Five Miami Museums You Can Visit for Free This Weekend

Been thinking of getting out to Miami’s museums? This weekend is a good time for it, with new exhibitions opening around the city — and old exhibits closing out. If you’re a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch cardholder, you have an extra reason to go Saturday or Sunday: free…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

The best time of the week is finally here — the weekend. The next three days are filled with music, art, 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. Friday  House…

Judy Davis on the Art of Acting — and Being Judy Davis

Judy Davis doesn’t like the expression “scene-stealing,” even though it precisely describes her performance in The Dressmaker. “I always sort of cringe when I hear that,” she says, “because what it implies is that’s what the actor is after.” So let’s just put it this way: As Kate Winslet’s acerbic,…

Opportunity Knox — but Goes Unanswered by this Middling Doc

In the nine years since she was first accused of and jailed for murder — then exculpated, only to be retried and found guilty again, and finally absolved — Amanda Knox has learned a thing or two about performance. “Either I’m a psychopath in sheep’s clothing…,” the 21st century’s most…

Prominent Wynwood Artist “Nobody” Dead by Reported Suicide

Miamians might not have known Scott “Nobody” Patterson’s face. He typically hid it behind a black bandana in photos. But almost all of them know his art: It’s almost impossible to walk through Wynwood without encountering his spraypainted crown or a stencil of the phrase “Art is My Weapon” on…

III Points Announces 2016 Activations Schedule

Ever since III Points announced its musical lineup in May, fans of the annual festival have been counting down the days to October. But there’s more to III Points than music. The fest just announced its schedule of “activations,” AKA the daytime events designed to engage participants in unique cultural and/or…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday One of the most exciting things about life in the 21st Century is the wealth of possibilities offered by the internet. Apart from the steady — and sometimes overwhelming — flow of information, the web encourages creativity from a DIY platform without having to get permission or editorial input…

Come What May Makes the Invasion of France a Soaring Tribute to Cliché

Christian Carion’s refugees-on-the-march World War II drama Come What May is the kind of old-fashioned war movie that’s crafted not just to emphasize history’s horror and brutality. Yes, Carion stages the occasional slaughter with heartsick brio, and sometimes can’t resist taking pleasure when the violence goes against the bad guys,…

YoungArts Brings Big-Name Alumni Back to Campus With “MouthWater”

Every year, National YoungArts Day celebrates the outstanding artists that make up the organization’s roster of alumni. Last year, the YoungArts Campus housed a solo exhibition of hometown hero and YoungArts award winner Daniel Arsham—the most internationally recognized local artist of his generation. This year, YoungArts celebrates the day with…

With Miss Peregrine, Tim Burton Shows He’s Still Got Wonder in Him

The conventional wisdom about early-career Tim Burton is that he was an imaginative visual stylist but not a great storyteller. That sounds smart, right? It’s still something that a certain kind of ratty-beard-stroking film critic keeps tucked in his sweater vest in case he needs to say something that sounds…

Deepwater Horizon Makes Rousing Adventure From a Real-Life Tragedy

Deepwater Horizon is the most entertaining Hollywood disaster movie in years. I’m sorry — is that a terrible thing to say? Peter Berg’s film is based on the true story of the BP-leased, Transocean-owned deepwater drilling rig that in 2010 exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 souls and…