There’s more to Spanish cinema than Pedro Almodóvar’s romantic visions — i.e., Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem gettin’ freaky in an Andalusian olive grove. Consider the grittier flicks featured in the weeklong Festival of New Spanish Cinema, which opens at the Tower Theater this Thursday with an 8:30 p.m. screening…
Don’t be fooled by the upscale seafood eateries and posh condos that now line the Miami River. There is still plenty of hazmat lurking beneath the blue-green waves. On the very bottom, layers of gunk incubate a dormant army of succubi, fed on foul human sewage and zinc-, mercury-, and…
As an aspiring fame monster, you could move to Lala land, pose for a nudie mag, and snag an agent. Or you could roll up to some random university in Fort Lauderdale, star in a sea of extras, and wait for the director to single you out. What? It happened…
Did you hear that? “I want some of you.” There it is again. You’re in the Deering Estate’s Richmond Cottage and you’re hearing voices. The gentle cacophony continues: “We’re trapped here” and “Send me. I’ll go.” Thankfully, you’re not alone. You’re on Ghost Tour: Voices From the Past, where the…
Photo by Peter Kramer/NBCThe Sandman wants you to be his extra.As an aspiring fame monster, you could move to Lala land, pose for a nudie mag, and snag an agent. Or you could roll up to some random university in Fort Lauderdale, star in a sea of extras, and wait…
Circo de los HorroresJames L. Knight CenterOctober 8, 2010Better Than: House of Horror – so we hear.The Review: Rookie mistake number one: Not expecting a show with a Spanish title to be almost completely performed in Español. But who thought Circo de los Horrores – a production from Spain touted…
Claudia CalleIt’s that time of the month again: Second Saturdays Art Walk. To quell all your cravings and cramps, there’s a handful of new exhibits opening tomorrow night. But seriously, who has the patience to wander the blocks between 22nd and 40th in search of the best eye candy? No…
A still from Christy Gast’s video work.You can judge the cultural cache of a city by how much good art you stumble upon in public spaces. For a long time, all we had in Miami were broken bowl/orange peel sculptures outside of municipal buildings and a couple Britto-splattered parking meters…
Like Alice in Wonderland fallen down the rabbit hole, artist Kanako Sasaki finds herself alone in beautiful spaces. The Japanese artist is often the subject in her photo exhibit “Wanderlust,” showing through October 30 at Dina Mitrani Gallery. It’s easy to imagine her in pursuit of a talking white rabbit…
If you’re among those who cited having a religious experience while witnessing Jennifer Hudson belt out “And I Tell You I’m Not Going” in the 2006 film Dreamgirls, hold on to your rosary. Another Effie, now played by Moya Angela, will shake, tremble, and sing her way through that heartbreak…
Stop pounding Omega-3 pills. It’s not the brain that holds human’s intellectual stamina, it’s the .3mm piece of skin in front of it known as the forehead. Scientist were alerted to this fact after alien foreheads –looking a lot like talking, crawling chicken cutlets – invaded and controlled a small…
Scared to go the mall? You should be. The threat level now extends beyond the roaming droves of sticky tweens, credit card-sucking price tags, and stomach-churning, food court cuisine. At the Miami International Mall, yes that place in Doral, heathens have taken over the parking lot for the month-long House…
Courtest of IFCStop pounding Omega-3 pills. It’s not the brain that holds our intellectual stamina, it’s the 1.5mm piece of skin in front of it known as the forehead. Scientists were alerted to this fact after alien foreheads — looking a lot like talking, crawling chicken cutlets — invaded and…
Flickr CC veggiefrogReady to pre-game for Halloween? ‘Cause the 2010 Zombie Walk Miami is this Saturday. Lest you think we’re just trying to trick you into smearing blood all over yourself and heading out to Lincoln Road, consider that there are already 1,200 people confirmed to attend on Facebook. And…
Courtesy of Ellen Harvey”The Nudist Museum” 2010, 54 paintings: oil on gesso board with used framesAttorney-turned-artist Ellen Harvey puts art clichés on trial. She infamously took the idea of landscapes to task when she painted oil pastorals among NYC’s graffiti tags and concrete pylons. Next she cross-examined portraits when she…
Ready to pre-game for Halloween? ‘Cause the 2010 Zombie Walk Miami is this Saturday. Lest you think we’re just trying to trick you into smearing blood all over yourself and heading out to Lincoln Road, consider that there are already 1,200 people confirmed to attend on Facebook. And as you…
Turkish-German director Fatih Akin filmed the postpunk romance Head-On, full of rage and lust, and the emotional flick The Edge of Heaven. Then he chose to have a little fun. So his latest, Soul Kitchen, is a playful slapstick comedy, an homage to the director’s own carefree days as a…
If Miami were Olympus, luxury hotels would be our Titans. These gigantes rule 305 culture, and enjoying their amenities is like taking an elevator to the top floor of Miami’s social ladder. But even higher are the architects behind them, such as Schultze & Weaver, which famously designed New York’s…
Photo by JipsyElaine Lancaster with…Oprah?Forget T.D. 16, the breaking news this morning is that the rumors about The Real Housewives of Miami are confirmed and true. The reality show was already filmed and might air on Bravo as soon as this November. So, for those who’ve been polishing their marble…
Christy GastAs soon as we type the N-word, most of you are going to skim on by this post. So we won’t type narrative (damn! OK, we won’t type it more than once). Let’s just call it the ability to tell a good story. Anyway, three Miami artists will tip…
Greg Haberny, The Wanker’s BallWe have a confession. We basically launched this culture blog just to have somewhere to write about all the cool shit that happens during Art Basel. And most of it has nothing to do with the official mega art show in the convention center, but with…
Grove Press published Jack Kerouac.Thanks to Barney Rosset, the man behind Grove Press and the Evergreen Review, we all got drunk on the road poetics of Jack Kerouac, blissed out on the ballsy cadence of Allen Ginsberg, and humbled by the witty domestic disputes of Tom Stoppard plays. Tonight, the…
