a tefillin bag under his arm. He speaks on a smartphone and practically struts. The man, as dandified as one can look in a black suit and a white shirt, is a red herring in Menashe. Several other Brooklynites,…
“Fyre Festival still did what it was meaning to accomplish, even without existing. That’s why they went, that’s how it was advertised, and that’s what they did, even though it didn’t work out.”
