The postscript for Entre Nos explains that it’s based on codirector Paola Mendoza’s own story of eking out a living on the streets of New York. Unfortunately, that postscript is more affecting than anything that made it to the screen. In the film, Mendoza plays her Colombian mother, and her…
The great boundary-crosser of Iranian cinema, Bahman Ghobadi purposefully steps over the line with No One Knows About Persian Cats — a quasidocumentary, highly unofficial panorama of Tehran’s tenacious underground music scene and a movie that has accrued additional urgency since its first public screening at Cannes last May. Ghobadi’s…
When 125,000 Cuban exiles fled to Florida in the Mariel boatlift, many believed that Castro opened prisons and mental hospitals to infiltrate the U.S. with undesirables. But at this weekend’s Cuba Nostalgia, Marielitos will have the chance to shake off that stigma by documenting just how awesomely productive they’ve been…
When Florida Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan was called up in May 2009, he blasted his way onto the scene using only his big bat and heavy nut sack. In his first full season, Coghlan mauled opposing pitchers with extreme prejudice, batting .321 with a .390 on-base percentage while knocking…
Fort Lauderdale’s 18 Rabbit Gallery is about to take a little break. And when it reopens, it will be at a new location. But before they say goodbye to their space at 16 NW First Ave., gallery cofounders Leah Brown and Peter Symons have an exhibit to show. In “These…
The British love a farce, and There Goes the Bride, an old play by Ray Cooney and John Chapman from the 1920s, is one of their best. It’s about the very bad experience of a man named Timothy Westerby. His daughter is getting married on the same day that he…
Lisa Parrott was blissfully returning from her honeymoon when she discovered an unwelcome wedding gift. “My kitchen exploded while I was in London!” laments the still-giggly artist. It seems that while she had been absorbing European inspiration to showcase in her new solo show, debuting at 8 p.m. Saturday at…
The bin of haphazardly selected Halloween costumery that includes plastic handcuffs, magician wands, red foam noses, and any other accessory that screams “You really didn’t put a lot of thought into this one” also includes masquerade masks. And, unfortunately for this, the mask has lost its power of symbolism and…
For too long have the mainstream gods of music bestowed their blessings upon the highly polished heads of the Justin Beibers and Lady Gagas of the world. We remember when metal had its own days: when you could hear Megadeth and Slayer on the radio and when it was trendy…
Yes, it’s true that J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic literary work, The Lord of the Rings, was concocted from some crazy part of his brain in the early ’30s. But, in some opium-fused haze, he pulled a Nostradamus and actually predicated what South Florida would be today. Take the hobbits for example,…
It’s great news to have another park: Delrayians, hang out at the new grassy knoll that rests between Old School Square and NE Second Avenue called the Great Lawn. But, folks of the South, there’s even better news about this park that should get your ass to this grass: For…
In the ’90s, bands like Three Doors Down, Creed, and Godsmack emerged alongside skateboarders and bikers to start their own Olympics of extreme, post-grunge fury. These bands — plus Seven Mary Three ¯ adopted grunge, but they all chopped out that wussy sensitivity. This alteration helped make some of them…
His mother viewed homosexuals as another group to look down on. So it’s no surprise that Edward Albee left home at 18. And in his 1994 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Three Tall Women, Albee deals with his mommy issues. With the main character, “A,” based on his mother, Albee lets the…
Between 1901 and 1912, an earl from England took it upon himself to move priceless sculptures from the Parthenon to London’s British Museum. Nowadays, that would probably be considered plunder — back then, it was called imperialism. The Greek government is still working — 200 years later — to get…
Besides the white-haired, retired folk, another community in South Florida thrives — there is, undeniably, a robust fetish scene. And to top it off with a major plus, the fetishists are organized: The masterminds who hold the reins, the Fetish Factory on Oakland Park Boulevard, host monthly parties (known as…
About 51.3 million Americans told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that they watch birds. Birding has become a popular sport — and for For Art Sake’s second print series “Birdwatch” at Gallery 101, Jose Lopez from Freedom Art did the art version of birding: He hand-picked certain artists to…
MilkMilkLemonade is the kind of play you want to keep George Alan Rekers, the now-infamous anti-gay activist who made a career using Pavlovian punishment on effeminate boys to turn them straight, from seeing. Because MilkMilkLemonade is about a fifth-grade effeminate boy named Emory -— exactly the type Rekers would take…
Every Fort Lauderdale chap who’s into boardshorts, sandals, skateboards, Vans, wetsuits, surfboards, helmets, and/or Billabong, shops at BC Surf and Sport (1701 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale). And now from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, BC won’t only provide the goods during a giant clearance sale, they’ll take…
A stiff man we’ll call Mr. Taut plans to right a few wrongs this Sunday. For today, our Monday-through-Friday nine-to-fiver will finally join the drinking class. So, at noon, Mr. Taut will gleefully be splashing around in the pool at Exit 66 (219 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fort Lauderdale). Always…
A stiff man we’ll call Mr. Taut plans to right a few wrongs this Sunday. For today, our Monday-through-Friday nine-to-fiver will finally join the drinking class. So, at noon, Mr. Taut will gleefully be splashing around in the pool at Exit 66 (219 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fort Lauderdale). Always…
Entering the month of May, the Florida Marlins were a team that had lost its offensive mojo. Well, nothing like a series with the Mets to fix that! The Marlins swept New York two weeks ago in a four-game series that can only be described as a good and thorough…
You’re biting your fingernails. “It’s Raining Men” vibrates from the DJ booth. You finish your martini as a drag queen strolls by and asks if you need another. “Hallelujah! It’s raining men! Amen!” Yes, you tell the waitress, but only one more. Before it arrives, the DJ calls out “A7”…
