Screw big-budget superhero movies. Forget bland rom-coms. Fairy tale remakes and vampire epics? Yawn.If you want truly original film this summer, it looks like you’re going to have to make it yourself.The Museum of Contemporary Art is once again giving you the perfect excuse to dive into that freaky experimental…
Yesterday, motorists on Biscayne Boulevard around 59th Street who saw a burly, tattooed guy in MC Hammer pants wielding a baseball bat might have thought it was just another day in pimp city. But that dude was The Rock, and he was on the set of the New Times article-based…
How Many Film Festivals Does Miami Really Need?
Snow White and the Huntsman Is a Tale Overtold
Headhunters at Tower Theater June 1-14
The Day He Arrives at Cosford Cinema June 1-3
Let us begin by saying we are whip-smart, college-educated smartypantses. But damn, do we love ourselves some reality television. Keeping Up With the Kardashians? You betcha. The Amazing Race? We have never missed a season. And if the program happens to take place in Miami, you can bet your 305…
It’s episode 15, which means we’ve been watching this show for over three months now. God help us.We know most reality tv is staged. And we know that producers often edit footage to make things look more dramatic than they actually are. But after last night’s episode, we’re pretty convinced…
Just over a year ago, we told you about a film in the works from Precious director Lee Daniels. Sophia Vergara of Modern Family fame was set to star in the story of a Miami Times reporter who gets wrapped up in a homicide case.That film, titled The Paperboy, debuted…
Next week, Miami Beach’s Colony Theatre will play home to the second Turkish Film Festival.Surprised? So was I. The news that there is a Turkish Film Festival in Miami is a shock — this town is not exactly known for its large Turkish community.It seems like every week there’s a…
There are probably about a million secret histories hiding in Miami. With so many different cultures and communities coexisting in one place, no two people’s versions of the events of the past are likely to match up perfectly. It’s beautiful, in a way, but it also means that many of…
Here, for your perusal, are 18 surprising things we learned this afternoon, courtesy of a press release sent to us from FilmOn.TV:1. FilmOn.TV is a website that exists.2. Andy Dick is still alive.3. Andy Dick has his own weekly, live TV show on the Internet. 4. Pauly Shore is still…
Magic City’s first season on the small screen hasn’t been an easy one. Critics have raved about the sets, and the Miami Herald even called it “irresistible television.” But with the good, comes the bad. The New York Times had this to say: “The acting for the most part, is…
2012 Summer Movie Preview
Turn Me On, Dammit! at Coral Gables Art Cinema May 25-31
4:44 Last Day on Earth Finds a Middle Ground Between Fiction and Non
Sound of My Voice: Brit Marling Preaches End Times
Men in Black 3: Bummer of ’69
Keyhole: Guy Maddin’s Haunted House Holds a Dream-World of Ideas
Bernie: Jack Black in an Unexpected Black Comedy
Indie Game: The Movie at O Cinema May 24-27
Some first heard the name Billy Corben in 2001, when he became one of the youngest directors in Sundance history. His next release, Cocaine Cowboys, co-produced with his Rakontur collaborator Alfred Spellman and David Cypkin, would prove to be monumental in its exploration of the cocaine-fueled Miami heydays of the…
