If you're expecting a psychological thriller out of Mindhunters and you buy a ticket for the movie, you will almost indubitably feel cheated. But break down the film's title to its most literal sense -- hunting for a mind, presumably because those involved were out of theirs -- and you'll...
Lone lovers are singing bluesy tunes, reeking of wanton lust and sex residue. They've got their mean streak on. Outlaws lurking, Hotel and VV are on the prowl. "Get the guns out, get the guns out," they sing together on "Love Is a Deserter," one of the highlights of their...
The new House of Wax -- a remake, pretty much in name only, of the 1953 Vincent Price movie (itself a remake of a 1933 film ) -- manages to be gruesome and grisly, but it falls well short of being truly creepy, much less terrifying. Horror aficionados expecting the...
I'm not sure why, but when the term progressive is slapped in front of a musical genre, the resulting phrase is instantly rendered trite and meaningless. Some bands, though, push so hard against the envelope that they effectively embody forward motion, building momentum from nothing more than a unique creative...
When J. Arthur Heise took over the journalism program at Florida International University in 1983, there were instructors who wouldn't talk to each other, hopelessly scrambled student files, and a faculty that was often in open revolt. "The FIU provost told me that the department was 'my single biggest academic...
Somewhere between Key Largo and Mallory Square, between Lake Surprise and Lignum Vitae Channel on that endless stretch of Route 1 below Mile Marker 111 in the Florida Keys, there may be a piece of something that precisely fits the hole in your heart. Maybe you'll fall for the gigantic...
Monty's the Man The story would have made Atlas shrug: While I enjoyed the factual information that I mined from Eric Alan Barton's April 28 article on Bob Montgomery, "Bullet Bob," I question the lack of balance and feel compelled to write. The conclusion he seems to want his readers...
When is an art exhibition not an art exhibition? Don't look to Broward Community College for the answer. The school's downtown Fort Lauderdale campus is currently displaying what may or may not fit the bill, depending on your specifications. The invitation to the opening of "Identity: Correspondences & Complexities" bills...
It is no great joy to review Palindromes, the latest film from writer-director Todd Solondz, who is loved by those who do not loathe him for such movies as Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness, and Storytelling. Advance word had Palindromes as Solondz's most shocking film, which seemed impossible, given its...
It's sick, this game. From the perspective of the ten pins set at the end of the lane, which stand there like prisoners at full attention before a firing squad, the worst of it comes at a moment like this. Compact and intense, as if steam is going to shoot...
THU 3/31 According to the website www.globalsecurity.org, the largest organized religion in Cuba is the Roman Catholic Church. "Officially," it says, "Cuba has been an atheist state for most of the Castro era. In 1962, the government of Fidel Castro seized and shut down more than 400 Catholic schools, charging...
The spacious galleries of the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, recently home to the haunting inhabitants of "Louise Bourgeois: Stitches in Time," have a new set of tenants. And like Bourgeois' fabric-based sculptures, the creatures in "Anne Chu" are simultaneously alien and familiar, fascinating and repellent. Chu, who...
Forget the fact that we reside at sea level and the beat of our streets has more to do with bongos than banjos. While the Yonder Mountain String Band's down-home sound may seem out of step with our urban environs, there's a definite exhilaration that results when this Colorado quartet...
THU 21 After seven days and more than 150 films, including 11 world premieres, six U.S. premieres, and 43 Florida premieres, the Palm Beach International Film Festival finally calls it a wrap at 7 p.m. at the Muvico Parisian 20 at CityPlace (545 Hibiscus St., West Palm Beach). The closing...
Ken Jenne thinks you're an idiot. The Broward County sheriff believes us all to be morons. And if we let him stay in power after what he's done, then he's bloody well right. Jenne, as we all know, is at the heart of one of the largest law enforcement scandals...
Though 2002's Come with Us had the brothers Chemical stirring all their past ingredients in one pot, the promise far exceeded its result. With last year's greatest-hits package providing a welcome breather for the techno innovators, it seemed a back-to-basics record was in order. But Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons...
Serve My Jenne with Butter and Jelly Now if he could whack the daily newspaper: Bob Norman's articles are the reason I can't wait for New Times to come out every week. Thank you for yet another great article, "The Corrupter" (March 31). I especially like the barbs thrown toward...
To her fans, Michelle Newman's exhibit at the Cornell Museum in Delray Beach's Old School Square is a dream come true. For the rest of us, her collection of hand-decorated textiles and garments is merely an inspired mix of colors and clothes that have been hand-dyed, woven, silk-screened, and painted...
With Saint Patrick's Day on the horizon, the Irish are likely to briefly reenter the public consciousness. Beyond the usual beer and blarney, even the most casual thoughts of Ireland tend to center on its long struggle against foreign invasion and domination; the English went at it for 800 years...
Let's talk about one-man bands. I don't mean solo performers with a guitar and an imperative to annoy but dudes who by themselves play all the parts of a multimember band. You know the (stereo)type: an aging, wild-haired, fashion casualty who writes songs about his dog, his car, his ex-wife,...
Does the world really need a new film from Woody Allen every single year? Yes, he is one of America's great auteurs. Yes, he's responsible for some very fine movies, many of them comedies (Annie Hall), several of them tragedies (Crimes and Misdemeanors, Another Woman), and some hovering in that...
