11 FRI 8:30pm:
AN EVENING WITH BARBARA HULANICKI
and Producer JAMES COLLIE in attendance!
USA PREMIERE, with reception!
and 12 SAT, 13 SUN, 14 MON 7:15pm:
Beyond Biba
A Portrait of Barbara Hulanicki
(Directed by Louis Price/UK/2009/55min)
Produced by Thomas Walters & James Collie
Barbara Hulanicki will always be remembered for BIBA, the shop that changed the face of UK fashion in the 1960s and 70s. BIBA would leave an indelible mark on the minds and wardrobes of the customers who ventured through its doors. Following its closure in 1975, many have attempted to reproduce the magic. All have missed the key ingredient: the involvement of its creator, Barbara Hulanicki. The legendary career of Barbara entered a new phase in 1987, when she completely reinventing herself as an interior designer in Miami. Hulanicki was at the forefront of the regeneration of Miami Beach, collaborating with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. Barbara Hulanicki is now respected across the world as a major figure in design.
Barbara Hulanicki and producer James Collie will be present for introduction and Q&A after the film on Friday, with a reception to follow. Come celebrate with us!
For tickets click HERE

Matt Tyrnauer, Director/Producer
Matt Tyrnauer is a Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair magazine, where he has worked since 1992. His feature articles include profiles of Martha Stewart (the August 2005 post-prison cover story, and a 2001 profile), Valentino Garavani, Siegfried and Roy, Tommy Hilfiger, Philippe Starck, Frank Gehry, producer Robert Evans, actor Greg Kinnear, and writer Bret Easton Ellis. “Valentino The Last Emperor” is his first film.
Buy Tickets
Valentino The Last Emperor
September 24, 2009
Lincon Road Theater • 541 Lincon Rd. • Miami Beach,FL
6:00 Exclusive VIP Reception with Director Matt Tyrnauer
7:00 Cocktail Reception
8:00 Discussion with Director Matt Tyrnauer
8:30 Film Screening
Vist the official website at www.valentinomovie.com

21 FRI, 22 SAT, 23 SUN 7pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical HD Premiere!
“Cinema GREEN”
A NEW environmental film series in collaboration with: ECOMB The Environmental Coalition of Miami & the Beaches
FOOD, Inc.
(A documentary film by Robert Kenner/USA/2009/94 min.)
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
The film on Friday will be followed by a Q&A with an organic farmer Gabriele Marewski from Paradise Farms Organic.
The film on Saturday will be followed by a Q&A with Chef Jeff Mcinnis from De Lido Beach Club at the Ritz Carlton.
For tickets click HERE

14 FRI, 15 SAT, 16 SUN 7pm:
Best Foreign Film Oscar® WINNER 2009!
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical HD Premiere!
Departures (Okuribito)
(Directed by Yojiro Takita/Japan/2009/130min.)
With Masahiro Motoki, Riyoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamakazi

Academy Award® winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Departures is a delightful journey into the heartland of Japan as well an astonishingly beautiful look at a sacred part of Japan’s cultural heritage. Departures follows Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki), a devoted cellist in an orchestra who is suddenly left without a job. He answers a classified ad entitled “Departures” only to discover that the job is actually for a “Nokanshi” or “encoffineer,” a person who prepares deceased bodies for burial. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living. In Japanese with English subtitles
WINNER: Academy Award 2009 Best Foreign Language Film
Ten Japan Academy Prizes including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor
“ENORMOUSLY AFFECTING, EVEN HAUNTING film with a superb lead performance by Masahiro Motoki.” -New York Magazine
For tickets click HERE

Gen Art invites you to a special advance screening and party for Paper Heart
Directed By: Nick Jasenovec
Starring: Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera & Jake Johnson
Thursday, August 13 , 8:00 PM
Regal South Beach
1120 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL
After-Party: Catalina Hotel & Beach Club
10:00-Midnight
1732 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL. 33139
www.catalinasouthbeach.com
** Featuring a live performance from one of Miami’s favorite bands, ArtOfficial!
The Gen Art Screening Series presents advance screenings for “PAPER HEART” written and directed by Nick Jasenovec and starring Michael Cera and Charlyne Yi, with special appearance by Seth Rogen and others.
Click here for more information about the movie.
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Local film Auteur and fitness dude, Aiden Dillard’s film Death Print is getting another Premiere showing , this time over on South Beach’s Colony Theatre, right in the heart of Lincoln Road. This piece of cinema mayhem has many local musicians and people about town starring in it. Look for Nastie, Cuci Amador, Otto von Schirach, Clifton Childree, Jose le Rey, Lolo, the TM Sisters, Thug Jesus and a host of others throughout. The film stars Ted Vernon Rubber Doll as well as a turn at villainny from Nassie Shahoulian. It is a revenge/murder-mystery and homage to Charles Bronson’s films of the same type. There will be an afterparty at Back Door Bamby (30 NE 14th Street) after the screening, with a live performance by von Schirach.

The Premiere Screening goes down Saturday, August 8 at the Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road (Right next to Segafredo), Miami Beach.

NEWCASTLE
‘You’re Only Young Forever Once’
Saturday, Aug 9
2:00 PM Wine Reception & Private Tour
4:00 PM Film Screening
The Wolfsonian-FIU
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
corner of 10th Street and Washington Avenue
TICKETS
$11 Non-Members
$7 Members
WINE RECEPTION
Join us at the Wolfsonian’s Dynamo Cafe at 2pm for a wine reception before being led on a guided tour of the two wonderful exhibitions, Beauty on The Beach: A Centennial Celebration of Swimwear and Sun Stroke Stimulus. Tours will begin at 2:30 and 3:00pm

Writer and director Dan Castle crafts an impressive feature debut-combining the ravishing elements of surfing movies with a compelling family drama. The cast is an incredible ensemble of up-and-comers including Xavier Samuel of the upcoming Twilight saga, Eclipse that make both the visceral surfing sequences and tender emotional scenes seem effortless. While the brothers’ complicated relationship forms the crux of the film, the waves and the beaches of Newcastle can also rightly claim a starring role.

Friday, July 31, 7pm
OUR MAN IN HAVANA by Graham Greene (1958)—Set in pre-Castro Cuba, Green’s espionage thriller/political satire is about Wormold, a vacuum-cleaner salesman who joins the British secret service out of economic necessity. Not being experienced in espionage, Wormold does the next best thing. He lies. His acquaintances become agents and he fabricates military installations from vacuum cleaner designs. Things get messy for Wormold when the stories begin to come true. Free.

Neptune’s Daughter
Where the Boys Are
Clambake
Jaws
The Wolfsonian-Florida International University
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Miami Screening Series: PAPER HEART
Thursday, August 13, 8:00pm
Regal South Beach
1120 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL
After-Party
10:00-Midnight
T.B.A.
* Complimentary beverage to be provided
The Gen Art Screening Series presents advance screenings for “PAPER HEART” written and directed by Nick Jasenovec and starring Michael Cera and Charlyne Yi, with special appearances by Seth Rogen and others.
Charlyne Yi was honored as one of Gen Art and 7 for all mankind’s “Fresh Faces in Film” at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
More Info.

If you liked Pineapple Express, Superbad, or The 40-Year Old Virgin, you’ll love…
HUMPDAY
The Miami International Film Festival and The Miami Film Society
Invite you and a guest to a hilarious Sneak Preview
Wednesday, July 22, 7:30PM
Regal South Beach
1100 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach 33139
FREE to Miami Film Society members, partners, and special guests
Please RSVP to info@miamifilmfestival.com or 305-237-7979 by July 22 at noon
Seating is limited and invitation is on a first-come, first-served basis (you plus one guest, please).
Watch the Trailer at www.humpdayfilm.com
ABOUT THE FILM
Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival 2009 and Cannes Film Festival 2009
It’s been a decade since Ben and Andrew were the bad boys of their college campus. Ben has settled down and found a job, wife, and home. Andrew took the alternate route as a vagabond artist, skipping the globe from Chiapas to Cambodia. When Andrew shows up unannounced on Ben’s doorstep, they easily fall back into their old dynamic of macho one-upmanship. Late into the night at a wild party, the two find themselves locked in a mutual dare: to enter an amateur porn contest together. But what kind of boundary-breaking, envelope pushing porn can two straight dudes make? After the booze and “big talk” run out, only one idea remains?they will have sex together?on camera. It’s not porn; it’s art. But how exactly will it work? And more importantly, who will tell Anna (Delmore), Ben’s wife?
Writer/director Lynn Shelton, director of My Effortless Brilliance and recipient of the “Someone to Watch Award” at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards, expertly mines the biggest ironies of the male ego to hilarious effect. HUMPDAY is a buddy movie gone wild.
“The movie’s unblinking observation of a friendship put to the test is amused, queasy making, kindhearted and unfailingly truthful.” -The New York Times

16 THU 8:30pm:
A special event. . .in appreciation of. . .
High Definition!
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical HD Premiere!
“The Mysteries of Ceylan” continue. . .
Climates (Iklimler)
(Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan/ Turkey 2006)
With Ebru Ceylan. Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nazan Kirilmis

Winner of the prestigious FIPRESCI Award at Cannes, Climates is Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s sublime follow-up to his Cannes multi-award winner Distant. Beautifully drawn and meticulously observed, the film vividly recalls the cinema of Antonioni with its poetic use of landscape and the incisive, exquisitely visual rendering of loneliness, loss and the often-elusive nature of happiness. During a sweltering summer vacation on the Aegean coast, the relationship between middle-aged professor Isa (played by Ceylan himself) and his younger, television producer girlfriend Bahar (Ceylan’s real-life wife) brutally implodes. . .
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival FIPRISCI Prize
Istanbul Int. Film Festival Best Turkish Film of the Year
“A MASTERPIECE!…Ceylan takes the crispness of Hi-Def and transforms it into the perfect reflection of the characters’ cool distance.”-Indiewire
“EXTRAORDINARY!. . .ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ACCOMPLISHED FILMMAKERS!”-The Village Voice
Come help us say goodbye to our intern Rafa, from Spain!
Tonight is his last night, after seven months with MBC as part of a cultural exchange program with the Spanish Cultural Affairs Office.
Viva España!
For tickets click HERE

Wednesday, July 8 8:00pm
Regal South Beach
1120 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
* SCREENING ONLY
(500) Days of Summer in theaters July 17th!
Directed by: Marc Webb
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly, Matthew Gray Gubler, Rachel Boston, Geoffrey Arend and Chloe Moritz
Co-writer Michael H. Weber expected in attendance
Click here to find out more!
GET TICKETS!
Portion of proceeds to benefit the Gen Art Foundation
Must be 21 to attend

24 FRI, 25 SAT, 26 SUN
8:30pm:
The Best of BERLIN Film Fest, and..
Best Foreign Film Oscar® Nominee 2009!
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Revanche
(Directed by Götz Spielmann/Austria/2009)
With Johannes Krisch, Irena Potapenko, Andreas Lust

At once a gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, Revanche is the stunning, Oscar–nominated, international breakthrough film from Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex works as an assistant in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara. Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop and his seemingly content wife. With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side.
In German with English subtitles.
WINNER: Berlin Int. Film Festival C. I C. A E Award, Europa Cinemas Award
Palm Spring Film Festival FIPRESCI Best Foreign Film
“A GORGEOUS, BROODING, UNPREDICTABLE NEO-NOIR. . ..it’s dynamite.”
-Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
For tickets click HERE

14 TUE 8pm:
“Cinema GREEN”
An Environmental film series In collaboration with ECOMB The Environmental Coalition of Miami & the Beaches
Saving Our Reefs
(a documentary film by WLRN/2008)

The beauty and splendor of North America’s only living coral barrier reef has attracted millions of people to the warm waters of the Florida Keys. This living coral reef system is home to thousands of species of marine life that use the corals irregular topography as an ideal place to shelter them. Unfortunately, the popularity of this underwater ‘Garden of Eden’ has created a negative impact on this national treasure. Pollution, harvesting of coral, and excessive fishing have compromised this fragile ecosystem. This documentary, which aims to create awareness about the importance of protecting this delicate ecosystem, explores the state of the coral reefs today and challenges viewers to help in “Saving Our Reefs.”
The film will be introduced and followed by a Q&A with an expert on the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (TBA)
For tickets click HERE

10 FRI, 11 SAT, 12 SUN
7pm & 9pm:
Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize WINNER!
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Il Divo
(Directed by Paulo Sorrentino/2008)
With Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci
“The most difficult dictatorship to hate is your own”—Giulio Andreotti

