Film, TV & Streaming

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen offers rom-com shenanigans

Addiction Incorporated at O Cinema March 31 and April 1

The Rakontur 10th anniversary celebration continued last night at O Cinema, at an event bringing together some of the biggest names from Cocaine Cowboys, the company’s 2006 documentary chronicling Miami’s drug trade.Author Edna Buchanan, West Miami police chief Nelson Andreu, Sam Burstyn, Raul Diaz, and attorney Sam Rabin were all…

There we were, standing on the red carpet at Lea and Roy Black’s Annual Black Gala at the Fontainebleau, interviewing reality star after reality star in the hopes of getting some juicy scoop. Things were looking dismal; so far, every celebrity we talked to had only lovely, sober things to…

Rakontur kicked off its 10th anniversary retrospective at O Cinema last night with Raw Deal: A Question of Consent, the renegade Miami film-making duo’s first and, some say, most controversial documentary.Though the boys of Rakontur are most famous for Cocaine Cowboys, the lesser-known Raw Deal played to a mostly full…

As you may remember, we ended last week with Jennifer Williams and Evelyn Lozada verbally assaulting each other. We know, what a shock!That particular incident began with the two toasting each other, aka pointing out all the ways they felt the other was disrespectful. And the best part of all…

It’s Wednesday night, and 60 adult booties are planted firmly against a hard gallery floor in Wynwood. No, they are not part of an experimental art installation. They’re spectators at the Indie Film Club Miami’s monthly get-together, which spotlights the work of local film types, this time in the Alejandra…

South Beach will be infiltrated next week by a man who spends the majority of his day making prank phone calls, accompanied by a four-foot, three-inch tall pop culture icon. Sal Governale and single name legend Beetlejuice are integral figures on SiriusXM’s Howard Stern Show, and both star in the…

Compared to the rest of the country, Miami is an alien land, filled with foreign languages, raucous and fascinating customs, and bizarre, exotic-looking creatures. (Especially during Ultra.)For some South Floridians, though, the region’s numerous Spanish-language radio stations, reluctance to yield to wailing ambulances, and high tolerance for toplessness are not…

The Turin Horse at Miami Beach Cinematheque March 22

Rakontur ten-year restrospective at O Cinema March 26-30

Musical Chairs at Regal Cinemas South Beach

In The Deep Blue Sea, lovers try to stay above water

The Hunger Games rages against our stupid culture and becomes part of the problem

Read “Hunger Games Stars on Training, Crazy Fans, and Peeta-philia.”

Unless you forcibly blinded and deafened yourself after the onslaught of Twilight paraphernalia over the past couple of years, you’ve likely heard the nationwide shrieking of tween girls that signals the approach of The Hunger Games film release date (March 23). But don’t let the Harry Potter-sized hype fool you…

Nice guys always finish last. Assholes always get the girl. It’s a dating cliche, but to a certain extent, it’s true. If I had to pick a joke to use on a girl I’m chatting up at a bar, I wouldn’t go with “Why don’t aliens eat clowns? Because they…

Finally, the Basketball Wives are back in Miami and head straight to dinner to do what they do best: talk smack. And because the blogosphere is still talking about the little throw down between Tami Roman and Kesha Nichols, we are glad to see the ladies haven’t forgotten it, either.But…

​The dark days of Winter have come to pass. Daylight Savings Time is back in effect. Drunken revelers have invaded our city. Yes, Spring is here, which means that ABC has once again made room in its schedule, which is otherwise full of shows with the word “bitch” in the…

Sorry, celebrity stalkers — we’ve had no official sightings of multibillion-dollar Transformers franchise director and part-time Miami Beach resident Michael Bay, nor have we seen any member of the the A-list cast he has assembled for Paramount Pictures’ Miami-based black comedy Pain and Gain, starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne “The Rock”…

Attention, Miami filmmakers: Your city’s funkiest, most 305-inspired film festival wants your work.Submissions are now open for the eighth year of the Borscht Film Festival, scheduled for the end of 2012. And if you have a film in the works — or even just an idea for a film –…

As a proud Miami resident, It’s hard to watch Bravo without feeling a little bitter. Why do Beverly Hills and Atlanta housewives get all the fame and glory, while our own tv series chronicling the lives of the Magic City’s wealthy, catfight-y ladies was nearly canceled due to low ratings?Well,…

We guess CBS just isn’t [dramatic putting-on of sunglasses] feeling the heat.The network announced its lineup of next season’s returning shows last night, 18 in total, in a bold move that experts say reflects the network’s current Champion of Ratings status. But amid titles like Survivor, NCIS, and The Good…