Art Cinema

From January 10 through 13, 2013. Acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change and a cynic about the nature of academic research. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet.

A film by Leos Carax / France / 2012 / 115 minutesMiami Beach Cinematheque. From December 28 through 30, 2012. 7:00 p.m. From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys from one life to the next. He is, in turn, captain of industry, assassin, beggar, monster, family man…He seems to be playing … +

A film by Sergio Corbucci / Italy/Spain / 1966 / 87 minutesMiami Beach Cinematheque. December 28 and 30, 2012 / January 2 and 3, 2013. The inspiration for many of Quentin Tarantino’s signature film bits (Reservoir Dogs’ infamous ear-cutting scene was a direct reference), and now homaged in his upcoming Django Unchained (opening nationwide Christmas Day), it’s time to revisit the original … +

A film by Ramin Bahrani / Voiced by Werner Herzog / USA / 18 minutesMiami Beach Cinematheque. December 22 and 23, 2012. 5:45 p.m. This short film by American director Ramin Bahrani (Goodbye Solo) traces the epic, existential journey of a plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) searching for its lost maker, the woman who took it home from the store and … +

A film by Albert Lamorisse / France / 1956 / 34 minutesMiami Beach Cinematheque. December 22 and 23, 2012. 5:45 p.m. Newly restored, Albert Lamorisse’s exquisite The Red Balloon remains one of the most beloved children’s films of all time. In this deceptively simple, nearly wordless tale, a young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its … +

Through December 20, 2012. A darkly comic story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, the film follows Alfred Hitchcock, played by Anthony Hopkins, and his wife and partner Alma, played by Helne Mirren, during the course of making of Hitchcock’s seminal movie Psycho.

December 20, 2012, 7:30 p.m. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is the first feature-length film about the internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei. In recent years, Ai has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations. A fascinating examination of this complex intersection of artistic practice and social activism as seen through the life and art … +

From December 13 through 16, 2012. Searching for Sugar Man tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest ’70s rock icon who never was.. His albums were critically well-received, but sales bombed, and he faded away into obscurity among rumors of a gruesome death.

Directed by Benh Zeitlin / 2012 / 94 mins.Miami Beach Cinematheque. From December 14 through 19, 2012. In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance … +

Directed by Jonathan Caouette / 2003 / 88 mins.Miami Beach Cinematheque. December 14, 2012. 9:30 p.m. Jonathan Caouette’s spellbinding debut film Tarnation re-imagines the whole idea of what a documentary can be. Having filmed his life since he was eleven years old, Caouette has woven together a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, super-8 home movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, … +

Directed by Jonathan Caouette / 2012 / 90 mins.Miami Beach Cinematheque. From December 15 through 19, 2012. Walk Away Renée is the follow-up to Jonathan Caouette’s festival hit Tarnation, which won the National Society of Film Critics Best Documentary and topped many top 10 lists in 2003. In the conclusion to the original film, which covered an earlier part of his life, … +

Directed by Hong Sang-soo / South Korea / 2012 / 89 mins.From December 21 through 23, 2012. 7:00 p.m. Legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert stars in the first English-language film from South Korean master Hong Sang-soo “the love child Antonioni and Hou Hsiao-hsien never had” (Village Voice).

From December 21 through 23, 2012. 8:45 p.m.Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon / 2012 / 119 mins. In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and charged with brutally attacking and raping a white female jogger in Central Park. News media swarmed the case, calling them a “wolfpack.” The five would spend years in prison for a … +

Paragon 13 Coconut Grove. November 26, 2012. 7:00 p.m. Nochebuena, a short comedic film celebrating Cuban Christmas in Hialeah, is set to premiere at the 11th Annual Miami Shorts Film Festival. The film was directed by Bryan Lorenzo and stars a talented ensemble cast led by stage and screen actor Mario Ernesto Sanchez.

November 2012. The Borscht Corporation has selected the 16 short films it will commission, produce, and screen at the 2012 Borscht Film Festival from December 12 through 21. This year’s shorts include five additions to last year’s popular musician collaboration series, where filmmakers collaborated with or were inspired by local musicians, including the Jacuzzi Boys, Blowfly, Psychic Mirrors, and DJ Laz.

Documentary by Oscar Corral / 2012 / 71 minsMiami Beach Cinematheque. November 13 and 14, 2012. 8:45 p.m. Few men have changed the course of American storytelling in the way that author Tom Wolfe has done. He revolutionized writing in the 1960s with creative non-fiction and new journalism and perfected the reported novel with achievements like A Bonfire of the Vanities. But … +

Documentary by Ben Shapiro / 2012 / 77 minsMiami Beach Cinematheque. From November 16 through 21, 2012. An acclaimed photographer with the eye of a filmmaker, Gregory Crewdson has created some of the most gorgeously haunting pictures in the history of the medium. His meticulously composed, large-scale images are stunning narratives of small-town American life-moviescapes crystallized into a single frame.

By Andrea Arnold / UK / 2012 / 129 minsMiami Beach Cinematheque. From November 16 through 25, 2012. Wuthering Heights is Academy Award®-winning writer-director Andrea Arnold’s third feature following the BAFTA® award winning Fish Tank and Cannes Jury Prize winning Red Road, an excitingly fresh and distinct take on the classic novel by Emily Brontë.

Documentary by Arnon Goldfinger / Israel / 2012 / 97minsMiami Beach Cinematheque. From November 23 through 28, 2012. At age 98, director Arnon Goldfinger’s grandmother passed away, leaving him the task of clearing out the Tel Aviv flat that she and her husband shared for decades after immigrating from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Sifting through a mountain of photos, letters, files, … +

From November 16 through 23, 2012. The buzz of this year’s Cannes Film Festival (and Winner of the “Prix de la Jeunesse”), for both its madness and audacious brilliance, Holy Motors marks the triumphant return to the big screen of visionary French director Léos Carax (The Lovers on The Bridge, Mauvais Sang). Holy Motors has its exclusive Miami Premiere at the Coral … +

Inkub8. November 15, 2012, 7:00 p.m. Tigertail presents a program titled Talk Talk Talk Dance Dance Dance on Thursday, November 15, 2012, at the intimate black box space, Inkub8. The program includes a workshop for those interested in dance on film, as well as a screening of current films by Gabri Christa, a NYC-based choreographer and filmmaker.