Caitlyn Jenner is just one of the reasons this June is gonna be hotter than ever. New Drag Brunches, Transact exhibits, and upscale galas are just some of many amazing LGBT events in Miami this month. Wynwood Is Burning Drag Brunch at R House- June 7, 11:30 a.m. R House…
The weekend is finally here. And as the hot weather rolls in, Miami looks it in the face, and laughs. Nothing can stop Miamians from enjoying their weekend, even if they have to move it inside. This weekend offers plenty to keep you cool and keep you entertained; from musicals…
Ever sit around complaining about Miami, wishing it were more like New York or L.A., and vowing to move away from this place totally devoid of culture and human connection? Well, the New Tropic thinks its time we all get together and do something about it. The fledgling media and…
Hometown hero Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is in negotiations to star in and produce a remake of John Carpenter‘s cult classic Big Trouble in Little China; this is indeed, a thing that seems to be on the verge of almost certainly happening. Johnson, coming off a $54 million domestic opening weekend…
June 21 is the summer solstice, which not just marks the official beginning of summer but also when the sun is at its highest possible peak in the sky. In other words, night is cut short so that the sun can shine brighter and longer than any other day of…
In late 2012, a cadre of top Miami art names all packed up and moved downtown into a huge warehouse last occupied by a fishing supply company. The result was the Downtown ArtHouse, a sprawling studio space for A-list names like the TM Sisters, Bas Fisher Invitational and Turn-Based…
iZombie is about as sunny and optimistic as the zombie genre gets, which of course isn’t all that much. Even by supernatural standards, it’s a bloodthirsty canon, demanding regular sacrifices of innocents and grisly feats of skull splitting and cerebellum cannibalizing. The CW’s Seattle neo-noir boasts plenty of both to…
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, the Village Voice’s Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek, along with Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly, praise the latest Melissa McCarthy comedy, Spy: “She plays a real woman who reacts like a real woman would,” Nicholson says of her character. “It’s a really funny…
If you think the Holocaust is a subject better left untouched, then you haven’t read The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard. You should, not just because it’s well crafted, but also because he’s one of our finest (and most overlooked) writers. Currently a professor at Williams College, he’s penned…
Dance Now! Miami closes its 15th Anniversary season at the Little Haiti Cultural Arts Center this weekend on Saturday and Sunday, inviting audiences to get “Into the Heat” of summer by cooling down with the Florida Premiere of Winter’s Breath, one of several dances in the closing “Heat” program. Like…
Photographers have taken an anachronistic turn these days. For long, most tended to shy away from the spotlight, but today photographic juggernauts like Mario Testino and Annie Leibovitz often eclipse the lauded stars they shoot. Steven Meisel is of the older ilk. Meisel, whose work has been featured in the…
The Bass Museum of Art announced it would donate over 400 works of art by Miami artist Purvis Young to the Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida, an unprecedented gift by the Museum to one of South Florida’s largest African-American arts organizations. The gift comes on the…
Another month, another series of classic films, and with each one, the line-up only grows! Trying to come up with a totally comprehensive list is impossible at this point, but we’ll try to give everyone a solid oversight of all the good ol’ features showing in Miami this month. This…
Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival is changing the rules for its competition and programming, and that could be good news for festival goers looking for quality cinema. The new rules are designed to attract bigger named filmmakers, but are also more inclusive for producers of short films, and…
When Casa Valentina premiered on Broadway last year, it garnered four Tony nominations and numerous critical accolades. Seeing its regional theater premiere at GableStage, it’s hard to comprehend why. Harvey Fierstein’s first play in nearly 30 years examines the laughter, drama and gender crises of a community of heterosexual male…
Guccivuitton’s first museum show, a self-titled exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art, opened with a flashy party. Visitors crowded the sidewalk along NE Second Avenue, jostling to get inside and milling around the venue’s rooftop lounge to sip drinks to the sounds of a DJ spinning Pitbull tracks. It…
Dating in Miami can be hard, particularly if the club or gym aren’t your scene. Here’s a little help for you hopeless romantics who are looking for something slightly off-beat, or at least looking for a sober conversation. Believe or not, there are places in Miami that are perfect for…
The Melissa McCarthy of Spy is different from the one who rose to prominence by crapping in a sink. Bridesmaids scored her an Oscar nomination, and for the ceremony McCarthy donned a glamorous rose gown with a diamond collar and belt.
Tiller Russell’s The Seven Five lets the most corrupt (convicted) NYC cop of the ’80s tell his own story. He relishes the chance.
The first line in Entourage is a good indication of what the next 104 minutes will bring. Peering through binoculars while a speedboat carries him toward a yacht in the dazzling waters of Ibiza, Johnny Drama (Kevin Dillon), the big brother of megastar Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), glimpses the bikini-clad babes who await him and informs us, “I may have to jerk it before I even get there!”
The closeup, ostensibly one of a filmmaker’s most valuable tools, is now so overused that it’s practically meaningless. Thanks to TV — and to our habit of watching big-screen movies on increasingly smaller ones — we’re now so used to seeing a shot of one actor talking, followed by a shot of another responding, ad nauseam, that this volley of visual dullness barely registers anymore.
Frédéric Auburtin’s absurdly hagiographic drama United Passions purports to tell the history of FIFA — the world’s governing institution for soccer — from its 1904 founding up until its announcement of South Africa as the host country for the 2010 World Cup.
