The Current Cinema
A Sequel Set in Miami That Forgets, Beautifully
The rare follow-up that treats memory — and the smell of a Publix parking lot after rain — as a subject, not a shortcut.
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The FloridianReporting, fiction, criticism, poetry, and cartoons — from the peninsula
The Critics
Reviews from the desks.
Television, pop music, art, theatre, cinema, and the Cuban sandwich of the moment.
Also in the critics
On Television
The Quiet Show About Ocala That Refuses to Explain Itself
A four-episode drama about a horse farm that mistrusts its own dialogue — and is better for it.
Pop Music
A Debut From a Kissimmee Bedroom That Sounds Like a Third Album
The singer's first record arrives already exhausted with its own SoundCloud myth.
The Art World
The Painter Who Discovered the Color of Old Stucco
A Wynwood retrospective that dares you to look at what almost isn't there.
At the Theatre
Three Beach Chairs, One Century
A revival at the Asolo trims the set until only the argument remains.
Tables for Two
A Cuban Bakery in Tampa That Believes in Butter
Nebraska Avenue's newest storefront hides an argument about time itself, and about lard.
The Current Cinema
The Sugar Sands
A new historical noir turns the muck of Lake Okeechobee into a backdrop for an elegant, slow-burning study of post-war corruption and domestic ruin.
Tables for Two
Under the Overpass
In Sarasota, a daring new restaurant pairs the brackish air of the bay with a menu that elevates forgotten coastal ingredients into miniature works of modern art.
The Art World
The Rising Tide
An ambitious new exhibition at the Norton Museum of Art explores how contemporary Florida artists are confronting the slow, watery disappearance of their landscape.
On Television
The Inheritance Wars
A superb new dramatic comedy on FX finds its cold, hilarious heart in the swampy backwaters of Florida’s probate courts and municipal dynasties.
Pop Music
The Static of the Scrub
The latest album from an Orlando synthesizer artist captures the eerie, neon-lit loneliness of the flatwoods at night.
At the Theatre
The Bleaching of Fort Myers
A minimalist new drama in Fort Myers explores the quiet, generational friction between the retirees who bought the dream and the locals who survive it.
Books
The Watcher of the Flatwoods
A new biography of the eccentric naturalist who spent her life defending Florida’s rarest bird offers a rich, cautionary history of the state’s vanishing interior.
The Current Cinema
The Sinking Light
An intimate, gorgeous modern film about underwater salvage operators in Key West captures the heavy melancholy of a life lived on the edge of the continental shelf.
Tables for Two
The Forest on the Plate
Deep within Florida's horse country, an ambitious kitchen redefines regional cuisine with an obsessive focus on the wild game and forgotten plants of the scrub.
The Art World
The Vanishing River
A stunning new photographic exhibition in Fort Lauderdale documents the slow, concrete burial of the historic rivers that once defined the Everglades.
On Television
The Oyster Coast
A quiet, atmospheric new mystery series on PBS captures the dark water and long memories of Florida’s panhandle with a rare, novelistic depth.
Pop Music
The Coral Gables Quintet
A gorgeous, Latin-infused jazz record from Miami captures the elegant, humid decadence of the city's historic suburbs with a wonderful, understated grace.
At the Theatre
The Walls of Coquina
In St. Augustine, a challenging and brilliant new experimental play uses the history of Florida's oldest city to explore the modern anxieties of survival.
Books
The Groves of Winter Haven
A sweeping and elegant new novel traces the decline of a Central Florida citrus empire through three generations of family secrets and changing soil.
The Current Cinema
The Shoreline
A quiet, stunning new film set on Sanibel Island turns the obsessive pursuit of sea shells into a beautiful, delicate study of grief and preservation.
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