The Short Stack: Spring break short “Blame It on Florida” is the spiritual distant cousin of “Spring Breakers”
Blame It on Florida is a 15 minute student short by Glenn Przyborski that follows two girls, Lynn and Debbie (LaDona Davis and Carla Hoover), as they make their way down the Space Coast of Florida for spring break. Slowly but surely, Debbie, the goody-goody of the pair, breaks out of her social shell thanks to…
For Reels Sunday Roundup — Sept 15th, 2013
News, links, etc: -It came and went kind of quietly, which is rare these days when we celebrate everything’s 8 month anniversary with a think piece, but this week was the 10th anniversary of Lost in Translation. I watched it again Friday night and it stands just as strong 10 years later as it did the…
Shellie Zimmerman in jail? The perils of Internet “satire”
No, not again. Call me late to the party (just call me!), but I’ve only now started getting my news updates from Twitter. I used to be satisfied with good, old-fashioned news sites, but sometime during the past week, I realized that they weren’t delivering the latest bulletins in the ongoing George Zimmerman tragicomedy with…
Review: Disney On Ice – Princesses and Heroes
Between the daily parades and nightly pageants, local Disney devotees can find their fill of animation-inspired entertainment in Lake Buena Vista's theme parks any day of the year, but (as the Magic Kingdom's new Princess Fantasy Faire meet & greet creeps towards completion) they grown accoustimed to all the cool stuff appearing first elsewhere, like…
Video and Photos: The Walking Dead invade Universal Studios Florida for Halloween Horror Nights XXIII
We're still a week away from the opening of Halloween Horror Nights XXIII at Universal Orlando, but the zombie apocalypse is already well underway in the streets of Universal Studios Florida. In recent days, some iconic props from the hit AMC series The Walking Dead have appeared around the park, in preparation for the walker-themed…
“One Direction: This Is Us – Extended Fan Cut”: giving the fans what they want – or cynical cash grab from Sony?
Sony is re-releasing One Direction: This is Us tomorrow as an extended cut, even though the original version is still playing in theaters, and in-fact has only been playing in theaters for two weeks. Try as I might, I can’t think of another film that had an extended cut produced and released while the original cut…
Au Revoir Simone remakes Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours” for new video
The Brooklyn-based trio Au Revoir Simone (a name taken from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure) have been nothing if not enormously charming in their past videos (and takeaway shows) and that continues with their new video for Crazy, which is a loving, condensed remake of Martin Scorsese’s After Hours. Scorsese’s only true and pure comedy, After Hours…
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Central Florida arts orgs commemorate Kristallnacht
Remembering the horrifying Nazi rampage 75 years later
Florida joins 22 other states in underage gun-purchase lawsuit
Seeks to overturn law preventing those under 18 from purchasing firearms
Don’t be dumb
… when renting your first apartment
College, drinking, and you
School yourself on alcohol safety
Dorm décor on the cheap
Tips for making living on your own stylish and affordable
Opening in Orlando
What’s playing on screens around town: ‘The Family,’ ‘Insidious Chapter 2’ and ‘Renoir’
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) “A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart,” wrote Chuck Palahniuk in his book Stranger Than Fiction. From what I can tell, Aries, the sequence is the reverse for you. In your story, the disruption has already happened. Next comes the part where you laugh.…
Brown’s New York Deli recalls old New York
Challah back at this sleek Maitland kosher deli
The Worst Roommate Ever!
The different types of roommates you might encounter and how to deal
Savage Love
I’m 25, I live in Portland and my boyfriend and I have been monogamous for five years. His dick is of average size. It’s not small enough for him to have dealt with the emotional baggage associated with “small dicks.” Yet, I’ve had sex with big dicks, and I would love to try one of…
Latest College Park happenings, Ravenous Pig wine dinner, Il Cibo del Vita and free Krispy Kreme for
Tip Jar: local food news
Lakeland’s Mrenc could be the new king of art-rock
Album review: Mrenc’s ‘All Around Surround’
Check-ins you should check out
The must-visit hotspots near your campus
Drinking, parties and nightlife
Some places to hit up once you’ve already exhausted the places around campus
Sober Rides
It’s hard enough trying to find a safe ride when you want to party, but it can be even harder in a sprawling city like Orlando. A lot of our favorite nightspots are far-flung and not exactly walking distance from campus. So what is a poor college student to do? Luckily, free and reasonably priced…
The 2013 edition of Play-in-a-Day was the most epic ever
Legendary composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein once opined that “to achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.” Though artists pine for unlimited resources, the most enduring work is usually crafted under seemingly impossible constraints, while unfettered creativity usually results in crap. Nothing sharpens the mind (or pencil) better than a…
A Q&A with Jerusha Hess and JJ Feild
Screenwriter-director and star of ‘Austenland’ talk about hard-core Janeites and Regency vomit
Five more oddball Orlando properties
You may have driven past these strange places and wondered who built them and why
Is the Downtown Development Board willfully ignorant about Orlando’s music culture?
Nightlife ordinance desperately needs input from our invested music community
Our live music columnist reviews Total Bummer Fest, Midaz the Beast and New Madrid
Unfortunately, it’s been quieter than usual on the local music festival front this year. Fortunately, however, the annual Total Bummer Fest (Aug. 29-31) returned to Orlando for the second year in a row to give oasis in the desperate summer desert. Even better news is that this fourth chapter of the itinerant Florida indie music…
Hey, that house looks just like Graceland
So why is a replica of the King’s Memphis mansion sitting in an Orlando subdivision?
‘Austenland’ is not a worthy destination
Romantic comedy’s interesting premise exhibits too little sense and sensibility
Ten reasons to get off campus
Feeling stir crazy on your academic island? Sick of seeing the same faces everywhere you go? Here are 10 awesome events that take place in Orlando that’ll help you break up the monotony of the dorm-class-study-bar-repeat lifestyle. And don’t forget: We update our event listings at calendar.orlandoweekly.com all the time, and we always know where…
Building up, closing down
Readers’s thoughts on new venues opening and old ones shutting doors
Nonpartisan report claims Florida’s unemployment is rising, not falling
Gov. Scott’s PR machine starts spinning in apparent attempt to refute reality
Little plates offer lots to like at Carmel Café
Share and share a “like” at tech-savvy tapas restaurant
What your major says about YOU
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Watch seven short films from the Toronto International Film Festival
The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival is almost over by this point, but the Organizers have made a handful of films from their short film programs available on their YouTube channel this week. I haven’t gotten around to watching any of them yet, but you don’t often get to see festival shorts until a year…
The Short Stack: Short films masquerading as music videos, part III (Arcade Fire, Pixies, White Lies)
Arcade Fire – “Reflektor” Album: Reflektor Dir: Anton Corbjin It’s hard to gauge what the eight minute song is actually about without knowing the context of the double album’s concept and without knowing what Regine is singing in French, but the fact that they’ve gone full new wave is exciting in and of itself. It’s certainly…
On sale this week: Alabama Shakes at Hard Rock Live
On sale: Friday, Sept. 13 Alabama Shakes 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $35-$45 Down the road: Stone Temple Pilots, Sept. 18 at House of Blues Fun., Sept. 19 at CFE Arena Gold Fields, Sept. 20 at Will’s Pub Russell Brand, Sept. 21 at Hard Rock…
Orlando dream pop artist Emily Reo catches Pitchfork’s attention; hear her new album now
Orlando’s Emily Reo is everybody’s opener. She’s played with Cold Cave, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Austra, Washed Out, the list goes on, I’d imagine, ever since she left our city and moved to New York. But now, she recently sealed the deal on her sophomore album, Olive Juice, and she caught the eye of…
