Written and directed by Spike Jonze. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, and Amy Adams. 120 minutes. Rated R.The terrible reality of modern life is that even beautiful young people on a first date can’t go a whole evening without checking their phones. Just allowing the present to happen has become…
Things happen when there is a full moon. People are creepy. OK, fine: creepier. But still, there is a definite feeling and shift when the glowing orb in the sky finds this elusive resting place. You know what else happens? A sweet drum circle. We know there is no such…
Ron Burgundy has been all over your television lately, and there is no stopping it. With an Anchorman revival in the theaters, it seems that all the studio cares about is bringing the newsman to life. Other modern comedy classics deserve the same treatment. No, we don’t mean you need…
So much for those well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions. Maybe just take a day off from your vegan, macrobiotic, alkaline, gluten-free juice cleanse to indulge in scouring the carcass of a delicious animal. The orgy of carnivorous decadence that is the fifth-annual King of Ribs Festival, presented by King of Foods,…
It’s a new year. Time to prove that beneath your doughy, couch-magnet exterior lies a superhero. Or if you already look like the Hulk, it’s time to show off. Spuds and studs alike can compete at this Saturday’s Superhero Scramble at Quiet Waters Park. There will be walls to climb,…
Sure, we have great beaches filled with tons of attractive — and not-so-attractive — people. And yeah, we get sunshine almost 365 days a year — if you don’t count the half hour of rain at 3 p.m. on a summer’s day. Even so, we may recognize ourselves for our…
Buy one, get one deals, two-for-one drinks — Floridians are always looking for a way to get more than they paid for. And that thrifty mentality can now permeate over to the finer things in life, like comedy. MADtv veteran and all-around TV personality Frank Caliendo is the physical embodiment…
Happy New Year! Now get your wallet ready for the first massive beer festival of 2014. Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park will celebrate the release of its first (kind of) public bottle release of Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, a 6.4 percent alcohol by volume, superflavorful, and correct-in-the-name culinary beer…
No relation to ’70s prog-rock pioneers Rush, heralded singer/songwriter Tom Rush is an equally world-renowned musician in his own right. Rush is a living legend who is known as the founding father of the folk-rock genre; it wouldn’t be a stretch saying that Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and Jackson Browne…
Food, fuzzy animals, and having an excuse to get off the couch on a Saturday night are three things most people tend to appreciate. Here’s your chance to combine all of the above at the Palm Beach Zoo’s Food Truck Safari. Taking place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, January…
If you’re a craft-beer-geek South Floridian, chances are you love Cigar City, Funky Buddha, and disc golf (maybe). Indulge in all three Sunday, January 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Taking place at Easterlin Park, the entry-level disc golf tournament features a double round, prizes, and a commemorative disc…
UPDATE: Due to the recent flooding, Oshogatsu had to be rescheduled to Sunday, January 19. Konichiwa, Japan fans; your day has come at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. On top of the standard origami splendor and cutting-edge Asian art that come with this stunning Boca Raton locale, this Sunday…
Battles are fought on all kinds of fronts. At home with your family, at work with menacing coworkers who insist on eating food with your name on it, on the scalps of frizzy-haired women all over South Florida (trust me, I know). But there are real battles in real places…
Well, if you didn’t know it already, Down in Front Theater company is about to make you go Nuts! with its first performance of the new year. Bringing you a rather dark performance about a young prostitute named Claudia Draper who is indicted for manslaughter after killing one of her…
With the advent of camera phones and the photography applications that have resulted, it’s hard to remember the days when waiting 90 seconds for a photo to develop was considered “instant photography.” If you can take your head out of the clouds and think back to that blissful simplicity, you’ll…
Rosemary’s Baby notwithstanding, it’s usually only white suburban people who fall prey to movie ghosts and demons — they’re always the ones opening doors to rooms that shouldn’t be entered, stepping witlessly into pentagrams painted on the floor in goat’s blood, and wondering aloud, “You think this is some sort…
In the 20 years since Reality Bites, his directorial debut, Ben Stiller has metastasized from sketch comedy lunatic to Generation X darling to blockbuster king. Among the funnymen, most of whom have calcified into cliques (yawn, Anchorman 2), he’s the last of the triple-threat writer-director-stars and the only one who…
As awards season draws nearer and best-of-the-year lists keep rolling in, there’s only one thing left to do: get excited about what comes next. Here are 10 films you won’t want to miss in 2014. 1. Adieu au language (Directed by Jean-Luc Godard) Jean-Luc Godard, master of the French Nouvelle…
Toasting computer love, a genocide musical, and a Midwestern odyssey – [Or: “The Best of 2013: Take Two” or something if you’re running both Amy’s and Stephanie’s lists] I could write a Shakespearean sonnet about each film on my Top 10 of 2013, but we know we’re all here for…
In 2013 there were a thousand bright lights and no strong center — even with Gravity, which ranked No. 8 on our tally of almost 100 critics’ bests. The results in this year’s Village Voice Film Poll, like the decisions arrived at by critics’ circles around the country, suggest that…
If you’re a person alive in this age, Ralph Fiennes has at some point probably made you hate him. As the Nazi Amon Goeth in 1993’s Schindler’s List, Fiennes embodied one of history’s great evils, somehow making being utterly detestable compelling. In Martin McDonagh’s riotous, under-regarded In Bruges, Fiennes spat…
Here’s where I write about how hard it is to draw up a 10-best list at the end of the year. Except it isn’t: I think of drawing up a list as an honor and a necessity, a way of putting 12 months of moviegoing into some sort of perspective…
