There ought to be an unspoken rule for young filmmakers shoehorning heavy-handed literary references into their movies: Make sure to have the chops – and the vitality – to back up your homage. A painstakingly preserved antique copy of Don Quixote surfaces repeatedly throughout the pleasantly innocuous sci-fi bauble Robot & Frank, but its presence [...]
Miami’s Own Cleaveland Jones Takes Over the America’s Loudest Institution Anybody who’s seen Richard Linklater’s School of Rock is awesomely familiar with how inspiring music can be for kids — not to mention those who teach them. The 2003 Jack Black vehicle, which pitted a gangly group of 5th graders against an onslaught of adults [...]
Remember the Beijing National Stadium at the 2008 Summer Olympics? You know, that big, bean-shaped steel structure where the 2008 Summer Olympics took place. The Chinese government is very proud of its “Bird’s Nest.” You might wonder about the man credited as the artistic consultant of this massive undertaking. The commies in charge are not [...]
Surrealist Painter JeanPaul Mallozzi Opens His First Solo Show at 101 Exhibit I was first introduced to the work of Surrealist painter JeanPaul Mallozzi when he did some pieces for Sketchy Miami last year. A mutual friend, Arthur Metz, emailed me one of his pieces called Secrets, featuring two little girls whispering to each other, [...]
You can tell a lot about married couples, and movies that tell their stories, by their body language at the kitchen table. It’s not the small talk, but what is being left unsaid, that stands out. Hope Springs, the best film to date by Miami’s own David Frankel, is a touching, acutely observed kitchen table [...]
By Tony Guzman Currently on view at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse in Wynnwood is a brand new Mad Cat Theatre Company production co-written by Mad Cat’s redoubtable artistic director, Paul Tei, and Jessica Farr. Entitled The Hamlet Dog and Pony Show, the play is “inspired by” Shakespeare’s classic tragedy and The Hamlet-machine by [...]
By Catherine Hollingsworth, artburstmiami.com If you were a clubber back in the day, The Donkey Show at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts might give you flashbacks. If you never did drugs in your life, you’ll get a feel for what it’s like to party all night. The Donkey Show is a take [...]
If I limited my review of the new Total Recall to exploring every bump and curve of Colin Farrell’s chiseled physique, this sci-fi remake would crack my 2012 top ten list. The Irish charmer has bulked up to step into Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sizable shoes, and he can’t wait to show off those washboard abs for [...]
Director of Linotype: The Film By Dan Reynolds Special to the SunPost During Typo Berlin 2011, I had the opportunity to speak with Doug Wilson about the upcoming Linotype: The Film documentary. On his site for the film, Doug writes, “The film tells the surprisingly emotional story of the people connected to the Linotype and [...]
By Tiffany Hanan Madera, artburstmiami.com Night is falling in Little Haiti. Summer rains moisten the air even after the last late afternoon drop. Humidity connects bodies and elements in our tropical, pluralistic town. The feeling of dew on the skin is a shared practice. It is nearly 8:00 p.m. and the sun is still [...]
What if I told you that a movie about a recovering heroin addict is one of the year’s most life-affirming films? But that’s the unlikely case with Oslo, August 31st, the riveting, present-tense Norwegian drama screening this weekend at the Bill Cosford Cinema and the Miami Beach Cinematheque. The sophomore feature by director/coscreenwriter Joachim Trier, [...]
To say that no good deed goes unpunished in Christopher Nolan’s Gotham City doesn’t begin to convey the filmmaker’s harsh, borderline sadistic treatment of its denizens, particularly the pointy-eared masked vigilante who keeps the streets as crime-free as humanly possible. The last time we saw Batman, he was riding off into the night in his [...]
