Hans Morgenstern
Miami New Times
Miami, FL, United States
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Moonlight Producer Andrew Hevia Struggled to Make His Art Basel Hong Kong Documentary
"Moonlight" producer and Borscht Corp. cofounder Andrew Hevia's "Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window" examines Art Basel’s nascent Hong Kong fair and how it relates to that city’s homegrown artists. → Read More
Things to Do: Miami Film Festival Gems at Tower Theater October 10-13, 2019
The Miami Film Festival is back with its annual Gems — a weekend of movie premieres showing at the Tower Theater. Perhaps the most anticipated of these screenings is Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory, which will open the four-day minifestival Thursday, October 10. But as New Times film critics Juan... → Read More
Dolby Atmos Arrives at Silverspot Downtown Miami
A series of demos in the newly opened Dolby Atmos Theater on the fifth floor of the Silverspot movie theater in Brickell, which features an additional seven new theaters, offered the sound isolation one expects from a movie house. → Read More
Amy Seimetz and Jason Clarke on Pet Sematary: "This Is Some Crazy Sh*t"
Australian actor Jason Clarke can’t get over how much art has influenced life in Miami. “It’s exactly like Michael Mann’s Miami Vice. I’ve seen so many Testarossas so far, I’m out of my mind,” he declares. Tampa-born actress Amy Seimetz, a filmmaker known to Miami audiences for her work... → Read More
Movie Review: Screwball Highlights the MLB Steroid Scandal
Florida fuckery is Rakontur’s bread and butter. As pointed out early on in Screwball, the latest documentary by Miami-based filmmakers Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman, WTFlorida lore dates back to the 16th century, when Ponce de León came here seeking the Fountain of Youth. The filmmakers make an important connection... → Read More
Us Shows Off Jordan Peele's Brilliance, While Out of Blue Is a Lynchian Treat
Us. There’s something deeply satisfying about watching Jordan Peele’s Us unfold. It’s a film that wears its influences on its sleeve—everything from Alfred Hitchcock to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with a bit of an oddball leaning a la Richard Kelly, albeit in a more palatable, less thematically ambitious fashion... → Read More
O Cinema Wynwood Closes With Promises of "Awesome Things in the Future"
O Cinema Wynwood is now officially closed. All traces of the arthouse, along with its culinary experiment next door, the Wynwood Yard, will likely be bulldozed by the end of the year to make way for a mixed-use building of apartments and shops. But life persisted for... → Read More
Isabelle Huppert Goes Wild in Greta, While Champions Is Warm but Flawed
Greta. Neil Jordan's "Greta" is the best kind of B-movie: a knowingly funny thriller that allows the actress at its core to go ham. Isabelle Huppert, arguably the greatest living actress, plays the titular Greta Hideg, a woman who leaves bags on the trains in New York hoping for someone... → Read More
Things to Do Miami: Miami Film Festival 2019 Movie Reviews: "This Changes Everything," "Shadow," "Non-Fiction"
New Times' film critics pick the best of Miami Film Festival 2019, including opening night film This Changes Everything. → Read More
Things to Do Miami: "Magic City Hustle" and "Screwball" at Miami Film Festival March 2
Rakontur filmmaker Billy Corben goes behind the scenes of making his two latest films: the jai alai documentary Magic City Hustle, and Screwball, based on New Times' reporting on the Biogenesis steroid scandal that rocked Major League Baseball. → Read More
Arctic Tells an Icy, Intense Tale, While the Oscars' Documentary Shorts Fall Flat
Arctic, the feature film debut by writer-director Joe Penna is a rather grim and grueling survivalist action movie peppered by a handful of startling OMG moments. Underneath all that, however, lies powerful subtext about how purpose adds meaning to life. → Read More
Movie Reviews: "Alita: Battle Angel," "Happy Death Day 2 U," "Isn't It Romantic"
Alita: Battle Angel. This is a film made up of three distinct, and sometimes conflicting, aesthetics. At its heart is Yukito Kishiro's manga series Gunnm (or Battle Angel Alita), of which a number of chapters were chopped and rearranged by writers Laeta Kalogridis and James Cameron to create the two-hour... → Read More
The Lego Movie Sequel Disappoints, While Oscar Shorts Range From Rave-Worthy to Racist
Sequels usually find a way to bring back the same characters and actors, putting them in similar situations as the first movie and trying not to divert too much from the original’s formula. It often makes for a rather staid and safe movie-making experience. This sequel to 2010’s The Lego Movie is no exception. → Read More
Miss Bala Wastes Gina Rodriguez's Talent, While Capernaum Rises Above Poverty Porn
Gina Rodriguez's "Miss Bala," Jean Luc Godard's "The Image Book," Lebanese actor/writer/director Nadine Labaki's "Capernaum," and Isabella Eklöf’s "Holiday" open in Miami theaters this week. → Read More
Serenity Is Joyless, While Vox Lux Takes an Honest Look at Pop Music
From big-budget blockbusters to indie films, here's your guide to the movies opening in Miami theaters this week. Serenity. After directing a tense drama featuring a single actor in the front seat of a car (Tom Hardy in 2013’s Locke), screenwriter Steven Knight returns to the director’s chair with a... → Read More
Films Opening in Miami January 18: Glass, Cold War, Stan & Ollie
From M Night Shyamalan's Glass to the award-winning Cold War, these are the movies opening in Miami this week. → Read More
Things to Do: Miami Jewish Film Festival 2019 Top Movies
The Miami Jewish Film Festival returns this month with an exciting and progressive lineup, punctuated by spotlights on women and first-time filmmakers, live music performances, and other events. It'll be impossible to catch all 80 films during the fest's two-week run. So New Times film critics Juan Antonio Barquin and Hans Morgenstern have narrowed their picks to these four standouts. → Read More
Tom Berenger on the "Tough" Scene in Platoon That Still Haunts Him
It has been 32 years since Oliver Stone’s Platoon hit movie theaters, riding a wave of critical acclaim to four Oscars, including best picture and best director. The movie about the slow destruction of a group of U.S. soldiers in Vietnam remains an unforgettable moviemaking experience for the actors involved,... → Read More
Things to Do in Miami the Week of November 22 Through November 28
Thursday Put down the potatoes — you have to earn them first! Turkey Trot Miami is back, providing locals with the perfect opportunity for some exercise before properly gaining ten pounds on Thanksgiving. There's a 5K, 10K, and kids' race, all of which weave in and around Tropical Park. So... → Read More
Wildlife DP Diego Garcia Gets Into "the Soul" of Actor-Director Paul Dano
Mexican director of photography Diego Garcia, whose work has ranged from the surrealism of Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul to the harsh confrontational style of Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, was actor-director Paul Dano’s man for his debut, Wildlife. → Read More