A sleepy earnestness both ennobles and afflicts Ricardo de Montreuil’s fathers-and-sons story, Lowriders. At first the film plays as a low-key corrective, a Hollywood drama with name producers (Brian Grazer, Jason Blum) that, outside a couple of tutorial info-dumps covering cultural basics, presents East Los Angeles lives like pretty much…
Young men’s heads bobbing in an ocean heavy with secrets painted on a folding screen. A flock of spoonbills flying by Stiltsville on a triptych. A sculpture of a dead flamingo, doubled over like a macabre midcentury modern table, chained to a metal ball. This is Hernan Bas’ “Florida Living.”…
As the state’s premier destination for all things related to science, the Frost Science Museum will will inspire many locals of all ages to reach for the stars.
You can take the boy out of Miami, but you can’t take Miami out of the boy. David Hoffmann has spent most of the past decade visiting 1,000 cities in 68 countries. Even when he’s back home, he turns a simple trip around the corner into an adventure. For Hoffmann, the element of discovery is everywhere, and though he’s been traveling, he hasn’t forgotten his roots.
Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure of a Man, from 2015, showed us a modern factory worker’s soiling experience of the post-industrial economy. Now A Woman’s Life begins on the Normandy coast in the middle of the 19th century but is no less concerned with francs and debts, with how lives get…
America is going to hate this movie. Doug Liman’s The Wall — whose title will forever demand that, when bringing up the film in conversation, you’ll have to say, “No, the other Wall” — is a mean little thriller set in our desert wars, and its only American soldiers are…
Happy Monday, Miami. This week brings plenty of events, and the best part is they’re all free. Enjoy what’s new in town, from a free screening of fashion documentary Retro Couture to Words & Wine and Books & Books’ Pantsuit Nation book release gathering.
May is Miami Museum Month, which means locals can snag some sweet savings to see the best stuff in our city’s treasure chest. The gist of the deal is this: Residents score a buy-one-get-one on selected admissions, “join one, see them all” membership savings, or other offers depending upon the…
“Millennia,” a 15-minute contemporary dance piece, looks back on the lives of millennials from the perspective of thousands of years into the future.
The best time of the week is finally here — the weekend. The next three days are filled with music, art, parties, and boozy beverages galore. From Coral Gables to Little Havana to South Beach, these are the best places to be until the sun comes up Monday morning.
Arthur H. Hertz, CEO of Wometco Enterprises Inc, heir to the legendary Mitchell Wolfson, and enemy of those who have long protested the captivity of Seaquarium’s Lolita, is dead. Hertz, who died Wednesday, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami in 1955. He was also…
If one word could describe the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency, it would be “scrutiny.” That concept is incorporated into the title of Karen Peterson and Dancers’ latest international collaboration. Scrutiny: The World Gone Astray — which explores the emotional, social, and political turbulence of our times through mixed-ability dance — will make its U.S. premiere May 11 and 12 at Miami-Dade County Auditorium.
Choosing the greatest films shot in Miami seems like a straightforward undertaking. Simply look for the most popular movies that include some of the Magic City’s most iconic locations, right? But not all films set in Miami were actually made here. More than one James Bond movie was set in the 305, including Thunderball, whose plot called for blowing up the city.
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…
The Frost Science Museum’s first special exhibition investigates biological and technological sight through interactive artworks.
Despite recent political divisiveness, there are havens where unity and acceptance reign supreme. One such place is the Queer & Trans Community Yoga Class at Agni Miami. The Saturday class is designed to offer a welcoming environment for members of Miami’s LGBTQIA community and incorporates reiki and poetry as part of the practice.
It’s May, and we’re all still standing! Thank you, television! I was gonna add that May is looking up, but then I noticed there’s a three-hour long Carpool Karaoke special, so instead I’ll just say that May has some growing up to do, and leave it at that. Let us…
Thursday Art and politics are almost inextricable in Cuba, largely because the postrevolution government oscillated between brutally censoring artists and enthusiastically championing the arts. This is why looking at Cuban art can feel like looking into an alternate reality — movements like pop art and surrealism are recognizable enough, but…
John Waters’ response to boxes — the kind in which we tend to place others and ourselves — is to vomit on them. And then sell them, his pencil-thin mustache twisting in a good-humored smirk. Throughout his career as a director, writer, artist, road tripper, provocateur, etc., Waters has been…
Steve Coogan is at a fancy dinner, but he’s not doing any Michael Caine impressions. Instead, he’s brooding with resentment of his workaholic congressman brother, Stan (Richard Gere), and grappling with the realization that his son might be a psychopath. It’s all supposed to be harrowing, and the British comedian…
Luther Campbell, Miami New Times columnist and hip-hop godfather, has inked a deal with Lionsgate to star in a biopic based on his memoir, The Book of Luke, which chronicles his rise from inner-city party DJ to rap superstar and owner of an influential independent record label.
Did Americans build cities for people or for cars? It’s a question Jane Jacobs asked often. The journalist, author, and activist, known for her influential 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, was a staunch defender of pedestrian-friendly urban planning in an era when suburban sprawl took hold…
