Author: Martin Cid Magazine

Martin Cid Magazine (MCM) is a cultural magazine about entertainment, arts and shows.

John McAfee Riunning with the devil

Most have heard of John McAfee, the creator of the anti-virus program that made him supremely rich. It will be one very sought after documentary portraying his high-risk lifestyle. Hero or villain, completely mad or genius, this guy lived at the limit. He was poisoned, dealt with drug cartels, shot his neighbor, fled time and again, did prison time, and well, we all know where he is now…. Sometimes life is stranger than fiction, and his was one such case. Review When you have such an intense protagonist, that even describing him as an eccentric would be an understatement, and…

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Lucia di Lammermoor

New York City Opera will present an abridged version of Donizetti’s classic Lucia di Lammermoor on Friday, September 2, 2022 at 7pm as part of Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America. Think Romeo and Juliet but set in Scotland. Donizetti’s brilliant score is the height of drama and the pinnacle of the Bel Canto style in this abridged version starring world-renowned soprano Sarah Coburn, the captivating tenor WooYoung Yoon, and the legendary bass-baritone Mark Delavan. It is directed by Shayna Leahy and conducted by City Opera Music Director Maestro Constantine Orbelian, The complete cast includes Coburn (Lucia), Delavan (Enrico), Yoon (Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood), Tair Tazhigulov (Raimondo Bidebent), Elissa…

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

HBO has renewed the Emmy® and Golden Globe-winning comedy series CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, starring Larry David, for a twelfth season.  Logline: Originally debuting on HBO in 2001 and with 110 completed episodes to date, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM stars “Seinfeld” co-creator David as an over-the-top version of himself in an unsparing but tongue-in-cheek depiction of his fictionalized life. The series also stars Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Cheryl Hines, Richard Lewis, Vince Vaughn, and Ted Danson. Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming quote: “Larry outdoes himself season after season and always manages to come back when the audience needs him most. We’re thrilled…

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El Sistema K.E.OP/S

El Sistema K.E.OP/S is an Argentinean movie starring Daniel Hendler. It is written and directed by Nicolás Goldbart. After his debut in Fase 7, he confirms that Nicolás Goldbart is an original guy with fresh ideas who knows like no one else how to connect with the audience and take them where he wants them to go. Quite an experience. Synopsis A man fills out one of those “become a millionaire in two hours” online forms and his life changes: he starts to be spied on and, behind it all, there seems to be a complicated pyramid system that will…

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UnWrapped

Sydney Opera House unveils latest UnWrappedline-up platforming independent voices and contemporary Australian work Sydney – Tuesday 23 August, 2022. The Sydney Opera House today unveiled five works created by diverse and multi-disciplinary artists responding to our fast-changing world, as part of the latest installment of its bi-annual season of UnWrapped. During October and November, UnWrapped will present the world premiere of award-winning writer Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s The Demon; new work by esteemed composer and musician William Barton; an opulent film work by critically-acclaimed choreographer and dancer Angela Goh; the Sydney premiere of Takat?pui by antidisciplinary artist Daley Rangi; and multi-award winning writer and performer Stace Callaghan’s Queer as Flux. Sydney Opera House Director of Programming…

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House of the Dragon

The premiere of “House of the Dragon” drew 9.986 million viewers across linear and HBO Max platforms in the U.S. Sunday night, the largest audience for any new original series in the history of HBO. The premiere also marked the largest series launch on HBO Max across the U.S., LatAm, and EMEA, driving an unprecedented level of concurrent streams on the platform. Typically, Sunday night viewership for a HBO series will represent just 20%-40% of the show’s total gross audience. The series was also a hit on social media, where fans showed up in droves to celebrate the return to Westeros. On…

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Christian Boltanski

“Making art is asking questions and giving emotion.”Christian Boltanski Marian Goodman Gallery is pleased to announce Départ – Arrivée, a solo presentation by Christian Boltanski. The exhibition will feature recent sculptural works and video installations that have never been presented before in the U.S., as well as a selection of historical pieces from the 1980s. Mostly conceived by Boltanski himself before his passing in July 2021, the show is an homage to his life and work, offering a lens into the metaphysical preoccupations that drove his artistic practice for over fifty years. The exhibition reflects Boltanski’s ability to suggest the passage of time…

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Gabriel Dawe

Talley Dunn Gallery is delighted to announce a major exhibition of new works by internationally celebrated artist Gabriel Dawe.  With this exhibition Dawe brings together his studio practice and his site-specific work to create an immersive and glorious environment. Ode to Futility marks Dawe’s first monumental site-specific installation at the gallery alongside new sculptural works by the Mexican-born, Dallas-based artist. Spanning one hundred feet in length, Dawe’s most recent Plexus installation transforms the Main Gallery through a complex system of multicolored sewing thread that creates spellbinding chromatic environments and challenges our perceptions of space and color.  For the first time, Dawe brings together an…

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

New York – Pace is pleased to present an exhibition of three major installations by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at its 510 West 25th Street gallery in New York. On view from September 9 to October 22, the show, titled Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Common Measures, marks Lozano-Hemmer’s first solo exhibition with Pace since he joined the gallery. Known for his critical and poetic digital artworks, Lozano-Hemmer incorporates a wide range of technologies in his practice, including artificial intelligence, robotics, interactive fountains, computerized surveillance, and mapped projections. Situated at the intersection of architecture and performance, his often participatory, public-facing works have been inspired by…

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Beatriz Milhazes

New York – Pace is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new and recent work by leading Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes at its 540 West 25th Street gallery in New York. On view from September 16 to October 29, the show, titled Beatriz Milhazes: Mistura Sagrada, will spotlight ten vibrant, large-scale paintings created in 2021 and 2022, as well as a large-scale mobile sculpture. The works in this show exemplify Milhazes’s uncanny ability to forge dynamic, unified choreographies with seemingly disparate elements, patterns, and hues. The layered compositions resulting from these formal investigations possess a kinetic quality, unfolding and…

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