In Rome, at dawn, while everyone is sleeping, one man is awake. That man is Giulio Andreotti. He’s awake because he has to work, write books, move in fashionable circles, and, last but not least, pray. Calm, crafty, and inscrutable, Andreotti is synonym of power in Italy for over four decades. He emerges unscathed from everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, slanderous accusations. He is untouched by it all, unchanging. Until the counter power in Italy, the Mafia, declares war on him. . .
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival 2008 Jury Prize
David di Donatello Awards Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Music
“Very Witty. . .SUPERLATIVELY CINEMATIC!”-Empire
“IL DIVO IS THE TRUE ARTHOUSE JEWEL OF THE YEAR!…From Italy or anywhere else.”-Evening Standard
“SIT BACK AND BE DAZZLED!”-Total Film
For tickets click HERE

03 FRI, 04 SAT, 05 SUN 7pm & 8:50pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Summer Hours (L’Heure d’été)

(Directed by Olivier Assayas/France/2009)
With Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jérémie Renier, Edith Scob
The divergent paths of three forty-something siblings collide when their mother, heiress to her uncle’s exceptional 19th century art collection, dies suddenly. Left to come to terms with themselves and their differences, Adrienne (Juliette Binoche), a successful New York designer, Frederic (Charles Berling), an economist and university professor in Paris, and Jeremie (Jeremie Renier), a dynamic businessman in China, confront the end of childhood, their shared memories, background and unique vision of the future.
In French with English subtitles.
Official Selection: Toronto, New York, AFI Film Festivals
“A WARM, WISE DRAMA about the tensions and mysteries of family life. . .
beautifully performed, intelligently written, and fluently directed.”-Time Out London
“WONDERFUL…Complex and utterly profound”-SF Guardian
For tickets click HERE

02 THU 8pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical HD Premiere!
Seven Samurai

(Directed by Akira Kurosawa/Japan/1954)
With Tasashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba
One of the most beloved movie epics of all time, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
WINNER: Venice Film Festival Silver Lion
Best Foreign Director Jussi Awards
“Breathtaking, fast-moving, and overflowing with a delightfully self-mocking sense of humor, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai is one of the most popular and influential Japanese films ever made.”-David Ehrenstein
For tickets click HERE

July 01 WED 8:30pm:
GLOBAL LENS
In collaboration with The Global Film Initiative
The GLOBAL LENS film series was launched in 2003 to support the distribution of unique and critically acclaimed cinematic works from around the world. Each film is selected (with the consultation of the Initiative’s Film Board of Directors such as Pedro Almodovar-Spain, Christopher Doyle-China, Mira Nair-India, Carlos Reygades-Mexico, Béla Tarr-Hungary, Lars von Trier-Denmark, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul-Thailand) for its authentic voice, strong cinematics and unique perspective.

Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Getting Home (Luo ye gui gen)
(Directed by Zhang Yang/China/2008)
In this soulful and humane comedy, Zhao, a middle–aged construction worker, struggles to fulfill a dying co–worker’s last wish to be buried in China’s Three Gorges region. Setting out with his colleague’s body in tow, Zhao travels hundreds of miles across extraordinary countryside, encountering a number of colorful adventures and characters —and even discovering love in some unlikely quarters. Director Zhang Yang’s humorous and moving tale of friendship offers a powerful, and sometimes slapstick, commentary on the value of community and human connectivity in modern China.
In Mandarin with English subtitles.
WINNER: Berlin Film Festival Ecumenical Jury Prize
“Simply put, Getting Home is one of the best Chinese films of the year.”
–Beyond Hollywood
For tickets click HERE

CINEMA 2 AT THE WOLF
is an ongoing documentary film series presented in collaboration with WPBT-Channel 2.

Thursday, June 25, 7pm
THE CRASH OF 1929 (2004, USA, PBS American Experience Series, written by Ronald H. Blumer, 58 min, English, color and b/w, DVD)—In 1929, the economy was booming, the stock market was flourishing, and predictions of permanent prosperity abounded. Then, of course, came the crash. This documentary is told largely through the descendants of the financial wizards who helped create the boom. Free.

1001 WASHINGTON AVENUE
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139
T 305.531.1001 F 305.531.2133
wolfsonian.org

16 TUE 8pm:
“Cinema GREEN”
A NEW environmental film series in collaboration with:
ECOMB, the Environmental Coalition of Miami Beach
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
FLOW: For Love of Water
“CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?”
(Directed by Irene Salina/USA/2008)
Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary is an investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.
WINNER: Best Documentary United Nations Association Film Festival
International Jury Prize Mumbai Int. Film Festival
Best Documentary Vail Int. Film Festival
“An ASTONISHING wide-ranging film. An informed and heartfelt examination of the tug of war between public health and private interests.”- New York Times
“LIVELY & ENGAGING!”- Los Angeles Times
The film will be introduced by and followed by a Q&A TBA.
For tickets click HERE

T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E And FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA Announce an MBC Member’s Only Screening of TETRO
Complimentary admission for MBC Members includes Francis Ford Coppola Director’s Cut Wine Tasting
MONDAY, June 15, 8:30pm
M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
512 Española Way, Miami Beach
MBC Members RSVP Required at www.MBCinema.com (choose “tickets” option, and then “Tetro” on June 15)
Non-Members can become members at www.MBCinema.com
(now is a good time to become a member or re-new! Become a member, and then RSVP as a member!)

12 FRI, 13 SAT, 14 SUN
7:10pm and 9pm:
The Best of CANNES in HD!
Cannes Film Fest 2008 WINNER Un Certain Regard!
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Tulpan
(Directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy/Germany/Kazakhstan/Russia/2008)
With Tolepbergen Baisakalov, Ondas Besikbasov, Samal Esljamova

Acclaimed Kazakh documentarian Sergey Dvortsevoy’s first narrative feature is a gorgeous mélange of tender comedy, ethnographic drama and wildlife extravaganza. Following his Russian naval service, young dreamer Asa returns to his sister’s nomadic brood on the desolate Hunger Steppe to begin a hardscrabble career as a shepherd. But before he can tend a flock of his own, Asa must win the hand of the only eligible bachelorette for miles—his alluringly mysterious neighbor Tulpan. Asa will stop at nothing to prove he is a worthy husband and herder. Tulpan’s gentle humor and stunning photography transport audiences to this singular, harshly beautiful region and its rapidly vanishing way of life. In Kazakh and Russian with English subtitles.
WINNER: Pris Un Certain Regard Cannes Film Festival
“MAGNIFICENT!”–L.A. Weekly
“SPECTACULAR, UNCLASSIFIABLE!”–The Village Voice
“A vivid, intensely enjoyable debut feature. . .blends intimate, gentle fiction with a strong dose of ethnographic observation, to immensely charming effect.”
–Screen International
“The most beautiful film of 2008!”-Dana Keith, Miami Beach Cinematheque
For tickets click HERE

08 MON 8pm: BFF Tribute to BRUNO BARRETO
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
(Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos)
(Directed by Bruno Barreto/1976)
Cast: Sonia Braga, José Wilker, Mauro Mendonça, Dinorah Brillanti
After her first husband dies, Dona Flor feels lonely until she meets a man who offers her security and stability. But it’s her other husband who she really desires, and whose ghost puts them all in extremely unexpected situations.
For tickets click HERE

07 SUN 8pm: BFF Tribute to BRUNO BARRETO
Romeo and Juliette Get Married
(O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta)
(Directed by Bruno Barreto/2005)
Cast: Luana Piovani, Luiz Gustavo, Marco Rica, Martha Mellinger
Juliet, a die-hard Palmeiras fan falls in love with Romeo, die-hard fan of rival soccer team Corinthians. Juliet’s father would never accept such a son-in-law. Not wanting to lose Juliet, Romeo pretends to be a Palmeiras fan. The lie creates a series of hilarious twists and turns, and when the truth is revealed, the couple’s love must rise above their family’s sports rivalry.
For tickets click HERE

Brazilian Film Festival (June 06-11)
Tribute to Director BRUNO BARRETO
06 SAT 8pm:
Bossa Nova
(Directed by Bruno Barreto/2000)
Cast: Amy Irving, Antônio Fagundes, Pedro Cardoso, Alexandre Borges
A romantic comedy wrapped in Tom Jobim’s unforgettable standards, the film pays homage to a Rio de Janeiro that survives in the city’s extraordinary beauty and the unequaled charm of it citizens. It tells a love story or love stories that could happen anywhere in the world, but this one happens in Rio, where life has a special rhythm all of its own.
For tickets click HERE

The Brazilian Film Festival in conjunction with Miami & Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals present:
Camila Jam tells the story of a young woman that devotes her life to her passion: writing. Camila is intense, complex and courageous. For her, what matters is to build a trajectory as an act of affirmation. Her life is her narrative, and a complex existence will allow her to write about it. The film is about Camila’s passion, her search for redemption. In the process, she fosters connections which will be destroyed by her needs, her excesses, her devotion and passion. Camila faces abysses and in them finds the strength she needs to live, and for her life only blossoms from the scars inherent to process of absolute and vertiginous devotion.

JOIN US FOR THIS SPECIAL SCREENING!
RSVP TO THIS EMAIL NO LATER THAN JUNE 4th WITH YOUR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS TO RECEIVE YOUR FREE TICKET
brittany@mglff.com
Miami & Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals
P.O. Box 530280
Miami, Florida 33153-0280
(305) 534-9924

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Brazilian Film Festival Opening Night
Friday June 5 at Hollywood Beach Amphitheater
Gates open at 6 pm, screening at 8:30 pm
and 7 pm at Colony Theater, Miami Beach

A FREE screening of My Name Ain’t Johnny

Visit the Festival online at www.brazilianfilmfestival.com for the complete schedule, details about the films, and more. The Brazilian Film Festival is an unparalleled chance for us to enjoy the best new films being produced in Brazil right now. This year’s schedule is one of the most exciting line-ups they have presented yet.

29 FRI, 30 SAT, 31 SUN 8:30pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical HD Premiere!
Lemon Tree (Etz Limon)
(Directed by Erin Riklas/Israel/Germany/France/2008)
With Hiam Abbass, Doron Tavory, Ali Suliman

Salma, a Palestinian widow, has to stand up against her new neighbor, the Israeli Defense Minister, when he moves into his new house opposite her lemon grove, on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank. The Israeli security forces are quick to declare that Salma’s trees pose a threat to the Minister’s safety and issue orders to uproot them. Together with Ziad Daud, her young Palestinian lawyer, Salma goes all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court to try and save her trees. Her struggle raises the interest of Mira Navon, the Defense minister’s wife. Despite their differences and the borders between them the two women develop an invisible bond, while forbidden ties grow stronger between Salma and Ziad. In Arabic, Hebrew, French, with English subtitles.
WINNER: Best Actress Hiam Abbass Israeli Film Academy Awards
Audience Award Berlin Film Festival
“The rare ability to make INTELLIGENT, ENTERTAINING CINEMA from hot-button issues is illustrated beautifully in Lemon Tree…a multifaceted drama straddling the Palestinian-Israeli Chasm. . .an outstanding performance from Hiam Abbass”
-Variety
For tickets click HERE

28 THU 8:30pm:
ESSENTIAL ARTHOUSE in HD!
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical HD Premiere!
Jules et Jim
(Directed by François Truffaut/France/1962)
With Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre

Hailed as one of the finest films ever made, legendary director François Truffaut’s early masterpiece Jules and Jim charts the relationship between two friends and the object of their mutual obsession over the course of twenty-five years. Jeanne Moreau stars as Catherine, the alluring and willful young woman whose enigmatic smile and passionate nature lure Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre) into one of cinema’s most captivating romantic triangles. An exuberant and poignant meditation on freedom, loyalty, and the fortitude of love, Jules and Jim was a worldwide smash upon its release in 1962 and remains as audacious and entrancing today.
In French with English subtitles.
WINNER: Best European film Bodil Film Awards
Best Director Mara Del Plata Film Festival
“When François Truffaut was a twenty-three-year-old film critic, in 1955, he read a
first novel by a seventy-four-year-old writer, Henri-Pierre Roché. “The book overwhelmed me,” he later recalled, “and I wrote: If I ever succeed in making films,
I will make Jules and Jim.”-John Powers
For tickets click HERE

