Mistress America explores the power of friendship beyond ego with endearment...
Writer/director Noah Baumbach's insights into human behavior seem to grow more astute with every film he makes. Somehow he finds charms in the flaws of people and...
Film Review [in 'Miami New Times']: 'Cubamerican' documentary walks a nice...
My latest film review was taken by the "Miami New Times" art and culture blog "Cultist." It's fitting, considering its subject: a group of people key...
Free Live stream: Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories'
More than half-way through the new Daft Punk album, and I feel it's just Daft Punk lite. The inventive beats have mostly been supplanted...
In a Valley of Violence takes down revenge movie with black...
A darkly humorous western, In a Valley of Violence, is a refreshing change for horror writer-director Ti West. I never expected to laugh as...
Fassbinder’s prophetic 1973 sci-fi work ‘World on a Wire’ finally sees...
A three-hour-plus sci-fi experience, World on a Wire (Welt am Draht), seemed to have existed as mere legend in the filmography of Rainer Werner...
Sigur Ros live review in which I confess to tearing up
When I wrote about Sigur Rós coming to Miami I made an off-the-cuff reference to fans who let the tears loose at the sound of frontman Jon...
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is a timely, poetic biopic —...
Stefan Zweig was a famous writer back when that profession could garner so much attention it felt like being a rock star. Stefan Zweig:...
Weezer Cruise over, back to reality – a recap (Day 4...
Though we only had a day left at sea on the Weezer Cruise before porting back to reality in Miami, the unreal experience of...
‘The Trip to Italy’ makes no apologies for being a sequel...
Following their 2011 film The Trip, Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Michael Winterbottom reunite again for The Trip to Italy, which follows the same format as...
‘Deep Blue Sea’ transcends traditional storytelling to evoke tangles of love
The notion of love is a slippery thing, and the Deep Blue Sea, captures its elusive sensation with a visual patchwork of evocative and...