Cinema

Art Films presents the best of films by and about artists paired with food & drinks, followed by a post-film discussion by one of the film’s creators. Co-presented by O Cinema and ArtCenter South Florida. THE SCHEDULE: (Brunch will be served next-door at Charcoal) • BRUNCH starts @ 11:30am • FILM starts @ 12:30pm • Filmmaker Laurie Simmons will attend and participate … +

After 50 years (so far) of collecting and months of cataloging,  organizing, grouping and scanning images to represent the history of cinema illustrated by vintage memorabilia and ephemera. Eight thousand, nine hundred scans and photographs of original items were used, just for this first segment of the project. Every three months we will debut a new decade of images from the archive. … +

Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer) arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray (Travis Fimmel), both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse’s … +

A diverse community must put aside their differences to enjoy a tasty meal in Stone Soup (France/Belgium), a hungry creature devises a way to get his fill in Tiger (Germany), and a young croc enjoys a tasty treat in Crocodile (Germany). With visually innovative animation and many Audience Award winners from New York International Children’s Film Festival 2017, Kid Flix Mix is … +

Miami Web Fest (or Miami Web Series Festival) is a New type of “film festival” for a new type of “filmmaker”. A “web series” is a TV pilot, divided into segments and shown on the internet. Miami Web Fest finds the best of these programs and shows them in theaters in Miami, along with panel discussions, exclusive parties, and an elaborate awards … +

The Yes Men Are Revolting chronicles the past five years of pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, the infamous activists known for duping the media with their impersonations of corporate shills and government stooges. This time they have climate change in their sights, which results in anxiety, improv, media whirlwinds, and a threat of legal action more serious than ever before. The Living Together Film … +

LOOK AND SEE is a cinematic portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting valuesof rural America in the era of industrial agriculture, as seen through the mind’s eye ofwriter, farmer, and activist, Wendell Berry. The first documentary about Berry, undoubtedly one of America’s most significant living writers (see “About Wendell Berry” below), LOOK AND SEE was filmed in and around the rolling … +

In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor and his wife to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a … +

The Wolfsonian–FIU Museum will hold the second screening of classic Italian cinema in partnership with Cinema Italy! Federico Fellini’s autobiographical film about filmmaking, 8 1/2 (1963), was the Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film in 1964. Presented with support from the Consolato Generale d’Italia and Florida International University’s Program in Eurasian Studies, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, and Italian Club. Free event … +

Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels explores the little known story of the Jewish refugees who escaped Nazi-occupied Europe and found a safe haven on the Caribbean island of Cuba. After a wave of Jewish refugees to Cuba in the 1920’s and 30’s, the island shut its doors to immigrants, most notably to the Jews aboard the ship the St. Louis in 1939. In 1940, … +

“Make” Outsider Art Documentary introduces us to the art, lives and mental illness of artists Judith Scott, Ike Morgan, & Royal Robertson. Screening will be followed by a discussion facilitated by Eugenio Rothe, MD with panelists Silvia Quintana, LMHC, Elizabeth Hoy, MD & Maite Castillo. Friday – April 13, 2018, 6:30pm. Free and open to the public. Upcoming Events The Value and … +

ISLE OF DOGS tells the story of ATARI KOBAYASHI, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack … +

Ridley Scott set the standard for science fiction horror with his 1979 masterpiece Alien. After exploring the wreckage of a downed spacecraft, the crew of the Nostromo is picked off one by one by an alien creature sporting a double set of jaws, a blade-tipped tail, and acidic blood. Scott’s masterful use of shadows, framing, and sound capture the palpable fear permeating … +

Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alexey. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alexey disappears… Andrey Zvyagintsev (Director/Writer) Born in Novosibirsk, … +

A refreshingly sunny performance from Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher, Elle) is at the center of this comic charmer from South Korean Master Hong Sangsoo. Huppert plays Claire, a school teacher with a camera (that might be magical) on her first visit to Cannes. She happens upon a film sales assistant, Manhee (Kim Minhee), recently laid off after a one-night stand with … +

Art imitates life in this quietly devastating masterpiece from Hong Sangsoo. Kim Minhee (The Handmaiden, Right Now, Wrong Then)—in the role that won her the Silver Bear for best actress in Berlin—plays Younghee, an actress reeling in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director. Younghee visits Hamburg then returns to Korea, but as she meets with friends and has … +

Tennessee Williams’ twentieth-century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. Following his smash hit production of A Streetcar Named Desire, Benedict Andrews’ ‘thrilling revival’ (New York Times) stars Sienna Miller alongside, Jack O’Connell and Colm Meaney. On a steamy night in Mississippi, a Southern family gathers at their cotton plantation to … +

Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema’ Romeo and Juliet, tells the classic story of mad love among these two lovers, while their respective families are caught in a bitter rivalry ending in heart-wrenching tragedy… Alexei Ratmansky, former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, stages the company’s premiere of his production with dramatic urgency and a fresh re-telling of Shakespeare’s beloved classic. His brilliant and … +

Ana is a young girl in a middle class family in Madrid (played by the dark-eyed Ana Torrent, who haunted audiences two years earlier in Víctor Erice’s The Spirit of the Beehive), mourning the death of her mother with her two sisters under the guidance of their aunt and grandmother. Her mother María (Geraldine Chaplin, married at the time to director Carlos … +

For all the anime masters you’ve heard of, Masaaki Yuasa is the one you probably haven’t. His directorial vision – inspired by everyone from Tex Avery to René Laloux – is distinct in its fluidity and surreal nature, creating shows like Kemonozume, The Tatami Galaxy, and most recently Devilman Crybaby. With the release of his two new films, Lu Over the Wall … +

In honor of International Women’s Day, FilmGate Miami celebrates the innovative women directors based in the sunshine state. March is about the fearless women in the proverbial director’s chair. Be it a narrative, doc or web series, we celebrate the creativity and voices of women. PROGRAM: • 6:15pm: Doors Open • 6:30pm: Percolator (This is the perfect chance to pitch ideas with … +