Based on the acclaimed documentaries by Billy Corben, Cocaine Cowboys chronicles the development of the illegal drug trade in Miami during the 1970s and 1980s through the eyes of Rivi Ayala, a hired assassin working with … +
In Shoplifters, family isn’t something you’re necessarily born with – it’s something you build. Winner of the top prize at the most recent Cannes Film Festival, Shoplifters is a film with a bottomless amount of … +
Miami Beach Cinematheque at Historic City Hall, 1130 Washington Ave, South Beach. LAST FAMILY (Ostatnia Rodzina) 2018 · Directed by Jan P. Matuszynski – feature film directorial debut of Jan. P. Matuszynski the film is based … +
The 17th Annual Miami Short Film Festival takes place over the course of 5 days at the new, state-of-the-art Silverspot Cinemas in Downtown Miami featuring in-theater service from our chef inspired TRILOGY menu, an extensive … +
A Perfect 14 explores the world of plus size models fighting to reshape the fashion industry and the beauty standards of society. The film follows the journeys of models Elly Mayday (Canada), Kerosene Deluxe (Netherlands) … +
The American Indie auteur and “mumblecore” pioneer Andrew Bujalski, who brought us the brilliant riff on 1980s technology and geekism, COMPUTER CHESS, takes on the current American small business world. Lisa (Regina Hall) is the … +
André Leon Talley has been a fixture in the world of fashion for so long that it’s difficult to imagine a time when he wasn’t defining the boundaries of great style. Kate Novack’s intimate portrait, The Gospel … +
Back by popular demand and following the success of the recent retrospective of Spain’s revered filmmaker, Coral Gables Art Cinema was deluged by requests for additional gems from Almodóvar’s middle period – some say his … +
Bringing attention to the historical interdependence between art and fashion and its influences, the Miami Fashion Film Festival adds to the “fashion is art” narrative with local and international films that highlight fashion design through … +
Jean Arthur, James Stewart and Claude Rains star in Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the award-winning 1939 classic about an idealistic, small town senator who heads to Washington and suddenly finds himself single-handedly … +
With her first and only feature film—a hard-luck drama she wrote, directed, and starred in—Barbara Loden turned in a groundbreaking work of American independent cinema, bringing to life a kind of character seldom seen on-screen. … +
Originally released in 1970, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo quickly caught the imagination of movie audiences, becoming a landmark in independent film-making. The early screenings at New York’s Elgin Theater sparked the Midnight Movie phenomena, catalyzed … +
SMDCAC in Indie Flicks: Independent Film Series will screen the Documentary Film: Dark Money. Just in time for the midterm elections, this political documentary thriller examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy; … +
North of Spain, 1843. When young Martin returns home from the war, crippled and defeated, he cannot believe his eyes. His dear brother Joaquin has grown up to become an actual giant, as useless as … +
NICO, 1988 features a tour de force performance from Trine Dyrholm’s as the aging Nico (aka Christa Päffgen), interpreting rather than impersonating the famed singer-songwriter as she approaches 50. Leading a solitary existence in Manchester … +
Miami Premiere Engagement of the 4K restoration of the Cult Classic! Armageddon has never been so darkly funny as in The Atomic Cafe. This 1982 cult classic juxtaposes Cold War history, propaganda, music and culture, … +
Retrospective Screening of Vicente Aranda’s Amantes (Lovers: A True Story) and Post-Screening Discussion with Festival Director Jaie Laplante. Celebrating Classic Premios GOYA (Spain’s Academy Awards) Winners to Mejor Película, Mejor Director (Best Film, Best Director) in 1992 … +
Newly ReMastered 50th Anniversary Edition of the Beatles Classic Yellow Submarine is an animated meandering journey filled with puns and dry British humor, where psychedelic music videos take precedent over any linear story. What little … +
Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s won the 2018 Cannes Palme D’Or (for Shoplifters) but The Third Murder is the other great award winning film from the master in the same year. Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defence of murder-robbery suspect … +
Beginning with his modest upbringing in London, Lee Alexander McQueen quickly ascended the ranks of the international fashion world. After graduating from Central Saint Martins and establishing his eponymous label, McQueen became head designer of … +
Overworked cleaning lady Gloria (Carmen Maura) takes in multiple jobs to make ends meet. Her unforgiving life is inhabited by a cast of eccentric characters: an abusive taxi driver husband who schemes to forge Adolf … +
As a celebration of the original shark movie, 1975 pop culture classic, “Jaws,” you could join and watch the movie from an outdoor floating theater (literally). Doors open at 6:30, the spectators will have access … +
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan offers an intimate portrait of prima ballerina Wendy Whelan as she prepares to leave New York City Ballet after a record-setting three decades with the company. One of the modern era’s most … +
Two of the greatest Cuban films of all time – Memories of Underdevelopment and Lucía – were made fifty years ago and both have been restored for their anniversary by the Cineteca di Bologna and … +
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