24 SUN 8:30pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
2008 OSCAR® Nominee Best Foreign Language Film!
Katyń
(Directed by Andrej Wajda/Poland/2008)
With Artur Zmijewski, Maja Ostaszewska, Andrej Chyra
In master Polish filmmaker Andrej Wajda’s most important and highly anticipated new film, a story of Polish officers murdered by the NKVD in KatyÅ„ during World War II. It is a picture of women unaware of the crime, who were waiting for their husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers; an uncompromising reckoning with the lie of the communist powers, that was to order Poland to forget those who were killed by Stalin’s secret police. It is a film about the invincible struggle for memory and truth.
In Polish with English subtitles.
WINNER: Polish Film awards Best Film, Cinematography, Production Design
Audience Awards: Washington DC Film Fest, Denver Int Film Fest, Ljubljana
“POLAND’S GREATEST FILMMAKER caps his career with the story he waited most of his life to tell.”-Village Voice
“CRITIC’S PICK! a film with a stately, deliberate quality that insulates it against sentimentality and makes it all the more devastating.”-New York Times
For tickets click HERE

22 FRI, 23 SAT 8:30pm:
The Best of CANNES in HD!
Cannes Film Festival 2008 WINNER Palm d’Or!
An MBC Premiere HD Digital presentation
in collaboration with Emerging Pictures
The Class
(Directed by Laurent Cantet/France/2008)
With François Bégaudeau, Nassim Amrabt, Laura Bacuela, Juliette Damaille
François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeapordize any teacher’s enthusiasm for the low-paying job. François insists on an atmosphere of respect and diligence. Neither stuffy nor severe, his extravagant frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods…
In French with English subtitles.
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival Palm d’Or
“The Class ranks with the very best films ever made about teaching, and it’s unlike any English or American film about teaching ever made.”-The Baltimore Sun
For tickets click HERE

ART DECO FILM SERIES
Tuesday 12 May 7:00 pm

FILM NOIR CLASSICS
Film noir, a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, often emphasizes moral ambiguity and sexual motivation, derived from the hard-boiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Depression. Hollywood’s classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s, and films of this genre are associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography.

Strange Impersonation
Directed by Anthony Mann
USA/1946/68 minutes/B&W
Hard-boiled film noir masquerading as a women’s melodrama, Strange Impersonation is a twisted tale of jealousy, murder, revenge and facial disfigurement from director Anthony Mann (T-Men, Raw Deal). Brenda Marshall stars as Nora Goodrich, a single-minded scientist who spurns marriage for the sake of her pioneering work with anesthetics. When her jealous lab partner (Hillary Brooke) sabotages an experiment, Nora’s face is badly scarred, and–through a twist of fate–she swaps identities with a devious blackmailer (Ruth Ford), letting the world believe she is dead. Under the guise of Jane Karaski, Nora has her face surgically altered, establishes a new career and works her way back into the lives of her former enemies and lovers, where she can carry out her carefully planned revenge. Free admission.

Location: Art Deco Education Center at Historic City Hall, 1130 Washington Av, Miami Beach
Information: 305-672-2014 or www.mdpl.org

VALENTINO The Last Emperor
a film by Matt Tyrnauer

If you missed the Opening Night screening at the Miami International Film Festival, you can still catch “The Fashion Movie of the Year.”

Opening Friday, May 8
in Miami at the Regal South Beach Cinema 18
Tickets at Fandango

SYNOPSIS
Shown in film festivals around the world to wide acclaim, VALENTINO THE LAST EMPEROR is a feature film that has captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences.
Directed by Matt Tyrnauer, the film takes the viewer inside the singular world of the legendary designer Valentino.
With unprecedented access, VALENTINO THE LAST EMPEROR follows the Italian maestro for the final two years of his celebrated career, capturing the end of an era in global fashion.
But at the heart of the film is a love story: the unique relationship between Valentino and his business partner of 50 years, Giancarlo Giammetti.

96 minutes – USA – Color – in English/Italian/French with English subtitles

What the critics are saying
“Flawless” TIME
“I am mesmerized. I love this movie.” Jeffrey Lyons, NBC Reel Talk
“Pure escapist fun…” The New York Times
“Amazing… you will adore this.” New York Magazine
“Fused with wit and self-deprecating humor. The film captures the deep-seated relationship of two men” André Leon Talley, Vogue

08 FRI, 09, SAT, 10 SUN 8:30pm:
The Best of CANNES in HD!
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Cannes Film Festival 2008 WINNER Jury Prize!
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Tokyo sonata
(Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa/Japan/2008)
With Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi

Set in contemporary Tokyo, Tokyo sonata is a story of an ordinary Japanese family of four. The father, Ryuhei Sasaki, like any other Japanese businessman, is faithfully devoted to his work. His wife, Megumi, left on her own to manage the house, struggles to retain a bond with her oldest son in college, Takashi, and the youngest, Kenji, a sensitive boy in elementary school. From the exterior the family is seemingly normal, save for the tiny schisms that exist within.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Jury Prize
Mara del Plata Film Festival Best Director
Kinema Jumpo Awards Best Actress, Best New Actor
“MIRACULOUS!”-The New Yorker
“BRILLIANTLY DIRECTED… an impressive piece of filmmaking.. further proof of Kurosawa’s assured, deliberate artistry.”-Indiewire
For tickets

07 THU 8:30pm:
ESSENTIAL ARTHOUSE in HD!
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical HD Premiere!
Knife In The Water (Nóz w wodzie)
(Directed by Roman Polanski/Poland/1962)
With Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malonowicz

Roman Polanski’s first feature is a brilliant psychological thriller that many critics still consider among his greatest work. The story is simple, yet the implications of its characters’ emotions and actions are profound. When a young hitchhiker joins a couple on a weekend yacht trip, psychological warfare breaks out as the two men compete for the woman’s attention. A storm forces the small crew below deck, and tension builds to a violent climax. With stinging dialogue and a mercilessly probing camera, Polanski creates a disturbing study of fear, humiliation, sexuality, and aggression. This remarkable directorial debut won Polanski worldwide acclaim, a place on the cover of Time, and his first Oscar nomination. In Polish with English subtitles.
WINNER: FIPRESCI Prize Venice Film Festival
“It was the maverick Roman Polanski who emerged onto the international film scene in the early 1960s obsessed not so much with the big issues of the day as with the quirks and backwaters of human nature.”-Peter Cowie
For tickets

Saturday 09 May 11:00 am
VIEWERS’ CHOICE
The only film series where the audience programs the films! View classic films, recommended by audience members – you might discover a new favorite!
Bright Eyes
Directed by David Butler
USA/1934/83 minutes/B&W

This film is one of the reasons that Shirley Temple is still emblazoned in the minds of Americans today, as Bright Eyes is the film that first brought the song On the Good Ship Lollipop to Depression-era audiences across the country. (Although the song has nothing to do with a ship!) The film features a stand-out performance by Temple, in addition to superb character actors and a broad range of emotions. Shirley Temple’s work in this film earned her a special pint-sized Oscar®, and lasting fame as America’s sweetheart. Free admission.

Location: Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd Street, Miami Beach
Information: 305-535-4219 or www.mdpl.org

Art House Film Series at The Standard Hotel & Spa

iami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in association with Miami International Film Festival presents: El Niño Pez

Directed by Lucia Puenzo
Argentina, 2009, 35mm, 96 min
FLORIDA PREMIERE

Wednesday, April 29
7:30PM | Regal 17

$4.00 Discount with MIFF promotional code
Visit the MG&L Film Festival website
for discounted $7 ticket price (regular price $11).
Click on the non-member button, and enter the promotional code ‘miff’ (case-sensitive).
For more information, call MGLFF at 305-534-9924 or MIFF at 305-237-3456

Film Synopsis
Lucia Puenzo quickly made a name for herself with her debut film XXY, a haunting and beautiful story about an intersex boy finding his way through adolescence and a society that doesn’t understand him, and finding love and affection along the way.

In her newest film El Niño Pez (The Fish Child), Puenzo proves she is no one hit wonder as she delivers a film that is a sexy and captivating romantic thriller, set in the world of outdated class systems and rampant political corruption in modern day Argentina.

Lala is the daughter of a wealthy and powerful judge in Buenos Aires. Ailin is the family’s maid, whom Lala has harbored feelings for since her early youth. Their friendship soon develops into a torrid and secret affair, and they develop plans to leave the Argentinean capital for Ailin’s native Paraguay. When Lala’s father suddenly dies, Ailin becomes the primary suspect and is imprisoned for the crime. It is now up to Lala to free her lover if their dream is to become a reality. What follows is a story of suspense, intrigue, and determination.

Featuring an amazing cast, helmed by the beautiful and talented Ines Efron and Mariela Vitale, El Niño Pez is an engaging thriller that is undoubtedly the year?s most powerful lesbian film. In Spanish with English subtitles.

? Kareem Tabsch

FILMMAKER BIO
Lucia Puenzo, director of the acclaimed 2007 Cannes Critics Week winner XXY, was born in 1976, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After studying literature, cinema and theater, she published three novels: El Niño Pez, 9 minutos and La maldición de Jacinta Pichimahuida. She has also directed short films, documentaries, and the telefilm Los Invisibles (2005).

25 SAT & 26 SUN
7pm and 8:35pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt/USA/2009
With Michelle Williams

Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people’s duty to each other in tough time.
“A PITCH PERFECT TRIUMPH!—Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“What may emerge as THE BEST PERFORMANCE of the YEAR!”—Film Comment
“What will happen to her? The strength of this short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog is that this does not seem, by the end, to be an idle or trivial question. What happens to Wendy — and to Lucy — matters a lot, which is to say that Wendy and Lucy, for all its modesty, matters a lot too.”–A.O. Scott New York Times
For tickets click HERE

23 THU & 24 FRI
7pm and 8:45pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Examined Life
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets…
Directed by Astra Taylor/Canada/2009
Featuring Cornel West, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor

In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today’s most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco’s Mission District questioning our culture’s fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West—perhaps America’s best-known public intellectual—compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers, Examined Life reveals philosophy’s power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates
For tickets click HERE

Every Little Step

Directed by James D. Stern & Adam Del Deo
FLORIDA PREMIERE
Saturday, April 25
9:40PM | Regal 18

In 1974 Broadway darling Michael Bennet gathered a group of stage dancers, affectionately known asgypsies, together and recorded their life stories. It is from those very recordings that the world-widehit musical A Chorus Line was born. For the first time, we are taken back to those confessional sessions and hear excerpts from the actual recordings as the filmmakers follow the creation of the original stage show, and then its recent revival while introducing us to the original cast and creative team and the budding talent who are auditioning.

An obvious choice for musical lovers, Every Little Step is a superbly made film that brings an audience together for a journey that is exhilarating, heartbreaking, and completely unforgettable.

Directors James D. Stern & Adam Del Deo will be in attendance.

For Tickets: Members $7 Non-Members $11

More info and Tickets

ART DECO FILM SERIES
Tuesday 14 April
7:00 pm

FILM NOIR CLASSICS
Film noir, a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, often emphasizes moral ambiguity and sexual motivation, derived from the hard-boiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Depression. Hollywood’s classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s, and films of this genre are associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography.

Scarlet Street
Directed by Fritz Lang
USA/1945/101 minutes/B&W
A box-office hit in its day (despite being banned in three states), Scarlet Street is perhaps legendary director Fritz Lang’s (M, Metropolis) finest American film. When middle-aged milquetoast Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson–Double Indemnity, Little Caesar) rescues street-walking bad girl Kitty (Joan Bennett–The Reckless Moment) from the rain-slicked gutters of an eerily artificial backlot Greenwich Village, he plunges headlong into a whirlpool of lust, larceny and revenge. As Chris’ obsession with the irresistibly vulgar Kitty grows, the meek cashier is seduced, corrupted, humiliated and transformed into an avenging monster before implacable fate and perverse justice triumph in the most satisfyingly downbeat denouement in the history of American film. Free admission.

Location: Art Deco Education Center at Historic City Hall, 1130 Washington Av, Miami Beach
Information: 305-672-2014 or www.mdpl.org

The Miami Design Preservation League is a non-profit preservation and arts organization founded in 1976. It is devoted to preserving, protecting and promoting the architectural, cultural, social, economic, and environmental integrity of the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District (Art Deco District) as well as other areas of the city and South Florida, wherever historic preservation is a concern. MDPL is the oldest Art Deco society in the world.

ART DECO FILM SERIES
Made in Miami Beach
Saturday 11 April
11:00 am
Join us for a series of films that are set (and substantially filmed) in Miami Beach in the 1940s and 50s. These films feature great directors, compelling performances, and glamorous (and not so glamorous!) hotels in Miami Beach’s golden years.

