Knowing Jack
Movie: From Hell
Hard cell
Movie: The Last Castle
Pity woman
Movie: Riding In Cars With Boys
TV castoff thrives on the street of dreams
Movie: Mulholland Drive
Lost on Long Island
Movie: L.I.E.
Knowing Jack
Movie: From Hell
Hard cell
Movie: The Last Castle
Pity woman
Movie: Riding In Cars With Boys
TV castoff thrives on the street of dreams
Movie: Mulholland Drive
Lost on Long Island
Movie: L.I.E.
OVAL casts out lofty artists
The city-subsidized Orlando Visual Artists’ League has decided not to renew the lease for the loft atop its downtown gallery-studios at 29 S. Orange Ave. to the young artists who call themselves the Fourth Floor Studios. Some of the artist tenants, all students at the University of Central Florida, had expressed criticisms of OVAL in…
Crotty 1, dancing 0
Cyberzone died Monday. The late-night dance club’s well-known struggle for survival, through heroin-related deaths and Orange County’s bottle-club laws, abruptly ended when a jury convicted owner Dan Davis of operating an unlicensed rave club after a three-day trial. He received a $1,000 fine. The jury didn’t buy Davis’ argument that when he reopened under the…
Dividing lines
In the last decade, Orange County’s minority populations have made significant political gains. In 1990, District 6 elected Mabel Butler, an African-American, as its representative to the Orange County Commission. In 1992, District 3 elected Mary Johnson, who is Hispanic. Then, in 1998, voters countywide awarded Cuban immigrant Mel Martinez the chairman’s seat. Now, as…
Rooting through the Bushes
On the surface, it looks like things are back to normal at Walt Disney World. Oh sure. In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, there’s a heightened state of awareness. And numerous security precautions already have been put into place. Example: WDW guests must have their bags searched before they’re allowed to enter the…
It’s a coverup
You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, and what’s gone is my peripheral vision. My balance and mobility keep threatening to leave, too. With all these things on shaky ground, my confidence is disappearing. All of me is. I’m not drunk. These elements are evaporating because I’m wearing a burqa, the head-to-toe shroud…
Films that make you go Hmmm â?¦
Two Sundays ago, I was reviewing advance VHS copies of the four films selected for play in the third annual Central Florida Jewish Film Festival, set for Sunday and Monday, Oct. 21 and 22, at Maitland’s Enzian Theater. I had just spent 123 minutes in the company of “Kippur,” director Amos Gitai’s unhurried, naturalistic memoir…
The error-correction error
Here are a few things we’ve learned since Sept. 11: We are not alone. We exist as one nation among many, one culture among many, in what is still a rather disorderly and violent world. Many of the planet’s inhabitants — a lot less well-off than we are — harbor great hatred for us because…
The lap of luxury
Living downtown isn’t cheap. I, however, am. Don’t get me wrong; if I had an option, surely I wouldn’t skimp on the top-shelf and caviar flourish of the fashionably forward, fabulous Phil Rampy life. Fortunately, sometimes the reporter guise gets you free drips and nibbles among those who actually can be financed and fancy-free. Unfortunately,…
‘Reproduction’ art
What with wine tastings, food samplings and similar forms of socializing, the works of art shown at gallery parties — such as this week’s Third Thursday openings in the Downtown Arts District or the First Thursday soirees at the Orlando Museum of Art — can become a backdrop to the crafts of networking, seduction and…
Trial and errors
Charged with home-repair fraud, Terry Bennett failed to appear for his trial in Edwards-ville, Ill., on Sept. 17. But he called the courthouse with a good reason for not showing up. He said he was helping out at the World Trade Center rescue site and could not return in time. However, the court found a…
Eerie Chapters for Halloween
When one thinks of Halloween, the natural association is dinner and theater, right? In College Park, Chapters Bread & Books Café:, which in the past has brought you performances by Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain (or close facsimiles thereof), is conjuring up visitations from Edgar Allen Poe, the ghost of Hamlet’s dad and the Jabberwocky…
Persistence pays off for brothers Rhea
Having slaved nearly a decade on the local music scene with catchy pop/rock, VonRa sounded like it might make it. But then the scene seemed to give up on VonRa, driven by relentless and good-natured Vaughan Rhea (guitar and lead vocals). Moreover, Vaughan’s brother, Dave (bass), gave up on VonRa, too; he exited the band…
Downtown 101
The year was 1980. Jimmy Carter was bunkered in the White House; interest rates were approaching 20 percent; lines for gasoline were several blocks long, and unemployment was in the double digits. In Orlando, things could have hardly have been worse, especially in the downtown area. The city had more felonies per capita than Washington,…
