The heyday of the shock jock is long gone, what with the denomination’s reigning king “exiled” to satellite radio. But that doesn’t mean the Tony and Pulitzer Prize nominated play Talk Radio has suddenly become irrelevant. On the contrary, there are a frightening number of parallels between writer Eric Bogosian’s…
If you’re looking for subtleties and nuances, stop reading here. On the other hand, if you’re looking for a reality check that runs the gamut from DVD video projections to a gloriously bashed-in ´99 VW Bug, look no further than the Dorsch Gallery (151 NW 24th St. Miami). In Kyle…
With all of the things that Jerry Garcia’s name has been associated with – from the gluttonously half-baked Cherry Garcia ice cream and intoxicating Jerry Garcia wine to the inappropriate and depressing Jerry Garcia neckties and Grateful Dead Psychedelic Bus computer game – it seems there is little the Garcia…
Josepher Bonilla wanted to bring his two favorite things together: hot chicks in latex and hot chicks who make out with each other. Voila! The Liquor Lezbians Latex Lube Party was born; its latest installment is tonight at Studio A (60 NE 11th St. Miami). The event celebrates the beloved…
Some business deals go down in seedy bars, others over a sweaty handshake. For the lunchroom film series, it happened in a civilized fashion over a proper midday meal of pulled pork and cobbler. Curator Mike Plante took filmmaker Roger Beebe out for lunch and pitched his lucrative offer: he…
“What time is it? Party time! That’s right — say it loud!” Do you know what song this is from? Those are genuine, bona-fide lyrics from Disney’s High School Musical movie franchise, which is, like, the hottest film phenomenon in the universe. If you have seen it, you (a) probably…
Filmmakers’ cameras haven’t been aimed anywhere near the most brutalized of Darfur’s regions, and for good reason: Arab militia dispatched by the Sudanese Government are systematically starving, raping, castrating, and then offing African and Christian locals on the sly, and the men in power would rather you not see images…
Artist Sharon Huff believes that everything happens for a reason and that we can see “beauty and perfection” even in the most tragic circumstances. Versace’s murder, Princess Diana’s fatal car crash, the devastation of 9/11 — these are all challenges for us to perceive the “beauty in something horrific.” A…
The Graduate: 40th Anniversary Edition(MGM) Fifteen years after its last home-video commemorative edition (extras from which appear here), The Graduate once more gets the bonus-laden makeover — and if ever a movie deserved its kudos, it’s Mike Nichols’ masterwork. That said, the movie is its own bonus; not since its…
In the new Neil Jordan movie, Jodie Foster plays New York talk-radio DJ Erica Bain, who survives a vicious Central Park mugging and becomes an urban crusader devoted to cleaning up the city — with a Glock instead of a broom. Yes, The Brave One is that movie: the one…
Until 2005, Richard Shepard’s was a lamentable direct-to-prop-plane filmography populated with such forgettable titles as Cool Blue, Oxygen, Mexico City, and The Linguini Incident, the latter of which was a heist film most notable for pairing David Bowie and Buck Henry — and that’s not even a punch line. For…
First-person shooters are rarely more than virtual shooting galleries. Great fun, yes, but not exactly thought-provoking. That’s why it’s nice when an FPS comes along that’s trying to be something more — and even better when it actually succeeds. Sometimes you know it in the first few minutes. Take Half-Life:…
Andre Rieu: Live in New York (Denon) Away From Her (Lionsgate)Bones: Season Two (Fox)Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (HBO)Casper Meets Wendy: Family Fun Edition (Fox)Charmed: The Final Season (Paramount)DOA: Dead or Alive (Weinstein)Ever Again (Starz)Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes — Volume Two (Fox)The Fly Collection (Fox)From Beyond: Unrated Director’s…
Summer is ending. Due to the accompanying heat, you’ve hardly had a chance to celebrate the season; don’t let it slip away without saying goodbye. Tonight is the perfect chance to spend some quality time before bidding it farewell: It’s the final Summer Sushi and Stroll at the Morikami (4000…
The last time someone told you to “keep it on the down low,” it translated to: Keep your pretty little trap shut. But ever since author JL King released his book On the Down Low: A Journey into the Lives of ‘Straight’ Black Men Who Sleep with Men in 2004,…
There’s nothing more headache-inducing than the Britney-Lindsay-Paris terror trifecta presently hogging headlines. But before you start jamming knives into your peepers to assuage the irreversible damage done to your sensibilities, you might want to relax a smidge, slide into an aisle seat, and watch said media-snafuing parodied on the silver…
Bibliophiles can usually distinguish between a novel’s vast fantasyland and reality’s bitter pill. Fortunately, the rules don’t apply inside the novelty bookstore Murder on the Beach: ghoul and gargoyle tchotchkes are nailed to blood-red walls, stained mahogany bookshelves are stacked menacingly high, and that bifocal-wearing skeleton nestled in the plush…
They’re still calling their music “indie” rock, even though the four former New York University retro-hipsters who together form Interpol are now touring on Our Love to Admire, their third record and first since signing with a plucky startup label called Capitol Records. Not to begrudge some brothers for trading…
Sure, there are dozens of bike nights all across Broward to saddle up and ride to. But the problem is: What if you’re not into Harleys? Not that we have anything against a big, American Hog – but there are plenty of sports bike enthusiasts out there just clamoring for…
Once, there were ten suns that orbited the earth. This led to an intemperate climate. So Houyi, an immortal archer who was hanging out in China after having been banished from heaven (long story), was commanded by the Emperor to shoot down nine of them. He did so, and the…
Ever since the Texas Hold ´Em craze emerged a couple of years back, everybody and their grandmother wants to get them some poker. Unfortunately, playing competitively is a lot harder than it looks on television – meaning a lot of people swept up in the craze ended up losing big…
Shakespeare’s Othello is, among other things, the tale of a politician who doesn’t like the idea of certain people marrying each other, and the terrible things that happen when his advice goes unheeded. Which means at least a couple of disgraced modern-day Senators could and likely will take grim solace…