The Bellboy
Directed by Jerry Lewis
USA/1960/71 minutes/B&W
Filmed on location at the Fountainebleu Hotel, The Bellboy marks Jerry Lewis’ first film as writer-director-star. Though its gags are variable, the film works on every level. It’s both contemporary (love that jazzy MiMo architecture!) and a throwback to two-reel comedies of the late-silent/early-sound era, though it most closely resembles Jacques Tati’s M. Hulot’s Holiday (1953) in terms of structure and pacing. And, like Tati’s film, it keeps dialogue to a minimum, rendering its nearly-silent protagonist more an observer than force of action. Free admission.

Location: Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd St, Miami Beach
Information: 305-535-4319 or www.mdpl.org

10 FRI 8:30pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema
Directed by Sophie Fiennes/UK/Austria/Netherlands/2008
Featuring ZIZEK!

The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema takes the viewer on an exhilarating ride through some of the greatest movies ever made. Serving as presenter and guide is the charismatic Slavoj Zizek, acclaimed philosopher and psychoanalyst. With his engaging and passionate approach to thinking, Zizek delves into the hidden language of cinema, uncovering what movies can tell us about ourselves. Whether he is untangling the famously baffling films of David Lynch, or overturning everything you thought you knew about Hitchcock, Zizek illuminates the screen with his passion, intellect, and unfailing sense of humor.
WINNER: British Independent Film Awards Best Documentary
“Highly entertaining and often brilliant.” –Guardian (UK)
“Here’s a film guaranteed to make you smarter than all your friends for 48 hours, or at least feel like you are.” –Minneapolis Star Tribune
* * * * * “ESSENTIAL VIEWING FOR CINEPHILES! But also for anyone else interested in the enduring power of cinema.”—Time Out
For tickets click HERE

05 SUN, 06 MON
7pm & 9pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Dog Eat Dog (Perro come perro)
Directed by Carlos Moreno/Colombia/2008
With Eusebio Benitez, Oscar Borda

Dog Eat Dog, a tale of double-crosses and retribution is Colombia’s official entry to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign-Language Film. El Orejon is an agoraphobic crime boss who lives surrounded by telescopes in a luxury high-rise apartment in the center of Cali, Colombia. When his godson is killed he asks a voodoo priestess to avenge the murder by casting a deadly spell on the shooter, Eusebio. Miles away, Victor is hired by the boss to carry out a job, but makes a disastrous decision to break the sacred law of the crime world and keeps the cash for himself. As the stash of money passes from hand to hand, who will have the wits to be the last one standing?
WINNER: Gramado Film Festival Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography
Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival Best Actor
Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival, Miami Int. Film Festival
“Dog Eat Dog” is a very funny film, not in the traditional devices of the one-liner and wisecracks, but in a more subtle language of facial expressions. The slow but confident pace, which is engaging and tense, is unusual in a film of its type and gives lie to just how boring the frantic editing of recent thrillers has become.”-Quiet Earth
For tickets click HERE

South Beach Animation Festival (March 26-29)
With visiting animation legends JOHN CANEMAKER
and BILL PLYMPTON!

26 THU:
6:30pm:
SBIAF OPENING RECEPTION!
8:30pm:
INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION OF SHORTS
Poland, Turkey, Cuba, Spain, Canada are just a few of the countries animators have sent their films from. We live in the same world, but do we see it the same way? Come see our world
from their eyes.
10pm: RED LIGHTS BLUE TOONS

27 FRI:
7pm: OTTOWA INT. ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Is billed as the largest animation festival in North America and our very good friends.
8pm:
MUSIC VIDEO and TUNE THE BLUES
10pm:
RED LIGHTS BLUE TOONS
Foul mouth, sexy stories of blow up dolls and dirty jokes??? What’s not to like!?
Perfect Land, Ex-Ergo, Great Dates In History, A Night with Nixon, Berni’s Doll,
Transrexia, and more! And. . .SCARY AND SILLY POLITICS, SO WHAT’S NEW?
Getting Out, Bye-Bye-Bin Laden, and more!

28 SAT:
11am:
THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC TO FILM
Jamie Cardona from Music Ala Carte presents a workshop where you will learn how to get the best music for your film while keeping your budget tight.
1pm:
CONCEPT TO CREATION
So you have an idea for this great character with all these neat ideas that he/she could be saying running around your head. But now what? Jesus is a working animator with a project heading
for THE GREEN LIGHT. Come and learn what it takes to get your idea from your head to the paper and onto the screen by someone that’s been there.
3pm:
JOHN CANEMAKER will be signing some of his best books. Meet one of the world foremost directors and most knowledgeable historians in animation!

7:30pm:
THE ART OF THE MESSAGE IS THE MEDIUM
This unique collections of films brings a creative twist as they deliver their message that
the ABILITIED are not the handicapped. The Plastic Perils of the Pacific, Life On A
Limb, A Day at the Beach, The Old Sap, The Bicycle Lesson, and more!
8:30pm: COMEDY of POLITICS
10pm: SBIAF COMEDY HOUR

29 SUN:
10:30am: ABSTRACT ANIMATION DISCUSSION/SCREENING
With Prof. Allergro of University Of Miami Faculty
2pm: JOHN CANEMAKER: MARCHING TO A DIFFERENT TOON
A Showcase of Animation Films By Director John Canemaker
4pm: IDIOTS AND ANGELS (2008)
A new animated feature by Bill Plympton. Idiots and Angels a dark comedy about a man’s battle for his soul. Angel is a selfish, abusive, morally bankrupt man who hangs out at his local
bar, berating the other patrons. One day, Angel mysteriously wakes up with a pair of wings on his back. The wings make him do good deeds, contrary to his nature. He desperately tries to
rid himself of the good wings, but eventually finds himself fighting those who view the wings as their ticket to fame and fortune. Mature Audience Suggested.
For South Beach Animation Festival tickets click HERE

25 WED 8:30pm:
A Music Conference “Cine-Kink”
An MBC series for mature audiences (only).
GARTEL: Electronica Erotica 1979-2009

MBC’s “Cine-Kink” night, the semi-monthly tribute to the artistic side of kinky subjects,
brings you “GARTEL: Electronica Erotica 1979-2009”, erotic works set to electronic music by the “Father of Digital Art” Laurence Gartel. Join us for a screening of Gartel’s multimedia video/animation works along with the March MBC exhibition of “Electronica Erotica” works
on paper, as well as a book and dvd signing. Gartel’s digital films will be paired with the showcase of early nudes made with crude analog computer systems from the 1970s until today. His theme of fetish and erotica has been a thread through much of his life’s work. The visceral energy and impact of voltage control over color, form, and content makes GARTEL a “genuine original article” moving the world into the Electronic Art aesthetic, all set to electronic music for Miami Music Conference!
Also included in your GARTEL experience is a live “Hooded DJ On A Leash” performance, interactive “Saran Wrapping”, and much more!
Be prepared if you wish to play! Got Fetish-Wear?
Your MBC Ticket is good for 25% off wine tasting. . .
at CAVAS Wines! (across the street at 437 Española Way)
$12 and $10 for (kinky) MBC Members
For tickets click HERE

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PEDRO
Colony Theater
SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND @ 7:00pm

In 1994, Bunim/Murray Productions made the groundbreaking decision to cast openly gay, HIV-positive Cuban-American and Miami resident Pedro Zamora as part of MTV’s The Real World: San Francisco. Zamora’s time in the Real World house on Lombard Street brought a face to the AIDS crisis; and U.S. President Bill Clinton credited Zamora with personalizing and humanizing those with the disease.

PEDRO celebrates the extraordinary life of Pedro Zamora, a young man who when he found out he was HIV positive at 17, made the courageous decision to dedicate the rest of his life to speaking out about his condition in an attempt to raise awareness about the disease in his community, even testifying before the United States Congress to argue for more explicit HIV/AIDS educational programs aimed at youth of color before auditioning for The Real World in 1993. His appearance on The Real World brought his story and his message to MTV’s youthful audience and beyond, and when Zamora’s health began to deteriorate in late 1994 (after he left the show), it became front page news nationwide, and his death at age 22 provoked a worldwide outpouring of grief. This amazing feature film was written by ACADEMY AWARD Winner Dustin Lance BLack (MILK) and features a stellar performance by Miami resident Alex Loynaz as Pedro.

DONT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CAST OF PEDRO & MEMBERS OF THE ZAMORA FAMILY!

Tickets on sale now!
Members $7.00 – PURCHASE TICKETS
Non-members: $11.00 – PURCHASE TICKETS

Sunshine Cleaning
Directed by:
Christine Jeffs
Starring:
Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack and Steve Zahn

Wednesday, March 18 at 8:00pm

Regal South Beach
1120 Lincoln Rd.
Miami Beach, FL
After-Party at 10:00pm – Midnight
The Standard Hotel
40 Island Avenue (Right off the Venetian Causeway)
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Off The Radar ‘Live Sessions’ with DJ’s Ray Milian, Danny Ashe and Tom Wareham

Complimentary wine courtesy of Ménage à Trois

Click here to find out more!

18 WED 8:30pm
An MBC Premiere HD Digital Presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
2008 Oscar® Nominee, Best Documentary Feature!
Encounters at the End of the World
“Off the Map, Things Get Strange”
(Directed by Werner Herzog/2008)

There is a hidden society at the end of the world. One thousand men and women live together under unbelievably close quarters in Antarctica, risking their lives and sanity in search of cutting-edge science. Now, for the first time, an outsider has been admitted. In his first documentary
since Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, accompanied only by his cameraman, traveled to Antarctica, with rare access to the raw beauty and raw humanity of the ultimate Down Under. Encounters
at the End of the World, Herzog’s latest meditation on nature, explores this land of Fire, Ice
and corrosive Solitude.
This screening is sponsored by NAPAPIJRI and includes a gift bag
and refreshments!
“You don’t necessarily have to hike though the Amazon (or Antarctica) to authentically wear Napapijri. The journey can be physical or psychological. Function has its root in the brand, but so does fashion.”-Steven Klick, South Beach Napapijri Store Manager

For tickets click HERE

FILMS AT THE LIBRARY
Saturday 14 March
11:00 am

MADE IN MIAMI BEACH
Join us for a series of films that are set (and substantially filmed) in Miami Beach in the 1940s and 50s. These films feature great directors, compelling performances, and glamorous (and not so glamorous!) hotels in Miami Beach’s golden years.

A Hole in the Head
Directed by Frank Capra
USA/1959/120 minutes/Color

Like most of director Frank Capra’s films, this film is an observant portrait of the fighting man and his repressive surroundings, but Capra offers a variation of the theme by revealing the obstacles as self-made. Tony Manetta (Frank Sinatra) is a gambler and womanizer, who blows his money at the first opportunity and now faces eviction and loss of his business (an Ocean Drive hotel known in the film as the “Garden of Eden” – but in real life the Cardozo Hotel). Complicating his worries is his young son who lives with him. Despite their troubles, they want to stick together, because they’re not only a family, but also a team. Free admission.

Location: Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd St, Miami Beach
Information: 305-535-4219 or www.mdpl.org

Tuesday 10 March
7:00 pm

FILM NOIR CLASSICS

Film noir, a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, often emphasizes moral ambiguity and sexual motivation, derived from the hard-boiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Depression. Hollywood’s classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s, and films of this genre are associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography.

Contraband
Directed by Michael Powell
UK/1940/88 minutes/B&W

Set in England during the early days of WW II, Contraband stars Conrad Veidt (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) and Valerie Hobson (The Bride of Frankenstein) as a Danish sea captain and his enigmatic passenger who are kidnapped by a cell of Nazi spies operating from a basement in London’s Soho. In evocatively Hitchcockian fashion, the plot progresses as a chase that puts the characters in one peculiar set of surroundings after another. What makes Contraband unique is that most of the story takes place under blackout conditions, in which the great city becomes a mysterious dark labyrinth, a potent metaphor for the English population’s general confusion at the start of the war. Free admission.

Location: Art Deco Education Center at Historic City Hall, 1130 Washington Av, Miami Beach
Information: 305-672-2014 or www.mdpl.org

Join Us for Cinema 2 at The Wolf
Doctor Atomic
Free
JOIN US FOR CINEMA 2 AT THE WOLF

INDEPENDENT LENS
Wonders are Many: The Making of ‘Doctor Atomic’

“Wonders are Many” tells the story of making a grand opera about the birth of the atomic bobm. This behind-the-scenes documentary follows composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars over the course of a year as they work to forge the tale of J. Robert Oppenheimer into a music drama like no other: the strange and beautiful Dr Atomic.

