The last time you heard the term cinéma vérité (cinema of truth) was in a film appreciation class in college. You got entranced by Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera and rhapsodized about the loneliness of modern life after watching Umberto D. But Cinéma Vérité, a monthly discussion and…
Gambling for charity is one of those weird oxymorons that doesn’t totally make sense, but is still fairly enticing. Case in point: The Buy-In Charity Poker Tournament. The second installment in the recurring series, taking place Friday through Saturday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (1 Seminole Way,…
So you’ve seen Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, slogged through The Happening, and had a chuckle at Wall-E. And if you could say anything about this summer’s blockbusters movie season, it’s that it actually had some meat on its usually gaunt bones (well, except The Happening; that blew). That…
“Sodomy, Fellatio, Cunnilingus, Pederasty…” This may sound like a list of crimes, but they’re lyrics — from a musical. Clearly, we’re not talking Oklahoma! The Lake Worth Playhouse (713 Lake Ave., Lake Worth) invites all to their $100,000 Gala, a fundraiser with a special evening performance of Hair: The American…
You have an unbreakable bond with the sea, which is precisely why you contend with the often unnerving frustrations created by coastal living, like expensive real estate and billowing homeowner’s insurance premiums. Only to make matters more baffling, those financial pitfalls are keeping you from doing what you love most:…
Most American men handle mid-life crises in a traditional fashion: a new sports car, a hair transplant, or a catastrophic divorce. In Full Grown Men, a film by David Muno, the 35 year-old protagonist leaves his wife for Diggityland, his favorite theme park. With a childhood friend in the passenger…
It’s hard to imagine why hot pants — those tight, stretchy shorts that are oh-so-good for showing off your oh-so-bads — ever went out of style. Think about it: They’re hipper (though less practical) than zipper pants; way better looking than skorts (the combination of skirt and short); and more…
Fluorescent lighting doesn’t do your skin justice. And the stress of work deadlines? It’s adding to your continually puckering crow’s feet. Clearly, there’s only one solution to your dermatological woes: Take the day off and spend it at GBS (31 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale). The retail shop (or “Fancy…
A flash course in the history of photography, from a practical documentary medium to a contemporary conceptual one, is available in the photographic gallery at the Boca Museum. An evolution in technology is reflected in selections of antique daguerreotypes, albumen prints, lantern glass slides, gelatin silver prints, and cibachrome prints…
At the top, let’s be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It’s a decent if overly familiar and yawningly obvious compendium of look-at-me moments intended to show off the latest and greatest in stereo 3-D filmmaking,…
Hollywood’s Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army from Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro, but before this review goes any further, I must confess — head hanging low in shame — that I haven’t read a comic book since I was 12…
Why We Have a Body opens with an honest-to-God perfect 15 minutes. The night I attended, it began with actress Ambar Aranaga pointing a gun at one of my dates and saying: “Yes! This is a holdup. Now listen, I will only say this once: I am the way things…
As a foodie, a vegetarian, and a bit of a boozehound, you’ve got it awfully rough. Sure, there are bars and restaurants where you can satisfy two of your most impassioned sensibilities, but rare is the joint where you can sate all three. Regular bars are out, unless you don’t…
Have you ever wondered why Browidians and Palm Beachers are so much more willing to travel to Miami than vice versa? The predominant theory is that there is a selectively permeable membrane that divides Broward from Miami, and that typically the rules of party osmosis only allow the 954 and…
OK, so the Heat’s last season was the pits. With a record of 15-and-67, their 2007-2008 effort was among the worst in NBA history. But we shouldn’t be fair-weather fans — instead, we should remember all the things the Heat have given us in the past. That NBA Championship is…
There’s something missing in your life that you just can’t quite put your finger on. You inspect things closer: you have a habit of building long, hollow tubes out of plastic; you love animals that with collapsible bone structures that allow them to fit through tiny spaces; you yearn for…
There must be something genetically different about ABBA fans. Those who love the Sweden’s number two export (behind Ikea, of course) are simply rabid in their support. They’re the kind of folk who dress up in white linens when Mamma Mia! comes to town, who give their kids Swedish names…
Hollywood Beach is wonderful for many reasons: If you’re under 45 you’ll get called “kiddo;” soft serve ice cream is abundant; and odd sports reign supreme. From putt putt to competitive roller blading, the Broadwalk is bustling with friendly competition. This weekend you can get a front row seat to…
Some celebrity siblings manage to carve out their own section of the spotlight, while others are comfortable warming their measly career in the shine cast on their more famous kin. Don’t confuse Tony Rock with the second group, because the only footsteps he’s followed in are some very funny ones…
Comic book fans should already be psyched about the upcoming film The Spirit, Frank Miller’s adaptation of the landmark Sunday comic by Will Eisner. A weekly newspaper insert, The Spirit basically began the idea of Sunday comics as we know them. But it’s not the only trail Eisner blazed. In…
You have to hand it to the National Physique Committee, the sanctioning organization of American beefcake and of the 2008 NPC Southern States Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships. By making people’s physique not only the tool, but the very field of competition, it transmogrified narcissism into a sport. Why, that…
Life in an Airstream is already a bit confining and awkward, so when you add a scandal the size of the one kicking off Sordid Lives, it’s safe to say that extra breathing room is at a minimum. See Peggy, the queen of white trash, has gone to that great…
