AltWeeklies Wire
Dream Worldnew
Not everything in this astounding feature looks realistic, but not everything is supposed to.
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-01-2005 |
Reviews
Free This Priestnew
Father Gerard Jean-Juste, imprisoned in Port-au-Prince, is a hero to many in the United States.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
11-01-2005 |
International
Hurricane Voyeurismnew
Wilma brought frustration, accidents, romance, anger, substance abuse and reflection.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado, Mariah Blake, Jean Carey, Rob Jordan, Diana Kachalova, Kirk Nielsen, Forrest Norman and Emily Witt |
11-01-2005 |
Disasters
A Riviera Confectionnew
Sex is on everybody's mind in this breezy, insouciant French film about about confused identities, misunderstandings, hidden truths and sexual shenanigans.
Miami New Times |
Jean Oppenheimer |
10-24-2005 |
Reviews
Countdown to Twelvenew
Set in El Salvador in the early 1980s, during that country's protracted civil unrest, this powerful movie depicts the nightmare of warfare through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy.
Miami New Times |
Jean Oppenheimer |
10-24-2005 |
Reviews
American Crocodiles Subject to Repatriationnew
A male American crocodile continues to recover in a South Dade swamp, two weeks after he was lassoed, bound, blindfolded, examined and dropped into the brackish water by those who would protect him.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
10-24-2005 |
Comedy
Terrorist or Tricksternew
Did a career criminal foil a potentially catastrophic attack on Miami? A reporter checks out the claims of a caller who says he has the suicide tape of 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
10-24-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Trick or Trinanew
Though comfortable in the hard-core persona she developed while collaborating with rap star Trick Daddy, Trina had begun to branch out.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
10-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Past Primenew
This movie should have been about something more than an older woman digging on a younger man, much to the disapproval of the younger man's mom.
Miami New Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-18-2005 |
Reviews
How Cocaine Made Miami: The Drug Dealersnew
A former big-time drug trafficker and a young contemporary dealer describe Miami's cocaine trade, which has racked up a toll of arrests and murders. Second in a two-part series
Miami New Times |
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, Kris Conesa, Rebecca Wakefield and Francisco Alvarado |
10-18-2005 |
Science
How Cocaine Made Miaminew
By 1980, Miami had become the cocaine capital of the United States. The drug's lasting legacies are evident 25 years later: a thriving international banking industry, an entrenched drug culture and the durable myths of Miami Vice. First in a two-part series
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol, Rebecca Wakefield, Forrest Norman and Sean Rowe |
10-11-2005 |
Science
Proof Positivenew
In the tradition of A Beautiful Mind and Good Will Hunting comes Proof, a psychological drama about a math genius and the people who worship, care for, and endure him.
Miami New Times |
Melissa Levine |
10-03-2005 |
Reviews
Lotus-Eaters and Literatinew
Novelist Bret Easton Ellis has skewered the demimonde of Los Angeles and New York City. Why couldn't he do the same for South Beach, Florida?
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
10-03-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Talk Show Hosts Heap Scorn on Katrina's Victimsnew
As if the people imperiled by Hurricane Katrina didn't have enough going against them, now they're the latest targets of hate radio.
Miami New Times |
Bob Norman |
09-27-2005 |
Media
Unions Glom Onto Jim DeFede's Legacy at the Miami Heraldnew
The firing of a beloved columnist has some staffers at the Miami Herald talking about the need for a union.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
09-21-2005 |
Media