Friday, Feb. 27 at 7pm
All Cinema 2 at the Wolf films take place at The Wolfsonian on Fridays at 7pm and are FREE and open to the public.

The Wolfsonian-FIU
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

Another way Florida International University makes Earth more interesting.

The Wolfsonian receives ongoing support from the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation; William J. and Tina Rosenberg Foundation; Continental Airlines, the Official Airline of The Wolfsonian-FIU; The Miami Herald; Miami.com; Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.; Robert Mondavi Winery; and Pistils & Petals.

Moon Over Miami FREE
Saturday, February 14, 11:00 a.m.
Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd Street
305.535.4219 www.mdpl.org

When an inheritance turns out to be worth a fraction of its initial value after taxes, Kay Latimer (Grable) convinces her sister Barbara (Carole Landis) and her aunt Susan (Charlotte Greenwood) to spend the money on a trip to Miami where Kay hopes to land a millionaire for a husband.

Join us for a series of films that are set (and substantially filmed) in Miami Beach in the 1940s and 50s. These films feature great directors, compelling performances, and glamorous (and not so glamorous!) hotels in Miami Beach’s golden years.

Moon Over Miami
Directed by Walter Lang
USA/1941/91 minutes/Color

Betty Grable and Don Ameche team up again! When an inheritance turns out to be worth a fraction of its initial value after taxes, Kay Latimer (Grable) convinces her sister Barbara (Carole Landis) and her aunt Susan (Charlotte Greenwood) to spend the money on a trip to Miami where Kay hopes to land a millionaire for a husband. Also starring Carole Landis, Robert Cummings, and Jack Haley, songs from this tuneful comedic romp include Kindergarten Conga, Loveliness and Love, and Is that Good? Free admission.

Location: Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd St, Miami Beach
Information: 305-535-4219 or www.mdpl.org

27 FRI, 28 SAT, SUN 01 7pm & 9pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
I’ve Loved You So Long
(Il y a longtemps que je t’aime)
(Philippe Claudel/France/Germany/2008)
With Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius

Léa (Elsa Zylberstein) and Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) are sisters. We soon realize that the two sisters are almost complete strangers to each other. Juliette has just been released from prison after serving a long sentence. Léa was still a teenager when Juliette, a doctor, was sent off to prison. Léa contacted Juliette when she was released and suggested that Juliette come to live with her. Juliette had no particular desire to see her sister again.
In French with English subtitles.
WINNER: Berlin Film Festival Ecumenical Prize
European Film Awards Best Actress Kristin Scott Thomas
Official Selection: Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals
“ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!”-Wall Street Journal
“Kristin Scott Thomas is absolutely astounding! She gives one of the best performances of this or any year. A stunning film!”-Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“BRILLIANT! THE MUST-SEE MOVIE OF 2008!”-Hollywood.com
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(across the street at 437 Española Way)
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26 THU 8:30pm
“PLEASURES & LOVES Via Max OPHÜLS”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
NEWLY RESTORED IN 2008!
Lola Montès
(Max Ophüls/France/1955/restoration 2008)
With Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook

Max Ophüls’ final work, and arguably the masterpiece of a career that encompassed films in five different languages, Lola Montès is the colossal story of dancer turned exploited circus performer Lola Montès, told through flashbacks in various color tones according to the scandalous periods of her life. It was Ophüls’ first movie in color and Cinemascope widescreen, and was the biggest-budgeted French film to date. This ravishing new restoration was showcased to huge acclaim at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, as well as this year’s Telluride and New York Film Festivals. It is the only film ever to have been selected for the New York Film Festival three times: for the very first NYFF in 1963, again in 1969, and this year. In French with English subtitles.
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Cannes, New York, and Teluride Film Festivals 2008
“THE GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME!, and I am willing to stake my critical reputation on this one proposition above all others. . . Lola Montès is clearly the film of the year, or any year.” –Andrew Sarris, New York Observer 1963,
(and. . . “Sarah Palin is the new Lola Montes”—Andrew Sarris 2008)
“A BAROQUE MASTERPIECE!. . . among the most emotionally and visually ravishing works the cinema has to offer.”–Dave Kehr, New York Times
“THE NEAR PERFECT MARRIAGE OF CLASSICISM AND MODERNISM.”
–Cullen Gallagher, L Magazine
In French with English subtitles
With FRENCH WINE TASTING included in your ticket!
. . .at CAVAS Wines, after the film!
For tickets click HERE

19 THU 8:30pm
“PLEASURES & LOVES Via Max OPHÜLS”
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
NEWLY RESTORED IN 2008!
Le Plaisir (Pleasure)
(France/1952)
“But my friend, happiness is not a joyful thing”.
With Claude Dauphin, Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Danielle Darrieux
Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud

Next subject in Ophüls’ beautifully cinematic cannon of examination is that of pleasure, and its close affair with love. The film’s trio structure of three separate stories are filmed with sweeping grandeur, with a typical Ophüls wink of the eye. (but not in a Sarah Palin kind of way). First stop is Pleasure and YOUTH: (a man’s attempt to hide his age as he courts the ladies); then comes Pleasure and PURITY: (a brothel Madame’s attempt to bring balance into her girl’s lives by bringing them to her niece’s communion in the country); and finally Pleasure and DEATH: (a painter’s tragic love affair with his model). Who said pleasure was not multifaceted, very personal, and yes, complicated?
In French with English subtitles.
With FRENCH WINE TASTING included in your ticket!
. . .at CAVAS Wines, after the film!
For tickets click HERE

18 WED 8:30pm: The “Model Citizens” present
Cine-IMPROV Live!

Miami’s hottest improv actors perform unscripted theater based on your suggestions, in the art
of “long form improv,” rather than the typical comedy you see at the clubs and on TV. Including film dubbing, the “Armando Diaz Experience,” and a live improvised “movie” based on the life experiences of one of our audience members, with stylistic parody, edits, comedic characters,
and other scenic devices.
This month’s theme: LOVE (In All The Wrong Places!)
“The Cine-Improv troupe works at a higher level than even the pros you see on Comedy Central, late-night TV, and at clubs. Their improvised take on film removes the middleman and leaves him (rolling) on the cut-up room floor (in this case that’s the Miami Beach Cinematheque).”–Greg Baker New Times
Your MBC Ticket is good for 25% off wine tasting at CAVAS Wines!
(across the street at 437 Española Way)
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14 SAT 8pm: Valentines Day!
“SILENTS Please!”
The MBC series of silent films with LIVE accompaniment!
The Man Who Laughs
(Paul Leni/USA/1928)
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo
With Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, and Olga Baclanova

A tragic love story that shocked but delighted American audiences in 1928 (and almost 100
years later, inspired actor Heath Ledger in preparation for his Oscar® nominated role in Dark Knight), silent star Conrad Veidt (from the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) stars as Gwynplaine, an English nobleman’s son who is kidnapped by a political enemy after offending King James II, and then is mutilated by a gypsy “surgeon” who carves a “rictus” smile upon his face. Finding shelter
in a traveling freakshow, he falls in love with a blind girl (The Phantom of the Opera’s Mary Philbin), the one person who cannot be repulsed by his appearance. As years pass, Gwynplaine falls in love with her, but refuses to allow himself to marry her because he feels his hideous face makes him unworthy, and the hand of fate draws Gwynplaine back into the world of intrigue.
“ONE OF THE FINAL TREASURES of German inspired silent Expressionism”
—Roger Ebert
Tonight’s film will have LIVE OPERA accompanying the existing score, by Miami Music Academy vocalist AMY ALVARADO!
…And includes Coppola Wines with cheese from
Cabot Creamery of Vermont, and chocolates after the film!
Tickets are $16 and $14 for MBC Members for this special event!
Your MBC Ticket is ALSO good for 25% off wine tasting at CAVAS Wines!
(across the street at 437 Española Way)
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13 FRI & 15 SUN 8:30pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
“A Valentine Weekend OUT”
Were the World Mine (Tom Gustafson/2008)
The musical sensation and gay-friendly festival smash hit of the year!
With Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Judy McLane, Nathaniel David Becker

Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams,
gets cast by his eccentric teacher as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He stumbles upon
a recipe for a love potion hidden within the script, and uses it to turn almost everyone in his narrow-minded town gay. With vibrant imagery, a first-rate ensemble cast and innovative music rivaling the best of pop/ rock and contemporary Broadway, Were the World Mine attempts to push modern gay cinema and musical film beyond expectation.
WINNER: Eleven International Jury Awards, and ten Audience Awards!
“Surpasses in quality almost any film is Sundance this year!”–Indiewire
“CRITIC’S PICK! ENCHANTING, ENDEARING, STRIKING! MOVIE MUSICAL MAGIC!”—New York Times
Your MBC Ticket is good for 25% off wine tasting at CAVAS Wines!
(across the street at 437 Española Way)
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12 THU 8:30pm
An evening with Marian Marzynski
And guest filmmaker Franco de Peña
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
The Future of an Illusion
(El Porvenir de una Ilusion)
(Franco de Peña/Poland/Cuba/1997) Cinematography: Antoine Vivas Denisov

Pablito, a young kid writes a message for his father asking him to return to Havana,
he inserts it in a bottle and throws it into the Sea.
Puly Orama, the cigar seller, quarrels once and again with his wife about money,
while she carries his infant in arms.
Blanca, the prostitute, is waiting for the love of her life to appear
and take her away from Havana.
Luisa, the aristocrat is waiting for her children to come back to Havana,
to see her before she dies.
They all wait for the New Year to come and bring them a better future,
an illusion that might bring light for their life.
Franco de Peña brings documentary and fiction together, with beautiful photography,
in a painting of soft tonalities and a microcosm tainted with melancholy. Born and raised in Venezuela, Franco de Peña traveled the world, learning and developing his filmmaking skills in Montreal, Berlin, Barcelona and in Poland where he graduated from the famous Polish Film School in Lodz. His film Future of an Illusion shot in 1997 on a Havana street called “Future Street”, tells its story applying documentary techniques, and combining acting with life observation. It is also a case of filmmaking under political censorship.
Marzynski, who was making films in the Communist Poland and de Peña,
who learned filmmaking in the post-Communist Poland, will engage in a interview/discussion after the screening.
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(across the street at 437 Española Way)
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11 WED 8:30pm:
Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge)
(Poland/France/Switzerland/1994)
With Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Seder

The concluding chapter in filmmaker Kieslowski’s “Three Colors” trilogy, Red tells the story of luminous Valentine, a young student and fashion model who befriends a bitter former judge. Their accidental meeting is just one of the many chance encounters woven through the narrative fabric of the feature. The subject here is fraternity, and indeed, its central characters are all closely connected, their destinies locked on a collision course.
In French with English Subtitles
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10 TUE 8:30pm:
Three Colors: White (Trzy Kolory: Bialy)
(Poland/France/Switzerland/1994)
With Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuh

The second feature in Kieslowski’s “Three Colors” trilogy, the black comedy White, Karol Karol is an expatriate Polish hairdresser whose French wife divorces him after just six months of marriage because of his impotency. Penniless and devoid of his passport, Karol must journey back to Poland by hiding in a trunk. Upon his return, he slowly begins amassing a considerable fortune, ultimately hatching a perverse plot for revenge. An allegory about equality, the film is mordantly wry, a cynical look at power, marriage, and capitalism. In Polish and French with English Subtitles
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(across the street at 437 Española Way)
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09 MON 8:30pm:
Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu)
(France/Poland/Switzerland/UK/1993)
With Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel

Three Colors: Blue is the first part of Kieslowski’s trilogy on France’s national motto: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Blue is the story of Julie who loses her husband, an acclaimed European composer and her young daughter in a car accident. The film’s theme of liberty is manifested in Julie’s attempt to spiritually commit suicide by withdrawing from the world and live completely independently, anonymously and in solitude in the Parisian metropolis.
In French, Romanian, and Polish with English Subtitles
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(across the street at 437 Española Way)
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FEB 08 SUN 8pm:
The debut of:
“PLEASURES & LOVES Via Max OPHÜLS”
Ah. . .Paris in the 1950s. Or any decade for that matter. There is no city more romantic. And capturing pleasures and loves in Paris is what no director did better in the 1950’s as Max Ophüls, not a Frenchman at all, but born in Saarbrücken, Germany. His most famous “mature period” work after a decade in Hollywood, with its lyrical, magical display of sweeping black and white and finally color tracking shot cinematography, and stunning monumental production design, which seems to caress the characters that inhabit within, is best displayed in the trio of films at MBC this month: the beautifully restored versions of La Ronde, Le Plaisir, and Lola Montès. He was an icon of romance with a twist, and his films are now finally “mounted on canvas” properly again, in newly restored versions, half a century after his untimely death in 1957.
“Everyone in the world has two fatherlands: his own and Paris”- Max Ophüls

