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  Twenty Years Later, Eyes Wide Shut Remains a Masterpiece

  January 16 at 9:10 a.m.

  I think I was ten years old the first time I saw Eyes Wide Shut. I was sick in a hotel in Orlando, probably delusional from cough medication and exhaustion while my family was out having dinner. Flipping through the channels, I ended up on either HBO or Cinemax—both of...

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  Deadly Class Star María Gabriela de Faría: "I Want to Show the World That Latinos Can Play Different Roles"

  January 15 at 8 a.m.

  Who would have thought that in 2019 a show that delivers the diversity we crave would follow a bunch of would-be teenage assassins? Syfy sure did. The television network has adapted Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s graphic novel series "Deadly Class" into a program with a 10-episode...

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  Transit Director Christian Petzold: "You Have to Work for the Love"

  January 14 at 8:50 a.m.

  For the past few decades, director Christian Petzold has been delivering a consistent stream of fascinating works of art. His latest, Transit, is an adaptation of Anna Seghers' novel, described as "an existential, political, literary thriller that explores the agonies of boredom, the vitality of storytelling, and the plight of the exile with extraordinary compassion and insight."

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  Gina Rodriguez Launches Carmen Sandiego With a Miami Game Show

  January 9 at 8:51 a.m.

  Today's middle schoolers were years from being born when the '90s TV game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? wrapped its five-year run in 1995. But judging from their deafening screams at the Arsht Center yesterday, they were ready for its reboot. Or maybe that's just because Gina...

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  The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Beale Street Win Golden Globes

  January 7 at 6:41 a.m.

  Last year, Ryan Murphy's "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" captivated audiences with the grisly tale of Andrew Cunanan, whose 1997 killing spree ended with the shooting of the famous fashion designer on the steps of his South Beach mansion. Last night, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association affirmed that...

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  Miami Jewish Film Festival 2019's Must-See Movies

  January 3 at 9:47 a.m.

  The Miami Jewish Film Festival returns this month with an exciting and progressive lineup, punctuated by spotlights on women and first-time filmmakers, live music performances, and other events. It'll be impossible to catch all 80 films during the fest's two-week run. So New Times film critics Juan Antonio Barquin and Hans Morgenstern have narrowed their picks to these four standouts.