JUST FOR EFFETE
Movie: Melinda and Melinda
Review – Breakers
Artist: Cadiz
Movie: About Baghdad
Our Rating: 3.00 The documentary About Baghdad announces itself as an intentionally untidy collage of interviews that Iraqi writer/poet Sinan Antoon conducted on his first trip home since fleeing the country in 1991. The ensuing underformatted parade of talking heads won’t placate any viewer who believes a movie needs to be more than just 90…
FLATBREAD AND FASHIONISTAS
Urban Flats sits on the corner of Fairbanks and New York avenues, a busy Winter Park intersection that causes heads to turn because a stylish crowd is always gathered near the door. The building itself doesn’t look like much, but light and warmth emanate from inside. I can hardly believe this is where I used…
Movie: The Letter: An American Town and the “Somali Invasion”
Our Rating: 3.00 Taken by surprise by a massive influx of Somali refugees, the town of Lewiston, Maine, responded first with open-armed acceptance – and then with thinly veiled loathing as fears grew that the new neighbors were bleeding the local economy dry. The tension boiled over when Mayor Larry “Nobody Loves” Raymond drafted a…
DRESS TO TRANSGRESS
Movie: Frank Miller’s Sin City
OUT OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
One of my guilty pleasures is a good ol’ hot dog, smeared with mustard and topped with sauerkraut. When I heard of All American Hot Dogs, it was mere days before I found my way to Waterford Lakes Town Center to give it a try. This east-side stand takes a dedicated dog eater to find…
JUST FOR EFFETE
Movie: Melinda and Melinda
Review – Six Kinds of Passion Looking for an Exit
Artist: Eric Matthews
Movie: About Baghdad
About Baghdad Length: 1 hour, 43 minutes Studio: Arab Film Distribution Website: http://www.aboutbaghdad.com/ Release Date: 2005-04-01 Cast: Sinan Antoon Director: InCounter Productions Music Score: Amer Tawfiq WorkNameSort: About Baghdad Our Rating: 3.00 The documentary About Baghdad announces itself as an intentionally untidy collage of interviews that Iraqi writer/poet Sinan Antoon conducted on his first trip…
Review – Milk of Human Kindness
Artist: Caribou
Movie: The Letter: An American Town and the “Somali Invasion”
The Letter: An American Town and the “Somali Invasion” Length: 1 hour, 16 minutes Studio: Arab Film Distribution Website: http://www.hamzehmystiquefilms.com/theletter/ Release Date: 2005-04-01 Cast: Ziad H. Hamzeh, Larry Raymond, David Stearns Director: Ziad H. Hamzeh Screenwriter: Ziad H. Hamzeh Music Score: Kareem Roustom WorkNameSort: The Letter: An American Town and the “Somali Invasion” Our Rating:…
Review – Breakers
Artist: Cadiz
DRESS TO TRANSGRESS
Movie: Frank Miller’s Sin City
JUST FOR EFFETE
Movie: Melinda and Melinda
Movie: About Baghdad
Our Rating: 3.00 The documentary About Baghdad announces itself as an intentionally untidy collage of interviews that Iraqi writer/poet Sinan Antoon conducted on his first trip home since fleeing the country in 1991. The ensuing underformatted parade of talking heads won’t placate any viewer who believes a movie needs to be more than just 90…
Movie: The Letter: An American Town and the “Somali Invasion”
Our Rating: 3.00 Taken by surprise by a massive influx of Somali refugees, the town of Lewiston, Maine, responded first with open-armed acceptance – and then with thinly veiled loathing as fears grew that the new neighbors were bleeding the local economy dry. The tension boiled over when Mayor Larry “Nobody Loves” Raymond drafted a…
Review – Six Kinds of Passion Looking for an Exit
Artist: Eric Matthews
Review – Milk of Human Kindness
Artist: Caribou
Review – Breakers
Artist: Cadiz
Review – Six Kinds of Passion Looking for an Exit
Artist: Eric Matthews
DRESS TO TRANSGRESS
Movie: Frank Miller’s Sin City
Review – Milk of Human Kindness
Artist: Caribou
OUT OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
One of my guilty pleasures is a good ol’ hot dog, smeared with mustard and topped with sauerkraut. When I heard of All American Hot Dogs, it was mere days before I found my way to Waterford Lakes Town Center to give it a try. This east-side stand takes a dedicated dog eater to find…
Mel Martinez sells out the Arctic Refuge and our rundown of mayoral hopefuls
Shame on you, Mel Martinez, for selling out the Arctic Refuge and maybe even Florida’s coast. That was the theme of an afternoon rush-hour protest March 24 (the 16th anniversary of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill) in front of the senator’s district office on East Robinson Street. With luck, the double-talking environmental disasterist looked down from…
Sole, Friskies Cat Team, Jimbo Mathus, TKO Art Show and more
Friday • 1 SOLE Although Sole is the theoretical headliner on this bill, this show could realistically be called “The Anticon Allstars Revue,” as it features the label’s cofounders (Sole, Pedestrian) as well as Dosh. Sure, there are other excellent Anticon artists (Odd Nodsam, Alias, Jel) that aren’t coming, but this is about as concentrated…
RUNNING MAN
Editor’s note: As Billy Manes is a candidate for the mayor of Orlando, he has been instructed not to use his column as a campaign podium. In fact, he’s been told not to mention the election much, if at all. However, he disregarded the stern warnings and did it anyway. Just this once, we promise.…
“The Steve inside”
Never let it be said that we Floridians fail to appreciate the true meaning of other people’s suffering. Of all the comments I’ve heard in the past few weeks about the Terri Schiavo case, none has been more prevalent than this: “This whole mess has really made me see that I need to make out…
Sole, Friskies Cat Team, Jimbo Mathus, TKO Art Show and more
Friday • 1 SOLE Although Sole is the theoretical headliner on this bill, this show could realistically be called “The Anticon Allstars Revue,” as it features the label’s cofounders (Sole, Pedestrian) as well as Dosh. Sure, there are other excellent Anticon artists (Odd Nodsam, Alias, Jel) that aren’t coming, but this is about as concentrated…
THE LAST STOP
“This is an institution,” Sarah Jane Turner says. “But it doesn’t have to look like an institution.” Indeed, much effort has gone into making Great Oaks Village, an Orange County group home that houses as many as 84 abused or neglected children, appear as normal as possible. The seven cottages that house the children, ages…
GRADUATE STUDIES
Morgan Fairchild has done well for herself indeed since this reporter developed a hopeless case of the hotchas for her more than two decades ago. She’s cultivated an enduring TV career that’s ranged from Flamingo Road to Friends. She’s traveled the globe standing up for all manner of progressive causes, including AIDS awareness, reproductive rights…
THE SCHIAVO CIRCUS
“My spaceship has landed, and I’m frightened as hell.” After three hours of hanging out with the protesters in front of Terri Schiavo’s nursing home in Pinellas Park March 22, that’s all I can scribble in my notes. I’m sitting on the grass outside Woodside Hospice. As I write, I’m surrounded by 50 or so…
OVERLOADED
2005 marked my ninth or tenth sojourn to South by Southwest (I honestly can’t remember), but it was the first year that I decided to make no advance plans. Making too many commitments has always led to my disappointment – after all, one person can only see so many bands. So I was off to…