Miami Theatrical Premiere!
NEWLY RESTORED IN 2008!
La Ronde (Roundabout)
(France/1950)

“A Wonderful Merry-Go-Round of Love With Eleven Stars”
With Simone Signoret, Anton Walbrook, Serge Regianni, Simone Simon,
Daniel Gélin, Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Louis Barrault, Gérard Phillippe
Literally speaking, La Ronde is a ride in an amusement park. Colloquially, it can also apply to a dance, where the couples, well, they spin around. Ophüls’ film is based on a play of the same name, which was about class and the spreading of syphilis through a series of “rencontres sexuelles”. Ophüls drops the disease, and most of the class issues in his interpretation of the work. Instead he opts to examine the intricacies, and the false-shallowness of relationships. In his world, even what may seem to be the most meaningless sexual encounter leaves a mark on those involved, and in a sense everyone else they touch. –Cinematical
In French with English subtitles.
WINNER: “Best Film From Any Source” BAFTA Awards
With FRENCH WINE TASTING included in your ticket!
. . .at CAVAS Wines, after the film!
For tickets click HERE

FEB 06 FRI, 07 SAT 7pm & 9:15pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Encore Miami Screenings!
Synecdoche, New York
(Charlie Kaufman/2008)

With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Williams,
Tom Noonan, Emily Watson and Dianne Wiest.
For theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), life catering to suburban blue-
hairs at the local regional theater in Schenectady, New York is looking bleak. His wife
(Catherine Keener) has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin. His therapist (Hope Davis) is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counseling him. A new relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel (Samantha Morton) has prematurely run aground. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one. Worried about the transience of his life, he leaves his home behind. He gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in New York City, hoping to create a work of brutal honesty.
“To say that Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Synecdoche, New York’ is one of the best films of the year or even one closest to my heart is such a pathetic response to its soaring ambition that I might as well pack it in right now.”– Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
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FEB 05 THU 8pm:
An evening with Marian Marzynski
World Premiere advance screening!
The Americanization of Young Kimoto

Marian Marzynski, a veteran documentary filmmaker with roots in the European “cinema verite” movement and a film teacher who educated many of the American prominent filmmakers like
Gus Van Sant, Jean de Segonzac, Oren Jacoby, Bill Richardson and others, has been using documentary aesthetics and techniques to tell fiction-like stories. In “The Americanization of Young Kimoto” he is following one his students at the Rhode Island School of Design
through his post-graduate career and to Japan from where he escaped to become an American filmmaker, but failed.
After the screening the director will engage the viewers in a critical
analysis of the film to help him make the final cuts he envisions.
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19 MON 8:30pm:
Say goodbye to “W” At the official FLORIDA Premiere screening of Crawford
A new documentary being screened in every state of the union. “Small Town Values” big time politics’ winning slogan. But does the political machine, so desirous of this wholesome image, actually value the small town itself?

In 1999, then Governor George W. Bush bought a ranch in the one-stoplight town of Crawford, Texas, calling it “home” just in time to set his sights on the White House. Having invented Bush’s “folksy image,” the campaign’s victory thrusts Crawford onto the world stage and an insular community of barely 700 explodes overnight. While the high school band plays the inauguration and the Baptist pastor declares a miracle, Crawfordites sell souvenirs hand over fist, finding themselves nearly trampled under the heels of the international press corps, patriotic tourists and boomtown opportunists. Then, four and a half years into Bush’s tenure, Cindy Sheehan and her peace movement arrive at the doorstep of the “Western White House.” Crawford takes center stage. Left to deal with the aftermath, the real people of Crawford are changed forever. Now comes CRAWFORD, an often funny, deeply human story told by unforgettable characters. As witness to one man’s (and his spin doctor’s) decision to intertwine his life with the real small town America, the film ultimately becomes a microcosm of a nation in flux — a unique and poignant reflection on the Bush era.
MBC Members FREE (otherwise, $5 for this special screening).
Your ticket is also a chance to win a set of “W” shot glasses, to toast his return to his now very different “home town”!
Buy tickets HERE

17 SAT 8:30pm:
Berlin Film Festival Grand Jury Prize!
Lost Embrace (El Abrazo partido)
(Daniel Burman/Argentina/2004)
With Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg and Sergio Boris

Ariel and his mother run a lingerie shop located in downtown Buenos Aires. It’s a comfortable, cloistered world, but many young people there still search for their immigrant roots. Ariel, however, wants more than that; he yearns to understand why his father left the family shortly after his birth to fight a war in Israel and why he never returned. In Spanish with English subtitles.
WINNER: Berlin Int. Film Festival Grand Jury Prix and Best Actor
Bangkok World Film Festival Best Film
Mara del Plata Film Festival Best Film
“CAPTIVATING! A slice of life comedy.”-Entertainment Weekly
“A FILM OF UNEXPECTED, ALMOST INDESCRIBABLE OFF-
CENTER CHARM that deepens as it goes on.” –Kenneth Turin Los Angeles Times
After the film (included in your ticket price):
ARGENTINE WINE TASTING at Cavas Wine Tasting Room!
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21 WED 8:30pm: “Cine-Kink”
A new series for mature audiences (only).
The Short Films of Richard Kern

MBC’s “Cine-Kink” night, a new semi-monthly tribute to the artistic side of kinky subjects, opens with a compilation of short films by the bad boy of underground film: Richard Kern. Mr. Kern, a photographer, filmmaker, and general mood enhancer, depending on your mood to be enhanced, became famous in the Ronald Reagan 1980’s for his explicit but artistic visions of S&M, gothic romps, and related rough around the edges topics. His films are occupied by characters such as Lung Leg and Lydia Lunch, the prolific recording and spoken word artist, who he made an acting legend of the NYC underground scene with this collection of short films starring her. Warning: these are experimental, alternative, explicit creations, and not for sissies. Coming soon: Kinky classics, with surprise shorts! You must be 18 or older to be admitted.
“Have fun.”—Richard Kern
Your MBC Ticket is good for 25% off wine tasting. . .
at CAVAS Wines! (across the street at 437 Española Way)
Tonight’s event features a LIVE performance
by BELAXIS BUIL…in a cube.
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17 SAT 8:30pm:
Berlin Film Festival Grand Jury Prize!
Lost Embrace (El Abrazo partido)
(Daniel Burman/Argentina/2004)
With Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg and Sergio Boris

Ariel and his mother run a lingerie shop located in downtown Buenos Aires. It’s a comfortable, cloistered world, but many young people there still search for their immigrant roots. Ariel, however, wants more than that; he yearns to understand why his father left the family shortly after his birth to fight a war in Israel. . . and why he never returned. In Spanish with English subtitles.
WINNER: Berlin Int. Film Festival Grand Jury Prix and Best Actor
Bangkok World Film Festival Best Film
Mara del Plata Film Festival Best Film
“CAPTIVATING!…a slice of life comedy.”-Entertainment Weekly
“A FILM OF UNEXPECTED, ALMOST INDESCRIBABLE OFF-CENTER CHARM. . .that deepens as it goes on.” –Kenneth Turin Los Angeles Times
After the film (included in your ticket price):
ARGENTINE WINE TASTING at Cavas Wine Tasting Room!
For tickets click HERE

09 FRI, 10 SAT 7:30pm & 9:45pm, and. . .
12 MON, 13 TUE, 14 WED 7:30pm & 9:45pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Stranded:
I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
(Gonzalo Arijón/Documentary/France/Uraguay/2008)

http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/stranded/
It is one of the most astonishing and inspiring survival tales of all time. On October 13, 1972, a young rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay, boarded a plane for a match in Chile—and then vanished into thin air. Two days before Christmas, 16 of the 45 passengers miraculously resurfaced. They had managed to survive for 72 days after their plane crashed on a remote Andean glacier. Visually breathtaking and crafted with riveting detail by documentary filmmaker (and childhood friend of the survivors) Gonzalo Arijón with a masterful combination of on-location interviews, archival footage and reenactments, Stranded is by turns hauntingly powerful and spiritually moving. In Spanish with English subtitles
WINNER: Best Documentary Sarasota Film Festival
Grand Prize Amsterdam Int. Film Festival
Audience Award San Francisco Int. Film Festival
Grand Prize Boulder Int. Film Festival
“SUPERB! A cinematic Tour-de-force!”—Variety
“SHOCKINGLY INTIMATE. . .Stirring, Primal, Humane, Deeply moving”
–Entertainment weekly
Your MBC Ticket is good for 25% off wine tasting. . .
at CAVAS Wines! (across the street at 437 Española Way)
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08 THU 8:30pm:
“The Dreams of Aleksandr SOKUROV”
Film Retrospective coinciding with the
Russian Dreams Exhibition at the Bass Museum of Art
Aleksandra (Александра) (Russia/2007)
With Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva

Starring Russia’s opera legend Vasila Vishnevskya in a monumental performance, Sokorov’s Aleksandra is a simple story of a down-to-earth grandmother’s visit to her grandson’s military camp during the war of Chechnaya (but it is barely recognizable as such, so could be a war anywhere). But it is also a story of the ugliness of war, without ever actually depicting battle scenes, and the totality of the war experience and loss of basic humanity, as told through the intimacy of a grandmother and grandson’s relationship. In Russian with English subtitles.
Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival
“A film of startling originality and beauty”—Manohla Dargis NY Times
“MASTERFUL! Crisply shot and impeccably framed, with an audio tapestry as densely woven as any by David Lynch or Gus Van Sant”—Village Voice
“A POWERFUL and PUZZLING EXPERIENCE. . .Sokurov’s films literally don’t belong in the same conceptual universe as American-European narrative cinema and don’t play by its rules.”—Salon
Your MBC Ticket is good for 25% off wine tasting. . .
at CAVAS Wines! (across the street at 437 Española Way)
Your ticket is also good for a discount to the Russian Dreams exhibition
at the Bass Museum of Art
For tickets click HERE

07 WED 8:30pm:
The Brilliant Light of Carlos REYGADAS
Japón
(Mexico/2002)
With Magdalena Flores, Alejandro Ferretis

In his debut filmmaking effort, Carlos Reygades burst upon the international festival circuit as the new master of moving images in Mexico. A man leaves Mexico City for the remote countryside to prepare his own death. In the heart of an immense canyon he finds lodging with an old widow in her humble home. He then confronts the power of nature and the woman’s infinite humanity. With a style reminiscent of Andrei Tarkovsky – Reygadas seminal cinematic inspiration – Japón’s design evokes the physical and emotional ties between the characters, nature and the landscape. (Also see Battle in Heaven and Silent Light.) In Spanish with English subtitles.
WINNER: Best First Work, Best Screenplay Ariel Awards Mexico
Camera d’Or Special mention Cannes Film Festival
New Directors Award Edinburgh Film Festival
Best First Work Havana Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize Rio De Janeiro Int. Film Festival
“Mr. Reygadas has talent to match his ambitions; or, rather, gifts that undercut them sufficiently to give his film a prickly, haunting poignancy.”—A O.Scott NY Times
“THE WORK OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED FILMMAKER!”—BBCi
Your MBC Ticket is good for 25% off wine tasting. . .
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04 SUN, 05 MON, 06 TUE 7:30pm & 9:30pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
(Kevin Rafferty/2008)
With Tommy Lee Jones, Brian Dowling, Frank Champi, Meryl Streep

HARVARD STADIUM, NOVEMBER 23, 1968: for the first time since 1909, the football teams of Harvard and Yale are undefeated as they meet for their final game. Yale is heavily favored, with Brian Dowling, its captain and quarterback, satirized in classmate Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury strip. Harvard’s lineman is Tommy Lee Jones —Al Gore’s roommate. Kevin Rafferty (ATOMIC CAFÉ) intercuts original footage with the hilarious, suspenseful recollections of the 50 men who played in what has become one of college football’s most famous games.
“The best football game I ever saw. . . for pure narrative beauty, culminating in the athletic equivalent of a MULTIPLE ORGASM, it wasn’t just the best game I ever saw – it was THE BEST GAME THAT EVER WAS. . . Now you, too, can experience the magic.”– Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker online
“PREPOSTEROUSLY ENTERTAINING. . . A narrative that pulses with the artful, exciting beats of a thriller.” –Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“The best football movie I’ve ever seen!”– J. Hoberman, The Village Voice
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Saturday 10 January
11:00 am
FILMS AT THE LIBRARY
Down Argentine Way (1940)
Directed by Irving Cummings, 88 minutes.

