South Florida’s acclaimed community theater group the Play Group LLC is back for its fourth season with The Monster Project. Written by award-winning playwright and Miami Beach resident Brian Harris, it features a compilation of four original plays in which the plots tie in nicely with the themes of the…
When a relatively young actor dies suddenly, as James Gandolfini did in June, it’s tempting to wonder about the roles he’ll never get to play. When we didn’t know we’d be losing him so soon, it was always fun to see Gandolfini show up, a casual surprise: In 2012 alone,…
If five Oscar nominees lose two young girls in the woods, will their wailing make a sound? That’s the key question of Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve’s prestigious puffery about a father (Hugh Jackman) and a cop (Jake Gyllenhaal) trying to catch a kidnapper. Prisoners is a dog whistle for Academy voters…
In Brian Fogel’s new romantic comedy, Jewtopia, mixed signals are the order of the day, both from the characters to each other and from the movie to the audience. When redneck plumber Christian O’Connell (Ivan Sergei) finally gets Alison Marks’ (Jennifer Love Hewitt) phone number, he hopes it will end…
Starring Golshifteh Farahani. Written and directed by Atiq Rahimi. 102 minutes. Not rated.Atiq Rahimi’s slender, wrenching novel The Patience Stone lays bare the heart of a devout Afghan woman, a Muslim who shields her face from her community and her truest self from her husband, a jihadist hero many years…
Forbidden fruit has never seemed so poisonous than in Thanks for Sharing, a remarkably sensitive and surprisingly romantic ensemble drama about sex addiction. A winsome mix of funny, harrowing, and smart, it’s most commendable for making characters who are addicted to bad behavior — and who refuse to blame themselves…
Russell Brand’s successful pond-crossing into mainstream America gave us lucky viewers more than another movie star in skinny jeans. Brand is the type of comedian who always has something to say or, rather, who never stops talking. These days, he’s trotting the globe sharing his views on current political happenings…
If you drink beer with your meal, then you know how satiated you will feel when you’re finished. The last Mack House beer dinner sold out in three days, which speaks for itself. On Thursday, Roho Kitchen is hosting the Mack House Beer and Food Pairing starting at 7:30 p.m…
From your island vacation to your belief in the tooth fairy, they say all good things must come to an end. And Friday night marks the end of the all-female music exhibition that has been going on for the past two years. For the Acou-chix finale, Conundrum Stages — the…
Have you always wished ComicCon would come to South Florida? While not directly associated, Palm Beach County has its own rendition of the international comics festival. The third-annual PalmCon, otherwise known as the Palm Beach County Comic Book and Collectibles Show, is sure to energize you with renowned guests, indie…
If you’re alive and breathing, you probably enjoy getting out of the house on your nights off from work; however, going out on a Saturday night usually includes spending copious amounts of money with nothing to show for it in the end — plus a terrible headache the following morning,…
What’s sexier than a night of rock-hard abs, assless chaps, and jiggling pasties? That, plus philanthropy! Now in its fourth year, Broward Bares It! is billed as “South Florida’s Sexiest HIV/AIDS Fundraiser.” What’s hotter is that not only did Seminole Hard Rock donate the venue for the night but the…
Tour du Monde: Indian Dreams Pistache French Bistro is offering skint, would-be travelers a slightly cheaper option this summer with its ‘Tour du Monde’ events. The ‘tour’ will take guests through a variety of cuisines and national traditions. ‘Tour du Monde’ guests will receive a passport to collect stamps at…
You show up to the party wearing the exact same dress your frenemy is wearing. Why does this always happen, you ask? Well, maybe it’s because you shop at the same clothing stores as everyone else in this world, adding to the fortune of those who have stock in Saks…
Green spaces are seemingly lacking in our construction-driven society. High-rise condos and massive buildings are erected one after another, leaving nature by the wayside. Thankfully, there’s a dedicated group of urban garden enthusiasts in Fort Lauderdale who have dreamt up Flagler Garden, a communal green space and educational facility to…
Hispanic heritage isn’t exactly something you can put into a bottle or squeeze into a month, but damned if they won’t try. An onslaught of willy-nilly holidays hitting us in the face constantly by way of social media posts that no one gives a crap about have introduced millions to…
It’s always nice when you can use a charitable event as an excuse for your hard-partying habits. On Friday, September 27, at 7 p.m., Stache will be hosting its soft opening party as a benefit for Glam-A-Thon, which will help provide uninsured women with life-saving mammograms and other testing for…
If you feel like Friday nights should include drinking outside with a bunch of people and an ice luge, you’re in luck. On Friday, September 27, starting at 4 p.m., Mizner Park hangout Max’s Grille is hosting a party on its patio with $7 Reyka Vodka cocktails and Azunia Tequila…
Maintaining its tradition to honor the faculty that makes Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters what it is, the Schmidt Center and Ritter Art Gallery are gearing up for their Biennial Faculty Art Exhibition. Though the exhibition lasts almost the entire fall semester, you will…
A quirky invasion is underway in Pembroke Pines this month involving bombs. Not the nuclear warfare variety, because that would not be a fun story, but rather a whimsical installation affectionately called “Face Bombing.” Artist Todd Brittingham climbs 20-foot ladders to adhere smiley faces to park trees and buildings, leaving…
With an offhand precision that suggests he might prove one of his generation’s major actors, Michael Cera lays bare two specific human weaknesses in writer/director Sebastián Silva’s altered-states/group dynamics road drama Crystal Fairy — weaknesses you’ll likely recognize from life rather than from other movies. The first is the pushy,…
Chuck Wilson In David Lowery’s sublime new film, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck), who’s serving 25 to life for armed robbery and wounding a cop during a shootout, frequently puts pencil to parchment paper and writes love letters to his girlfriend, Ruth (Rooney Mara). Bob’s aching, lovelorn…
