Juan Barquin

1 week ago | miaminewtimes.com | Juan Barquin |Trae DeLellis

It’s always a treat to dive into contemporary queer cinema, especially in the weeks following Miami Beach Pride, when the energy and sense of community are at their peak. For those who want to dive into LGBTQ-centered movies, Outshine Film Festival returns for its spring edition from Thursday, April 17, through Sunday, May 4. Screenings take place in Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and even virtually.

2 weeks ago | miaminewtimes.com | Juan Barquin

Though the 2016 film La La Land is all about Los Angeles, it will always have a strange connection to Miami: It was, of course, the film that was initially (and erroneously) announced as the Best Picture winner at the 2017 Oscars instead of the rightful winner Moonlight, the Liberty City-based coming-of-age tale directed by Miami's own Barry Jenkins.

3 weeks ago | miaminewtimes.com | Juan Barquin

For filmmaker Noah Salzman, creating his feature film Clocked was a case of writing what you know — and what he didn't know, he learned from consulting his surrounding community of actors. Salzman, who's been based in Miami for about two decades, wrote a queer Miami story made with queer Miami performers, and on Trans Visibility Day, it's screening here for the first time, at Coral Gables Art Cinema.

1 month ago | vulture.com | Juan Barquin

An image from No Other Land, the Oscar-winning documentary by a Palestinian-Israeli activist collective. Mayor Steve Meiner looked almost apologetic on Wednesday at Miami Beach’s City Hall as he declared he would withdraw his own proposal, which threatened to terminate the arthouse theater O Cinema’s current lease and grant funding because it had screened the Oscar-winning Palestinian-Israeli documentary No Other Land.

1 month ago | ign.com | Juan Barquin

Depending on what kind of movie and game fan you are, the name Paul W.S. Anderson will either bring pure joy or absolute misery to mind. For years gamers (including some at this very publication) have trashed his adaptations of Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and Mortal Kombat for any number of reasons: lack of fidelity to the games, questionable mixing of digital and practical effects, the performances of his wife and frequent star, Milla Jovovich.