In this, her first leading role for Fox, Betty Grable became a nationwide sensation (and the famous WWII pinup girl with the million-dollar legs), and paired with co-star Don Ameche and a glorious Technicolor process, Down Argentine Way was a box-office success. The film also includes rousing dance numbers by the Nicholas Brothers, and introduced American audiences to a Brazilian wonder named Carmen Miranda. [Presented as a preview to Art Deco Weekend 2009 (January 16-18), whose theme is Down Argentine Way: Deco • Vino • Tango.] Free admission.

Location: Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd Street, Miami Beach
Information: 305-535-4219 or www.mdpl.org

01 THU 8pm:
HD OPERA on New Year’s Day!
See the best Operas in the world. . .in HD. . .
Right in your own neighborhood!
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Hansel and Gretel A Modern Opera in Three Acts
Performance at: Glyndebourne Festival, England. July 2008
Approximate running time: 135’, Music: Englebert Humperdinck, Libretto: Adelheid Wette, Conductor: Kazushi Ono, Directed: Laurent Pelly, Sets: Barbara de Limburg, Costumes: Laurent Pelly Cast: Jennifer Holloway mezzo-soprano Hänsel, Adriana Kučherová soprano Gretel

About HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
With this modern version of the classic fairy tale, Glyndebourne is presenting Englebert Humperdinck’s (1854-1921) Hänsel und Gretel for the first time in the 2008 Festival. The work has been a constant and extraordinary success since its premiere in 1893. Like all great fairy tales, the story has darker underpinnings, evident in Humperdinck’s brilliant orchestral writing which accompanies the lost siblings’ journey through a shadowy world of unknown and limitless menace.
“LIVELY, CONFIDENDENT, COLURFUL!”–Financial Times
“Adriana Kucerova’s irrepressibly hyperactive Gretel steals every scene. I don’t think I’ve seen an opera singer expend so much energy on stage. It’s as if she is connected directly to the national grid.” – Richard Morrison, Times Online
Admission for this Special Event: $18 and $16 MBC Members
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“Silents Please” with LIVE accompaniment
By GRAMMY AWARD WINNER FEDERICO BRITOS!
(one special screening only: SUNDAY at 8pm)

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With the decision that would form his career, legendary silent film star Douglas Fairbanks, who remains the most famous of the Zorros, made this mix of comedy and derring-do reluctantly, as a change-of-pace from his modern-dress playboy roles. The Mark of Zorro is the swashbuckling story of a nineteenth century Robin Hood intent on freeing his beloved San Juan Capistrano from an evil Governor and his lecherous Captain.
With LIVE violin accompaniment. . .
by Grammy Award Winner FEDERICO BRITOS!
$20 or $18 MBC Members for this special event!
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Bass Museum of Art
SCREENING
Father and Son (Otets i syn/ Îòåö è ñûí)(Russia/2003)
Thursday, December 18 – 8:30pm

Film Series in conjunction with the Russian Dreams exhibition at the Bass Museum of Art:
THE DREAMS OF ALEKSANDR SOKUROV FILM RETROSPECTIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MIAMI BEACH CINEMATHEQUE
All films screened at the Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Española Way, Miami Beach except Russian Ark on Jan 11, which screens at the Bass Museum of Art.
Thursday, December 18 – 8:30pm
Father and Son (Otets i syn/ Îòåö è ñûí) (Ru ssia/2003)
With Andrei Shchetinin and Aleksei Nejmyshev
Father and Son won the FIPRESCI prize at the Cannes Film Festival with the following note from the critics who gave the award: “For brilliant images and the director’s original way of depicting the powerful bond that unites a father and a son.” The film is part of a trilogy begun with Mother and Son, and will end with the planned Two Brothers and a Sister. With one of the most poetic films ever made, Sokorov shows that intensity of emotions and imagery associated with human intimacy does not need to be associated with sexuality (which some critics read into the film’s premise, incorrectly, according to the director himself).
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize Russian Guild of Film Critics Golden Aries for Art Direction.
“ACHINGLY BEAUTIFUL… dreamily seductive and profoundly disturbing”–BBC
“LIKE A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM. Its images and emotions are vivid, disquieting and also hermetic, and while it may frustrate your desire for clear storytelling and psychological transparency, it has an intensity that surpasses understanding.” -New York Times
Tickets are $10 or $7 MBC and Bass Museum Members, and advance tickets are available at www.MBCinema.com.
UPCOMING FILMS:
Thursday, January 08 – 8:30pm
Aleksandra (Àëåêñàí 28;ðà)(Russia/2007)
Sunday, January 11th 2009 – 6:30pm at the Bass Museum
Russian Ark, 2002 (96 minutes)

Meet Director Darryl Roberts TUE & WED
Two shows each night

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Bass Museum of Art
SCREENING
Mother and Son (Mat i syn/ Ìàòü è ñûí) (Russia/1997)
Thursday, December 11 – 8:30pm
Film Series in conjunction with the Russian Dreams exhibition at the Bass Museum of Art:
THE DREAMS OF ALEKSANDR SOKUROV FILM RETROSPECTIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MIAMI BEACH CINEMATHEQUE
All films screened at the Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Española Way, Miami Beach except Russian Ark on Jan 11, which screens at the Bass Museum of Art.
Thursday, December 11 – 8:30pm
Mother and Son (Mat i syn/ Ìàòü è ñûí)(Russia/1997)
With Gudrun Geyer and Alexei Ananishnov Mother and Son is a love story about the deep affection that exists between a mother and her son, which Sokurov portrays as the greatest love in the world: primal, life-giving and pure. The characters are seen within and against a landscape of melancholy beauty, which Sokurov uses like a German Romantic painter. When the mother dies, the son is left entirely alone in a world which offers little comfort.
“ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER SEEN!”- Combustible Celluloid
“SOKUROV IS WHAT CINEMA CAN BE AT ITS GREATEST!”- Susan Sontag
“**** One of those rare works that extends the art of film, suggesting for all its melancholy that movies do have a future.” – Dave Kehr, DAILY NEWS
Tickets are $10 or $7 MBC and Bass Museum Members, and advance tickets are available at www.MBCinema.com.
UPCOMING FILMS:
Thursday, December 18 – 8:30pm
Father and Son (Otets i syn/ Îòåö è ñûí) (Russia/2003)
Thursday, January 08 – 8:30pm
Aleksandra (Àëåêñàíäðà)(Russia/2007)
Sunday, January 11th 2009 – 6:30pm at the Bass Museum
Russian Ark, 2002 (96 minutes)

Films at the Library: Dangerous When Wet (1953) FREE
Saturday, December 13, 11:00 am; Tuesday, December 16, 7:00 p.m.
Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd Street
305.535.4219 www.mdpl.org
Cartoon legends Tom and Jerry join Esther Williams in this light-hearted extravaganza about a girl from Arkansas who swims the English Channel–and meets a dashing Frenchman (Fernando Lamas.) Charlotte Greenwood and William Demarest head the family of fitness buffs that help her along the way. Directed by Charles Walters, 95 minutes.

FILMS AT THE LIBRARY

Saturday 13 December, 11:00 am

ESTHER WILLIAMS: BATHING BEAUTY
In the decade following World War II, the young swimmer (and Olympics hopeful) Esther Williams was featured in a series of films at MGM. These films incorporated spectacular water ballets choreographed by some of Hollywood’s best, filmed in a custom water tank built specially for her films. Graceful, poised, and funny, Williams became an icon of post-war America.

Dangerous When Wet (1953)
Directed by Charles Walters, 95 minutes.

Cartoon legends Tom and Jerry join Esther in Dangerous When Wet, a light-hearted extravaganza about a girl from Arkansas who swims the English Channel–and meets a dashing Frenchman (Fernando Lamas.) Charlotte Greenwood and William Demarest head the family of fitness buffs that help her along the way. Free admission.

Location: Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd St, Miami Beach
Information: 305-535-4219 or www.mdpl.org

DEC 04 THU: Opening Night Reception!
8:30-10pm: A Walk “Temps sur temps”
BERLIN 1993-1996 by LESLY HAMILTON
A photographic/audio-visual installation

“Before questioning, I found myself drawn to quite a bleak attraction when meandering between Postdammer Platz and Unter den Linden in Berlin: the “EST” underground stations reopened after twenty nine years in darkness. Mythical places, these were penciled-in on my map until then. High above the vast gloomy no-man’s land was the big round Deutsche S-Bahn up on a pole at the entrance, and only the aroma of grilled “bockwurst” from the kiosk nearby uplifted the scene. I was engaged on a path leading to an obsessional quest about signs and tracks of time and the ephemeral traces of man, no doubt inspired by these surroundings where the burden of history had left its marks. It became my territory, without counting how often I would come back from Paris by night train, more often by bus. I remained attentive like the hunter waiting for prey, like the archaeologist seeking new pieces. The swift indifference or aloof respect of passers-by gave me the incentive to pursue with determination a long walk originally never planned.”—Lesly Hamilton

All MBC Art Basel events are complimentary admission.

DEC 05 FRI:
7:30-8:30pm: A Walk “Temps sur temps”
8:30-11pm: CHINA: The Rising Tide
A film by ROBERT ADANTO, with ZHANG O

“Robert Adanto’s The Rising Tide shows the world how China’s contemporary artists are making sense of their crazy “brave new world”, the improbable mash-up of totalitarianism and capitalism gone wild. An often surprising and thought-provoking documentary, the featured artists throw down a collective glove to the rest of the world and declare their Sino-centric Renaissance. The rest of us better make an effort to grasp what their work is about, or get out of the way. An “eye-opener” in every sense of the word, if you are an artist, curator, or teacher be sure to catch this film.”—Mark Lynch, Host of “Inquiry” on WIC. The Rising Tide was shot in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen in the summer of 2006 and completed in October of 2007 and was recently part of CHINA NOW in the United Kingdom, as part of Constant Stream: China 08 at the Royal College of Art in London, where it screened with a film by acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke. See two excerpts of the film HERE
The film will be followed by Q&A with director Robert Adanto
and artist Zhang O.
All MBC Art Basel events are complimentary admission.
This one has limited seating.

DEC 06 SAT:
7:30-8:30pm: A Walk “Temps sur temps”
8:30-9:30pm: Trance
A sound and video experience by PEARL GLUCK

Trance is a multimedia site specific installation which explores a neighborhood from the inside out. Using documentary video and found sound, Trance blurs the boundaries between insider and outsider, past and present, fitting in or being exiled. By partnering with local composers, Pearl Gluck creates a documentary visualscape made up of found images and sounds collected in the specific neighborhoods over the course of one week. Two of the Trance installations will be featured this evening: Trance: plac Z.ydowski, Krakow which visits what’s left on the 200 year old once Jewish market square in Kazimierz, and Trance: Eldridge Street, New York, which visits the Lower East Side’s interconnected and still separate Asian and Jewish communities. In the spirit of ambiguity and confusion, we will also feature another soundscape, a “soundwalk” through Hasidic Williamsburg hosted by Pearl Gluck. . .with separate walks for men and women.
All MBC Art Basel events are complimentary admission.

