Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s tumultuous marriage is the stuff of legend. In a relationship situated somewhere between codependent and abusive, the two Mexican painters married in 1929, divorced in 1939, and remarried in 1940. Though deeply fraught and troubled, the appeal of their relationship endures in large part because…
There are five reasons why Fox’s Empire has become a breakout hit, and on this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, we run down why the show, introduced as a mid-season replacement, has surged to nearly 14 million viewers an episode by its eighth week. Joining Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl…
Miami brain drain? It’s a problem, but CreativeMornings is looking for solutions. The monthly gathering of creatives with chapters all over the world offers an opportunity for creative minds across Miami to learn, talk, and meet new people. But don’t get it twisted — it’s not a networking event. “The…
From Sundance to Toronto to South by Southwest, Miami filmmakers have made their mark on the festival circuit. The city’s most buzzed-about collective, Borscht Corp., has had work accepted at major gatherings around the world — but never at the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF). Until now. MIFF, which returns…
Last week the International Association of Art Critics (AICA-USA) announced their nominees for their 2014 awards. The AICA-USA’s awards are meant to honor the best of American visual art, from museum exhibitions to performances, gallery shows and more. This year, Miami’s own Pérez Art Museum Miami was among the impressive…
As the tentacles of rush hour further their reach until they’ve devoured hours of your day, more and more Miamians are opting in bike culture. Life on two wheels has to be better than the rage-inducing time suck known as driving in the 305. The municipalities of Miami are on…
Turn on your television or open a magazine, and you’re likely to run into someone saying something about “feminism.” For Miami-based performer and artist Cat Del Buono, that’s great news, but it’s not really anything out of the ordinary. “For me, it’s been a hot topic for a while so…
In the immortal words of Heath Ledger’s Joker, “Why so serious?!” With sea levels rising, epic traffic issues, and rising housing costs, Miamians need some comic relief. Luckily, the South Beach Comedy Festival (SBCF) is coming up, so we’ll have plenty of chances to practice our gleeful guffaws. This year’s…
Three words to get your week going: Turn off Netflix. Don’t try to pretend, we know your bleary eyes have been glued to season three of House of Cards. Thankfully, Miami couldn’t make it any more entertaining, or cheap, to get you back to reality. From performance and street art,…
Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83. Both on camera and off, he exemplified the best of what Star Trek, and thus humanity, could represent. Part of that was Trek’s writing, of course. But it was Nimoy who took what was on the page — often repaired what…
You may not realize that Cuban filmmaker Jessica Rodriguez makes documentaries. The Havana-born, Madrid-based 28-year-old has a gift for making her subjects forget they’re telling their most personal secrets to an unknown audience. “I think people only tell us what they want to, and the things they don’t say are…
Brooklyn-based artist, Ruby Sky Stiler’s conscious constant has been the female figure. But where others might choose more stereotypical representations of the female form, Stiler’s work has a firmness and weight that, while celebrating the form, also cements it as a symbol of authority. The artist’s firm solo show in…
Georges Bizet’s life was tragic enough for an opera. The composer of the iconic work Carmen died at the young age of 37, well before fame had found him. Even the work for which he’s best known was panned by critics, who were shocked by the low-life characters. A prostitute,…
Now preparing its seventh season, the phenomenon of RuPaul’s Drag Race shows no sign of slowing down. Previously content with bi-coastal parties in New York and Los Angeles, the show has taken its premiere party on nine-city tour — including this Sunday at Mansion in Miami Beach. Guests will be…
Last night the creative set gathered together at the Coral Gables Museum to honor our ten MasterMind 2015 finalists and crown the three winners. Or at least hand them a check for $1,000. We’d like to congratulate our three winners: performance artists TM Sisters, experimental dance company Bistoury Theatre, and…
Organizers Hannah Baumgartner and Diego Salterini — co-founders of Dance Now! Miami — created Miami Open Stage for talented Miami choreographers to showcase their new work. They also intended it as a venue for dance enthusiasts looking for a chance to discover what’s happening on the ground floor, and to…
Amidst Miami’s familiar neighborhood niches, there’s a new game in town: the Arts and Entertainment (A&E) District. The newly designated district connects Wynwood and the Design District to downtown. A&E is more than just a catchy name — it’s a community-wide effort complete with programming including bonfires under the stars,…
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, is a film that makes you want to talk to the movie screen. The phenomena took co-director/co-writer Shlomi Elkabetz and his sister, co-director/co-writer and the film’s star Ronit Elkabetz, by surprise when they premiered the film at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. Speaking via…
Bistoury Theatre’s latest production, Tribe, explores homelessness. It’s an intimately familiar topic for the troupe’s cofounder Alexey Taran, who lived life on the streets firsthand. Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, in 1970, Taran grew up in Havana and graduated from the Cuban National Ballet School before spending two years as…
Is it possible to essentially like a movie yet feel revulsion toward its script? David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars is clearly intended as a sharp satire of Hollywood ambition, vanity, avarice, and emptiness, and in places it’s smart and astringently funny. Yet it seems to fight its own bone…
Spike Lee still summons miracles — but sometimes you gotta dig for them. I can’t exactly recommend Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, his remake/cover/jazz-variation on Bill Gunn’s epochal indie lulu Ganja and Hess, but I can recommend Ganja and Hess, so elusive and bloody and challenging a picture that it’s…
If Grace Kelly had been raised by coyotes, she might have stalked the screen like Focus’ Margot Robbie, a va-va-voom blonde with bite. Robbie is too beautiful to play normal, too sly to play nice. Miscast as a shy saint in Craig Zobel’s upcoming Sundance hit Z for Zachariah, she…
