Miami has been a city in the making for decades and these days, it is television and media putting our shining streets on the map. That said, it’s clear why Carla Kaufman-Sloan and Chris Sloan packed their belongings and came to Miami to open their multifaceted production company, 2C Media. Carla got her start in [...]
Stories propelled by religious conflict have fascinated filmmakers since the silent era. D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance and Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc immediately spring to mind as examples of how the tensions that arise from people’s differing spiritual paths are, more often than not, tailor made for the moving image. Ajami Consider [...]
Praising the Willful Women of Isabel Allende’s Island Beneath the Sea I dig tough chicks – always have; always will. Not chainsaw sculptor tough, mind you (sorry Cherie Curie), but those built of even sterner stuff. The kinda chicks with resilience enough to withstand whatever comes their way and brilliance enough to triumph, no matter [...]
May Is Miami Museum Month — What Are You Waiting For? Keen-minded Miamians know all about our world-class museums, and the even keener-minded among us know they only begin with MAM and MOCA. Indeed, in addition to downtown’s flagship Miami Art Museum (soon to take its place alongside Biscayne Bay) and North Miami’s Museum of [...]
Man, do I dig it when a plan comes together. When that plan wasn’t even a plan to begin with and it comes together by accident, well, hell, that’s even more diggable.
The end of spring is a dead zone nestled between awards season and the forthcoming onslaught of summer blockbusters (“tentpoles” in studio speak). Never mind that it’s only the first weekend in May; as far as Hollywood is concerned, summer is already here. As you’re reading this, family members are planning their sneaking-off strategy to [...]
Miami is picture perfect. Its light and its dark, its skyline and its shoreline, and, yes, even its people, are all suitable for framing. Furthermore, Miamians behave as if they’re living their very own movie; and at any given moment each of us is ever ready for that proverbial close-up.
Steve Almond Insists Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life For the past eight years Steve Almond has been racking a succession of collections that are suitable for praising. From his first book of short stories (My Life in Heavy Metal) to his last look at whatever the hell he wanted ((Not That You Asked)), [...]
Documentaries about filmmakers are like catnip to a movie buff like myself. Films like The Kid Stays in the Picture, based on the book by legendary producer Robert Evans, and Tell Them Who You Are, about cinematographer Haskell Wexler, give viewers a rare peek into the life and career of individuals who have left an [...]
The Fight Doctor, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco Brings Us Tales from the 5th Street Gym. Back before South Beach became known for its models and bottles, and well after its initial heyday, there existed a place unlike any other on earth….
Beginning this weekend, the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (MGLFF), now in its twelfth edition, brings lavender-tinged images front and center on local movie screens.
Through the eyes of the beholder, beauty can easily be captured behind the lens of a camera, or at least that is how Miami born Aaron Davidson takes the escapades of his surrounding world. The twenty year old Miami/Dade College student adapted to the concepts of cinematography by exploring his creativity with a camera during [...]
