The Boxtrolls is a kiddie charmer that makes you laugh, cower, and think of Hitler. That’s an unusual trifecta, but then again, this is an unusual film. If the German Expressionists were skilled at stop-motion animation, they’d have already made it. This is cartoon Caligari, a fable set on a…
In 2010, The Social Network fictionalized the dramatic building-up and falling-out around Facebook’s founding. Four years later, the documentary Print the Legend, a Netflix original, needs no fictional filter. The filmmakers assume, rightly for the most part, that viewers will be invested in the origin story and power struggles at…
Each year, the fall season brings with it an abundance of wonderful, seasonal beers. That means plenty of Oktoberfest lagers as well as the always popular variety of pumpkin ales. But if that’s all you know, there’s so much more you’re missing. This year, step outside your comfort zone and…
On Thursday, head to the Inkwell Pub in Margate for a chance to sample beers from local homebrewers for a special fundraising event. Starting at 8 p.m., enjoy free samples from South Florida-based brewers Crooked Smith Brewing and 403 Brewing Co. Drink up, because a portion of the proceeds from…
Feed your head; why spend your time after work guzzling cheap beer in a dive bar when you can have an enlightening Happier Hour at the Museum of Art|Fort Lauderdale? Every Thursday at Happier Hour, the museum’s café stages cultural events like book readings, presentations, and artists discussions, along with…
Aurand Harris has captured the essence of foster care in the United States through his play The Orphan Train. Set in 1914, this story showcases the experiences of young orphans sent off on a train from New York City. The trials and tribulations of foster care date back to the…
Once known strictly as an antiques destination and a French Canadian tourist mecca, Hollywood has been slowly reinventing itself as a culturally relevant urban art core. Due in large part to Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency’s funded Downtown Hollywood Mural Project, the charming, sleepy town now boasts vibrant public art on…
San Francisco, Seattle, New York City, Chicago. Of all of the top literary cities in the United States, Fort Lauderdale may not be one that immediately pops into the mind. Just look to the gigantic CVS that occupies the old landmark spot for Borders Books for proof and you’ll see…
FAT (Flagler Arts and Technology) Village continues its ever-evolving conversation within Fort Lauderdale’s cultural importance. The four-block area continues to be a perfect storm of like-minded individuals and profitable entities of the advertising, social media, artistic, graphics, and film varieties with a solid peripheral cadre of eateries and bars, creating…
Come join us on a summer trip to Spain, as we showcase some of the beautiful wines of one of the most flavorful countries. We will feature several different Spanish varietals by the glass, with flights and tasters available as well. And of course, we’ll do it in traditional Blind…
For the past ten years, the Ghost Light Series has brought together a clutch of literary folks, including county library employee Kevin Johnson, for a handful of performances where everyone reads a selected play at full length. With two earlier performances this month (one a reading of a Donald Margulies…
Think back on your first internship. Are you seeing flashbacks of brewing coffee for the office? Did you have to photocopy your little heart out? Internships come in all shapes and sizes, but we are betting the Norton Museum of Art summer interns have had a blast. The Norton is…
Dressed in a long-sleeved flannel shirt, Ian Caven takes the mic. Behind him is keyboardist Doug Carter, with Fred Pereira on drums. There is no stage, and the lights are a soft glow. Artwork lines the walls. It’s Wednesday night. Caven reads out lyrics: “Can you picture this? Dream if…
There have been any number of films about dysfunctional family reunions, with Madea’s Family Reunion, Meet the Fockers, Garden State, and Ordinary People among the many. Most involve some measure of comedy, although ultimately all tend to offer a special insight that any ordinary family can inevitably relate to, either…
In two minutes, the Beatles captured the empty life of sad singleton Eleanor Rigby. Director Ned Benson is devoting three films to her namesake — a New York divorcée (Jessica Chastain) — and this first entry, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them, barely explains her at all. Wan and adrift,…
“I’ve spent my whole life playing it safe,” whines Judd Altman (Jason Bateman), the middle-class milquetoast at the center of This Is Where I Leave You. Yes, well, so has director Shawn Levy, but on the basis of his latest vacuous trifle he has no apparent intention, as Altman does,…
Kevin Smith is a bright guy who over the years has become a little too taken with his own persona, his own jokes, his own cult following — it’s the filmmaker’s equivalent of getting high on your own supply. No matter how awkwardly pontifical or ill-shapen his movies have gotten…
They’ve done it at last: made a Liam Neeson-stomps-some-ass flick where, as the credits roll, there’s more stuff to be glad you saw than Neeson himself. Based on one of those Lawrence Block novels that’s pretty smart but also too invested in the mechanics of rape and torture, the movie’s…
Finally. Some art-related thing for the rest of us, the art-challenged masses. Remember when art was fun and not the equivalent of a stuffy cardigan sweater stuffed down the maw of a geriatric New York Jets’ fan? No wait, that could be art too, so never mind… The bottom line…
This Thursday, New Times’ seventh-annual Pairings event returns to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts with an astounding lineup of restaurants. Some of the hottest dining spots in South Florida, including Fork and Balls, YOLO, S3, 3030 Ocean, and Chima Brazilian Steakhouse, will serve their best dishes. From 7…
Oh boy, the NFL certainly keeps getting itself into more and more trouble these days with bullying scandals and domestic disputes. Sure, that kind of negativity will get all the headlines, but it is nice to see some positive news have some peripheral attachment to the league. Take, for example,…
Supporting its mission to fuse the importance of the arts, small business, community, and sustainability, FAT Village will host the fourthl Night Owl Market. The robustness of this year’s NOM is due to its partnerships with the Flagler Village Civic Association, the City of Fort Lauderdale, and the Fort Lauderdale…
