Cinema

  FRI, APR 28, 7:30p film, (THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV) and 9:30p Q&A: “S P E A K I N G   I N   C I N E M A  #12” A series of events at MBC celebrating cinema as a art-form With special guests Director ALBERT SERRA & Film Comment Film Critic & Filmmaker YONCA TALU Hosted by Miami Film … +

FRI, MAY 05, 6:45p: Miami Premiere Engagement! GRADUATION (Bacalaureat) Directed by CRISTIAN MUNGIU/Romania/2017/2hr, 8mins. With Adrien Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Vlad Ivanov   Acclaimed filmmaker Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days) returns with this searing human saga about a father driven to extremes in order to protect his daughter’s future. Romeo Aldea (Adrian Titieni) is a seemingly honest doctor … +

With the Goya Awards taking place just a few days away, we’re excited to be cheering on five titles that screened at the 2016 Miami Film Festival & Miami Film Festival’s GEMS, as well as four highly anticipated films that will premiere at the 34th annual Miami Film Festival in March:  Smoke & Mirrors, Maria (and Everybody Else), Don’t Blame on Your … +

What defunding the NEA would mean to Miami Dade College Cultural programs? The White House proposed budget for FY2018 officially recommends the complete defunding of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). At Miami Dade College (MDC), we strongly believe that arts have the power to enable people to see beyond their differences. Because of this, and for more than 50 years, MDC … +

FRI, MAY 05, 9p: Miami Premiere Engagement! GRADUATION (Bacalaureat) Directed by CRISTIAN MUNGIU/Romania/2017/2hr, 8mins. With Adrien Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Vlad Ivanov   Acclaimed filmmaker Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days) returns with this searing human saga about a father driven to extremes in order to protect his daughter’s future. Romeo Aldea (Adrian Titieni) is a seemingly honest doctor … +

SAT, MAY 13, 6:30p: Miami Premiere Engagement! Special Screening with Q&A with Director Tato Moreno & Producer Claudia Gaynor In celebration of the National Holiday of Argentina in collaboration with the Consulate General of Argentina in Miami ARREO Directed by TATO MORENO/2016/Argentina/1 hr, 33mins. Produced by Tato Moreno and Claudia Gaynor With Juana Maria Moyano, Eliseo Parada, José Abel Parada, Facundo Parada ARREO … +

Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 2:00–4:00 pm Based on traditional Russian fairy tales, children stories, and folk tales, the Soviet Union produced a stunning array of animated films which have been recognized as classic masterpieces of animation. This family friendly afternoon will feature storytelling and animation by masters such as Yuriy Norshteyn, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Lev Atavanov, Boris Dehzhkin, and others. Films will … +

Summer 1910. The bourgeois and extremely eccentric Van Peteghem family—among them Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi—have settled in for another summer at their cliff-top villa overlooking the picturesque Slack Bay. Their leisurely rhythm of sunbathing and seaside constitutionals is soon interrupted by the arrival of two bumbling inspectors investigating a string of tourists gone missing (and serving full-on Keystone … +

In the Jewish religion, a week of sitting Shiva (or mourning the deceased) is called for after a funeral. However, for Eyal and Vicky, a week is hardly enough time to properly mourn the loss of their 25-year-old son Ronnie. A married couple edging into the back half of middle age, the two find themselves reacting to the end of the Shiva … +

David Lynch: The Art Life looks at Lynch’s art, music, and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his unique world and giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist. As he says, “I think every time you do something, like a painting or whatever, you go with ideas, and sometimes the past can conjure those … +

Actor Raúl Arévalo (Marshland, I Am So Exited) makes an impressive directing debut with The Fury of a Patient Man, a revenge thriller that tells a surprising and cruel story through photography and mise-en-scene. Starring Antonio de la Torre (Marshland, Volver), the film is one of the biggest surprises out of Spain cinema last year, it won the Goya Award as Best … +

The MiFo LGBT Film Festival is a bi-annual film festival with a mission to inspire and educate the public encouraging a sense of community through international and culturally diverse film, video and other media that offer historical and contemporary perspectives on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. This year the festival opening night will screen Handsome Devil(2016). Ohter films included are: … +

One of the boldest films to come out of Cuba in recent years, Marilyn Solaya’s feature film debut, His Wedding Dress (Vestido de Novia), won the Audience Award at two of the most important Spanish-language film festivals: Havana and Málaga. The film is set in 1994, the worst year of Cuba’s so-called special period, which began with the collapse of the Soviet … +

After his ex-girlfriend disappears, Sidney, a glam rock dilettante, is forced to look after his 11-year-old son full-time. His ‘cool dad’ facade quickly falls apart and his life goes into full tailspin as he struggles to let go of his rock-and-roll lifestyle. Meeting with Film’s director after the screening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPeBVnhqLP8 Classroom South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211 Street Miami … +

“I’ve no talent for life.” Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free… Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel. Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic … +

1984, directed by Michael Radford tells the classic George Orwell story set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought including loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. In 1984, the world is divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments. Winston, a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia, and becomes the target … +

One night only screening of HOUSE, Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977). This satirical murder mystery pits a woman who is the epitome of glamour against a clever murderer during a holiday stay at a strange ghostly mansion. Seven young women, who have chosen as nicknames the brand names of much-advertised consumer products, begin to disappear in a decidedly suspicious manner. Are they … +

Student documentaries from a co-taught UM course (Community Science: Music and the Brain) will show and discuss their films. This event is sponsored by the Department of Music Education and Music Therapy and is the second of three screenings about the portrayal of music learning and teaching in film. Each screening is followed by a panel discussion and audience participation. Clarke Recital … +

After his mother’s sudden death, Zucchini is befriended by a police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home, filled with other orphans his age. At first he struggles to find his place in this at times strange and hostile environment. But with Raymond’s help and his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love, as he searches for … +

Working in an insular farming community in Appalachia, Sal Damon, a modern-day Thoreau, seeks solace from a past relationship. After a sudden death in the community and the discovery of a feral child living on the lam, Sal must reconcile his place in a world that lives outside of the law. Some Beasts is the debut feature of Dallas writer/director Cameron Bruce … +

The 100 Years Show tells the remarkable story of Cuban-American artist Carmen Herrera, a pioneering abstract painter in the ‘40s and ‘50s who only found recognition as she approached her 100th birthday. Herrera’s work, Alba, 2014, juxtaposes bright-green acrylic paint with the off-white of raw canvas and creates a dynamic composition that evokes movement and depth. Alba can be found on view … +