Last week, the French New Wave and modern-day Miami came together in a delightful way in the new Arcade Fire music video for the band’s latest single, “Signs of Life.” Directors Jillian Mayer and Lucas Leyva, whose names pop up alongside the band’s name at the beginning of the video, deliver a work that’s uniquely Miami…
Stepping outside for more than 30 seconds is pretty much the most awful thing anyone can do in Miami this season. So why not sprint from your car to the cinema to stay in the safety of A/C and catch a good film? But instead of watching the parade of mediocre summer blockbusters, catch some classic films. Here’s where to find them.
Popcorn Frights has promised to be “bigger, bolder, and bloodier” in its third year, and the second wave of program announcements reflects that commitment. The festival has already revealed its homegrown horror section and a number of other new features. Now it says more than 40 film premieres from eight countries will hit Miami this August 11 through 17.
Miami has a party happening practically every night of the week. You could show up any evening and end up at something well worth checking out. And for queer people, the options are only growing. But with so many events popping up, how do you know where to go? Here’s a collection of some of our favorites.
The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science’s latest event touches upon one of the most important films of the year: Wonder Woman.
Counter Corner has been a staple of Miami’s queer community for more than two years. The third Sunday of every month at the Corner, the party constantly spilled into the streets like beer from a tipsy reveler’s cup. That was reason enough for its organizers — Sleeper, Juleisy, and Karla — to think about expanding. Now the team has moved the event to the nearby venue 1306. And that’s not the only change.
The horror! The horror! It’s back! And it’s pulling Miami into the depths of terror. The Popcorn Frights Film Festival, taking place August 11 to 17 at O Cinema Wynwood, has announced the first wave of programming for its third edition.
Summer is here, it’s queer, and you better get used to it. As June begins, local art cinemas are bringing the fun with some new series, some old favorites, and a mountain of classic films for everyone to enjoy. Here’s what and where you can check out a ton of…
It’s May! April showers have made way for a flowerbed of classic films this month. Now that summer vacation is on the horizon, it’s time to check out some great old movies on the big screen between all of those beach runs. A cool, dark theater is actually the best place to be when you have a sunburn.
Everyone has, at some point, fantasized about being someone else. In Julia Ducournau’s Raw, we see that longing literalized in an unusual way: not just by dressing up like other people or copying their actions, but by eating them.
The latest edition of the MiFo LGBT Film Festival will screen a variety of queer films April 21 through 30. For ten days, you can catch movies that offer something different from the straight white nonsense you endure daily. But given dozens of films, which should you prioritize? We’re here to help.
Filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo has depicted many extraordinary events in his work: time travel, alien invasion, bomb threats, the apocalypse. His latest, Colossal, tells a tale of giant-monster attacks. “It’s always really exciting when you bring together the rules of fiction and the rules of reality, or rather the lack of rules of reality,” Vigalondo says.
Melissa Gomez — the woman who created the seemingly ridiculous O, Miami event Lies Boyz II Men Told Me — harbors no illusions about old-school R&B. “I want people to read a haiku about their lovers or list off things people did to wrong them in relationships and just be like, ‘Hey, Boyz II Men, everything you said is BS.”
Obsolete Media Miami, our city’s repository for 35mm slides, archival motion picture materials, and other legacy media, has brought some of the coolest experimental art events to our city over the last few years: a side-by-side presentation of Dracula and Drácula, a 16mm film presentation brought to the massive…
From an inspiration for Beyoncé’s Lemonade to a protest against Trump’s proposed arts-funding cuts, these are the classic films showing in Miami in April 2017.
Just last month, the FilmGate Interactive Media Festival had a ball at the University of Miami, where the fest hosted a series of film screenings, workshops, and virtual-reality and mixed-reality experiences. Now that the latest edition of the festival is in the rear-view mirror, what have the FilmGate Miami folks…
In an age when we’re all asking the world to provide us with more representation onscreen, be it television or film, we should also be demanding it onstage in the theatre. The Future Is Female Festival, a cross-country event that offers audiences short plays by women of all backgrounds, is here to do just that — and Miami is going along for the ride.
Sometimes failure leads to success. With the short film Scenes From Our Young Marriage, filmmaker Ronald Baez learned that lesson. What began as a feature production became a lengthy journey to create a short film that would screen at Borscht’s West Kendall International Film Festival and the Miami Film Festival this year.
“Do not wait for permission,” film critic Rebecca Theodore-Vachon urged at this weekend’s Miami Film Festival. The Google Seminar Series on Gender & Racial Gaps in Film & Tech, which featured festival programmer Kiva Reardon moderating conversations with five women in the industry, emphasized that advice.
Not a soul in the world who has seen one of Rossy de Palma’s performances will be surprised to know that every ounce of energy and charisma the Spanish actress brings to her work is a part of her natural being. That fact was proven beautifully at Miami Film Festival’s riveting Saturday-night event, An Evening With Rossy de Palma.
With Borscht Diez having just ended and Miami Film Festival in full swing, Miami audiences have enjoyed a full roster of new films to check out. But what about the classics? March offers many.
The Miami Film Festival (MIFF), this city’s biggest annual movie event, returns Friday with 131 films, complemented by dozens of parties, talks, and special events. That’s a lot to pack into just ten days. Let New Times’ film critics guide you through this week’s best experiences. Desserts & Directors: MIFF…
