Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves is an art-house trifecta: It’s black-and-white, foreign, and silent, triple the insurance that it will alienate the “average moviegoer.” Which is a shame, because the film, which rescues Snow White from its Disneyfied associations and restores to its Grimm foundations, is filled with exactly the kind of escapist excitement and pure imagination that … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2009-10: The season in Broward-Miami art
The season is upon us, and this is not a nod to the torrent of plastic snow and holiday jingles that will soon appear wherever we go: the mall, the gas station, the corner coffee shop hawking its pricey pumpkin lattes. In many ways, the visual arts season is a haven from the commercial flurry of the fall and winter months. Whether intimate or expansive, organized from afar or … [Read more...]