1. Art

Who's Your Brother?

A photographic exhibition at the Boca Museum tacitly demands answers from us

By Michael Mills

Published: July 26, 2007

A teenaged Ugandan girl stares solemnly at the camera, the lower third of her face a mangled mess. Her crime? Refusing to have sex with a rebel soldier. Her punishment? Having her...

2. Dish

Split Decision

Our meal at Limoncello ended in a draw

By Gail Shepherd

Published: July 26, 2007

In every critic's life a moment emerges when she realizes that her carefully refined opinions — judicious and elegant as they may be — aren't worth doo-doo. The revelation...

3. Live Wire

Morgan Heritage

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: July 26, 2007

This may come as a surprise to some, but there's more than one royal family when it comes to Jamaican reggae. It's obvious that the Marleys would be a shoo-in for this distinction,...

4. Short Cuts

Charlie Mingus

Tijuana Moods (RCA/Legacy)

By Mark Keresman

Published: July 26, 2007

When the great roll of American jazz composers is called, the late Charles Mingus (1922-79) will be near the tip-top. Mingus was and remains unique in that he drew on the entire jazz...

5. Dred Scott!

Reggae's Compassion

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: July 26, 2007

Apparently, reggae and dancehall music are nothing alike. This might sound confusing to casual fans of the genres, but international reggae star Freddie McGregor says a line needs...

6. DVDish

Chow Time Again

Published: July 26, 2007

Hard Boiled: Two-Disc Ultimate Edition (Weinstein) The Criterion version of John Woo's masterpiece, about two cops (the overworked Chow Yun-Fat and the undercover Tony Leung) gunning...

7. Feature

Towering Rage

Luxury condo developers up the ante with critics

By Amy Guthrie

Published: July 26, 2007

From his office on the 12th floor of the Las Olas Centre, Don Hall's view stretches across the New River to take in regal yachts, fine mansions, and open skies. Hall says he likes...

8. Film

Charge of the Light Brigade

Racing to reignite the sun — and our souls — in Danny Boyle's sci-fi collage

By Nathan Lee

Published: July 26, 2007

In the observation room of the spacecraft Icarus II, passengers sit on a bench in front of a large, rectangular screen displaying a view of what lies ahead. They gaze at the spectacle...

9. Film

Light Dining

No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: July 26, 2007

Sadly, No Reservations is not the big-screen adaptation of Anthony Bourdain's snack-gulping, risk-taking Travel Channel show; you'll find no monkey brains here, nor any attempts to...

10. Game On

Mechanical Bull

A few more changes would've helped Transformers

By Chris Ward

Published: July 26, 2007

Examining the roots of Transformers: The Game is deep stuff: It's a videogame based on a movie based on a cartoon based on a toy. But unlike most laughably forced movie tie-in games...

11. Live Wire

Cinder Road

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Published: July 26, 2007

Look, let's just face it, OK? Hard-rock power balladry is never gonna go away. As much as some of us might want it to, as much as it routinely falls out of vogue, there are always...

12. Live Wire

The Radiators

By Arielle Castillo

Published: July 26, 2007

First, to clear up any confusion: This is the Radiators from New Orleans, the three-decades-plus-strong bluesy, funky rock group, not the also three-decades-strong band from Australia....

13. Live Wire

Ninja Man

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: July 26, 2007

It takes a true dancehall aficionado to appreciate the top-ranking ghetto sounds of Jamaica's Ninja Man. This is true only because most novice listeners, if they can even understand...

14. Music

The Saint and the Sinner

A godless heathen gets down with J.C.

By Brandon K. Thorp

Published: July 26, 2007

Jesus Christ was everybody's favorite person on the evening of June 22 at Redeeming Word Christian Center, a big church way out near the end of Prospect Road in Fort Lauderdale. In...

15. Music

Do-It-Yourself Pop

Skip the tour-bus grind, singer/songwriter Yoni says. There's gold in the new media.

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: July 26, 2007

Most single-name musicians are too egotistical for their own good. Singers like Cher, Madonna, and Prince — yes, that type of single-name musician — can be remarkably talented...

16. Night Rider

Dirty Country

Why you should never invite your mom to a drunken birthday party where you're the main act

By Marya Summers

Published: July 26, 2007

Nothing says party like a birthday bash, unless it's a birthday gig for Truckstop Coffee's frontman, Pete Stein. The Bamboo Room in Lake Worth hosted the shindig, and it not only sounded...

17. Bob Norman

Marital Law

Does Stacy Ritter's lobbyist husband swing her vote?

By Bob Norman

Published: July 26, 2007

When Stacy Ritter was elected to the Broward County Commission in November, her lobbyist-husband, Russ Klenet, promised to cut ties to companies that contract with the county in order...

18. Pub Stalker

Nectar at the Seminole Casino — Coconut Creek

By Bryan Falla

Published: July 26, 2007

The Seminole Hard Rock set the bar pretty high with clubs like Spirits, Passion, and Pangaea. Now, casinos that want to offer a nightlife alternative will have to work hard to exceed...

19. Short Cuts

BrakesBrakesBrakes

The Beatific Visions (Rough Trade)

By Lee Zimmerman

Published: July 26, 2007

BrakesBrakesBrakes' sophomore album is a skittish romp that finds the young British band (whose members include alumni of British Sea Power and Electric Soft Parade) interspersing...

20. Short Cuts

Queens of the Stone Age

Era Vulgaris (Interscope)

By Justin F. Farrar

Published: July 26, 2007

To fans, Queens of the Stone Age can do no wrong and mastermind Josh Homme is a visionary on par with Thom Yorke. This cult exists because Homme comes off as a dude who could be hanging...