9:40pm, 10:20pm, 11pm: Speaker Box
A performance in a transparent cube by BELAXIS BUIL (showtimes: 15 min. each)

The idea behind “Speaker Box” is to manipulate sound waves into becoming a source of energy or language. In this instance I become a foreign object which is contained within the parameters I know exist. I use the the sounds composed as music to entice the viewer into a mind trip of where I stand within my territory. The speakers that are placed around myself and facing the audience create “voice boxes”, that ultimately become sound barriers and lost translations.
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07 SUN:
7:30-8:30pm: A Walk “Temps sur temps”
8:30-10pm: Parallax
A triptych screen projection by ROSALIND SCHNEIDER
1973 16mm 21 min. (transferred to digital format)
Concept, Camera, Editing: Rosalind Schneider
Score: Michael Dreyfuss
Choreography: Edith Stephen
Performance: The Edith Stephen Dance Company

Parallax is a dance film that explores the sensuous flow of the female and male body. Formal relationships achieve a visual extension in space through concave mirror reflection and the juxtaposition of three projections. The dancers separate and come together to abstract each other in strong compositional movement and rich color. Their bodies superimposed in black and white
negative and color create a surrealistic environment that defines the synchronous flow within the three screens. Recipient of the 2008 Women’s Film Preservation Award Grant
“Parallax is at once invitingly sensual and conceptually arresting.”-Washington Post
“Pictorially similar to an enormous fresco, Parallax moves its characters through a dance without time and perhaps without end.” Anna Canepa, -Art Workers Newsletter
“Parallax is like a Reubens or a Renoir, it is so explicitly voluptuous.”
-Holly Beye, Woodstock Times
“It is a beautiful film.” -Jonas Mekas, The Village Voice
All MBC Art Basel events are complimentary admission.

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28 FRI, 29 SAT 7:45pm & 9:35pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
NEW AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS: Lance Hammer
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
BEST DIRECTOR 2008 Sundance Film Festival!
Ballast
(Lance Hammer/USA/2008)

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With Michael J. Smith Sr, JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs, Johnny McPhail
BALLAST is one of those rare films that maximize the medium through an aesthetic of understatement. Every frame is deliberately and beautifully composed, every cut artfully and economically executed—not only to transmit a quietly gripping story but to reveal characters’ layered emotional experiences and the specific textures and sensations of their locales. In the
cold, winter light of a rural Mississippi Delta township, a man’s suicide radically transforms three characters’ lives and throws off-balance what has long been a static arrangement among them. With circumstances thrusting them into proximity, a subtle interdependence and common purpose emerge for Marlee and Lawrence as they navigate grief, test new waters, and tentatively move forward.
WINNER: Best Director & Excellence in Cinematography Sundance Film Festival
Film Society of Lincoln Center and Museum of Modern Art Directing Prize
Grand Jury Prize Buenes Aires Film Festival
FIPRECSI Prize: New York and Buenes Aires Film Festivals
“A STARTINGLY ASSURED, PITCH PERFECT FIRST FEATURE!”
—Manohla Dargis NY Times
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What: The Rising Tide, a documentary film about China’s exploding contemporary art scene
1st Screening: Friday, December 5, 2008, 8:30 pm at Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach
2nd Screening: Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 6:00 PM at the Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach

Miami, FL November, 18 2008 — Robert Adanto’s The Rising Tide, screening this weekend at Art Basel, captures the complex cultural implications of the global art market’s insatiable taste for Chinese Contemporary Art.

Garden by Chen Qiulin

Adanto’s documentary, recently screened at the UK’s China Now, as part of Constant Stream China08 at the Royal College of Art, addresses China’s economic and cultural metamorphosis through the work of the Middle Kingdom’s most talented video artists and photographers. China’s place as an emerging global superpower directly relates to the “rising tide” of Chinese Contemporary Art. The film will screen twice this weekend; on December 5th at 8:30pm at the Miami Beach Cinematheque, and on December 7th at 6:00pm at the Colony Theater.

The Rising Tide integrates the work of internationally recognized artists such as Cao Fei, Xu Zhen, Wang Qingsong, Chen Qiulin and Zhang O. It is narrated by Rosalind Chao and Gordon Chang.

Born in an era of rapid societal change, the Chinese avant-garde sees the new China as a place where materialism and consumer culture are all pervasive. New explorations in art have accompanied the post-Mao reforms and economic growth. The balance of Western influence and traditional Chinese aesthetic remains conflicted. Add the complex cultural implications of the current market mania for Chinese Contemporary Art, and you have a truly compelling story which exposes the confusion and ambiguity that characterize the new China.

By allowing the artists and curators working in China to talk about the movement themselves, Adanto is able to convey the curious nature of this cultural phenomenon.

“Adanto’s surprisingly grim film highlights both the vitality and urgency of China’s burgeoning new culture while allowing its subjects to speak of the darker and more painful aspects of change,” says Gerry Mak in the on-line publication Flavorpill.

untitled by Yang Yong

The film seamlessly blends the artwork and the voices of the key-players in the Chinese Contemporary art scene without much intrusion from the filmmaker. “I wanted artists whose work contained powerful messages with the ring of truth. I was looking for art that communicated the confusion of a society in rapid transition or work which commented on the materialism pervading Chinese society. I still wanted beauty and originality, but not at the price of content. The art was going to be used in the film to advance my arguments, so I needed pictures and images that matter,” Adanto stated.

The Rising Tide is an incredibly timely examination of China’s growing prominence in international culture. In a climate of industrialization, urbanization, and increased freedom of expression, Chinese Contemporary Art has emerged as arguably the most vital and imaginative cultural force in the world today. “The rest of us better make an effort to grasp what their work is about, or get out of the way,” says Mark Lynch, host of WICN’s inquiry, “[The Rising Tide is] an ‘eye-opener’ in every sense of the word, if you are an artist, curator or art teacher be sure to catch this film.”

An open discussion and contextualization of this significant movement, The Rising Tide is certainly a must-see. For more information about the film, visit www.therisingtidefilm.com.

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ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 7:30 p.m.
The Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road
305.674.1040
$25
Spend Halloween with a screening of a comedy/horror classic, brought to you by Jimmy Wilde Production, Inc., benefitting the Environmental Coalition of Miami Beach (ECOMB).

Thursday 30 October 7:00 pm

WAR OF THE WORLDS
On the evening of 30 October 1938, radio listeners in the New York area turned on their sets to hear a program of popular music. However, news breaks that interrupted the programming told of a horrific battle being waged by aliens who had landed from Mars. The ensuing panic on the eastern seaboard became one of the country’s largest outbreaks of mass hysteria, and public reaction in the following days ranged from bravos to brickbats.

The source of the panic was an inventive radio play produced by the Mercury Theatre company and its 23-year old director, Orson Welles. Although the program was identified as a radio drama based upon the novel War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, the realistic effect of the use of the newscast format fooled many listeners into believing it was real.

Did Welles deliberately and irresponsibly create a dangerous regional panic, or did he skillfully expose a gullible public that believed everything that was labeled “news”? Come listen to the original broadcast from seventy years ago to make your own determination. Free admission.

Location: Barclay Plaza Hotel, 1940 Park Av, Miami Beach
Information: 305-672-2014 or www.mdpl.org

FILMS AT THE LIBRARY
Saturday 11 October 11:00 am

ESTHER WILLIAMS: BATHING BEAUTY
In the decade following World War II, the young swimmer (and Olympics hopeful) Esther Williams was featured in a series of films at MGM. These films incorporated spectacular water ballets choreographed by some of Hollywood’s best, filmed in a special water tank built specially for her films. Graceful, poised, and funny, Williams became an icon of post-war America.

Neptune’s Daughter (1949)
Directed by Edward Buzzell, 95 minutes.

The polo team’s in town and so is the fun for Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalban, Red Skelton, and Betty Garrett. Eve Barrett (Williams) designs bathing suits in a stunning MiMo office, while being wooed by both Montalban and Skelton (who engages in some of his best physical comedy!) Neptune’s Daughter includes songs by Frank Loesser and one of Esther’s greatest splash-happy finales. 1949 Academy Award winner for Best Song for Baby, It’s Cold Outside. Free admission.

Location: Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd St, Miami Beach
Information: 305-535-4219 or www.mdpl.org

This weekend at MBC: The Colombian Film Festival of Miami Beach
(OCTOBER 09-12. OPENING NIGHT IS THURSDAY!)
AND…The first five people per screening this weekend to mention this offer get a pass for two for a preview of the new Oliver Stone film… W
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09 THU 7:45pm: Opening Night
Dios los junta y ellos se separan
(God Creates Them and They Fall Apart)
(Harold Trompetero/Colombia/2006 – 95 min)
Filmmaker Harold Trompetero explore what it truly means to be Colombian by looking into the everyday life of a typical middle-class. As they celebrate the father’s birthday, the children cling
to their mother for hope.

10 FRI 7:45pm:
El Carro (The Car)
(Luis Orjuela/Colombia/2003 – 100 min)
When the Velezes agree to buy a used Chevrolet Bel-Air from their neighbors, who’ve recently won a brand-new car in a school raffle, they’re thrilled about the prospect of leaving Bogotá’s public transportation system behind. Little do they know that, despite its glossy red exterior,
their newfound status symbol is a real lemon. Colombian director Luis Orjuela helms this
hilarious look at the pitfalls of automobile ownership.

10 FRI 9:30pm:
La Estrategia Del Caracol
(The Snail’s Strategy)
(Sergio Cabrera/Colombia/1993 – 115 min)
A group of tenants who share an old house in Bogota fear impending eviction when the owner tries to reclaim the building.
WINNER: Berlin Int. Film Festival Jury Prize Forum of New Cinema
Biarritz Int. Film Festival Golden Sun Award
Bogota Int. Film Festival Best Colombian Film, Best Director
Havana Int. Film Festival Grand Coral Prize

11 SAT 7:45pm:
Ser Colombianos Un Acto De Fe
(Being Colombian Is An Act of Faith)
(Carlos Fernández de Soto/Colombia/2004 – 90 min)
A humorous look at the serious topic of abortion this unique Spanish film follows young ER doctor Sara through her decision process on whether or not to bring a baby into a world
ravaged by violence. As Sara tries to make this difficult choice she gets more input than she
asked for from her family friends and even her unborn child.
OFFICIAL Selection: Bogota Film Festival, Nominated Best Film

11 SAT 9:45pm:
La Gente de la Universal
(The People at the Universal)
(Felipe Aljure/Colombia/1994)
Three people running a detective agency provide the focus of this black comedy. It is run by Diogenes, an ex-cop, and his attractive wife Fabiola. Also assisting is his dashing nephew Clemente. Whenever Diogenes is out of the office, Fabiola and Clemente are making
passionate love.

12 SUN 7:45pm: Closing Night
Los Niños Invisibles (Invisible Children)
(Lisandro Duque Naranjo/Colombia/2003 – 100 min)

An elderly gentleman remembers how, in the 1950’s, when he was a little boy in a small town,
he fell in love with a neighbor girl. He feared that she would not like him, but he still longed to
see her up close, so he utilized a brochure of magic tricks to attempt to make himself invisible. This charming, technically lovely tale of youth in rural Colombia was that nation’s Best Foreign Film submission to the 2002 Academy Awards.
WINNER: Bogota Film Festival Best Colombian Film,
Cartagena Film Festival Best Film, Montreal Film Festival Special Jury Prize

“Newman Directs” Finale At The Miami Beach Cinematheque
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PAUL NEWMAN (1925-2008) “NEWMAN DIRECTS” FINALE is THU OCT 02 at 7pm!
The Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man in the Moon Marigolds (1972) 100min.
With Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts (Elinor Newman), Roberta Wallach
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“Life’s been a real bitch to Beatrice Hunsdorfer. And vice versa.”
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paul Zindel, this is another critically acclaimed joint effort of husband and wife team Newman and Woodward. Produced and directed by Newman, Woodward portrays the eccentric young widow who is raising her two disparate daughters in an atmosphere of bitterness, hatred and over-protection that threatens their very growth and development. The title of the movie reflects the mothers’ anger at her daughter’s science teacher, when her daughter’s experiment shows how radiation kills marigolds, but sometimes causes them to grow more beautiful. This experiment becomes a metaphor for her own life, as she struggles to bloom in a household deadened by her mother’s alcoholism and her sister’s lethargy.
~All Movie Guide
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival Best Actress

FREE FILM SCREENINGS: MIAMI NOIR: THE ARTHUR E. TEELE STORY (2008, USA, 60 min) AND MILIA (2008, USA, 15 min)—Join filmmakers Sam Rega, Joshua Miller, and Jorge Valdes-Iga for the screenings of Miami Noir: The Arthur E. Teele Story and Milia. Miami Noir is a documentary that examines the events that led up to the suicide of Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele, Jr. in the lobby of the Miami Herald newspaper building on July 27, 2005. This film blends interviews with dramatizations to portray one of Miami’s most controversial, political, and human interest stories.

In Milia, Nathaniel, a New York fashion photographer, stumbles upon the headshot of Milia, a model who strongly reminds him of a past love. Intrigued, Nathaniel books Milia for test shots, only to realize that she is his daughter. Unaware of this, Milia finds herself falling in love with her father. Both films are free and open to the public and followed by an engaging Q + A session with the filmmakers.