Cinema

In partnership with Miami Jewish Film Festival, JMOF-FIU present this second in a three-part series of films featured in the movie posters on view in the current exhibition, CINEMA JUDAICA: The War Years, 1939-1949. GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (20th Century Fox, 1947) received considerable pre-release opposition from several Jewish American organizations, and won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. … +

“To me there’s no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions. They’re all equally valid or invalid, really.” – Woody Allen One of the world’s greatest living filmmakers, Woody Allen, fresh off his megahit Blue Jasmine, returns to the Gables Cinema beginning Friday, August 8, with his latest, Magic in the Moonlight. Set … +

Be sure to catch the riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed by Olivier Award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn (Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval) in A Small Family Business at the Gables Cinema on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 18 to July 20 at 12:30 pm each day. The hit play returns to the National Theatre for the first time since its celebrated premiere … +

“An utterly compelling and indelible drama…lingers in the memory” – The Hollywood Reporter (read full review here) A Wolf at the Door it is a riveting mystery (based on a true story) of a kidnapped child and her parents, whose lives are shattered by the revelations that come to light after her disappearance in suburban Rio de Janeiro. The stunning debut film … +

From the director of the beloved Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight trilogy – one of the most important American directors of his generation, Richard Linklater – comes another tour de force experiment in capturing the shifting of time. Boyhood, which had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Festival to near unanimous critical praise, stars Ethan Hawke (Gattaca), Patricia Arquette … +

A Todo Color is a bold, new documentary, conceived, produced and directed by rising local filmmaking talent Randy Valdes, and tells the story of how Cuban artists manage to disseminate their art and truths beyond the boundaries of Cuba. Through intimate interviews and recording of live performances, the film explores the artists’ personal and creative journeys, how their influence defines the artistic … +

The Brazilian Film Festival celebrates 18 years showcasing the diversity of the latest films made in Brazil in South Florida. In addition to highlight the vibrant talent among Brazilian filmmakers, BRAFF 2014 will remember Vinicius de Moraes, one of Brazil’s most celebrated cultural icons, with a special screening. His songs can be heard in several movies, including in the documentary Vinicius, by … +

Every Thursday from July 3, 2014 through July 31, 2014 This July, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will present At the Crossroads: Critical Film and Video from the Caribbean,

From June 20, 2014 through June 26, 2014 Screened in 35mm print, the Sundance Film Festival Award-winning film Ida begins its exclusive Miami premiere run at the Coral Gables Art Cinema beginning Friday, June 20.

From May 5th – May 8th Jodorowsky’s’s DUNE is the story of legendary cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s staggeringly ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel DUNE.

Jun 3rd, 7:00pm. Miami Encore Screenings! Jim Jarmusch’s ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE tells the tale of two fragile and sensitive vampires living by night in Detroit, Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton), who have been lovers for centuries.

May 30th – June 11th. Miami Premiere Theatrical Engagement! From the very first images, Heli exposes with brutal realism the undercurrent of modern Mexico’s most prevalent continuing problem, the war on drug trafficking.

May 23rd, – June 3rd. Miami Premiere Theatrical Engagement! Acclaimed director François Ozon (Swimming Pool, 8 Women) helms this erotic tale of sexual awakening.

May 18th, 3:00pm. Juried by Hialeah High School Ten European countries will be celebrating the European Short Film Day for the first time.

From May 15th – May 29th. Miami Encore Screenings! From visionary director Jonathan Glazer (Birth) comes a stunning career transformation, a masterpiece of existential science fiction that journeys to the heart of what it means to be human, extraterrestrial – or something in between.

From May 9th – May 25th. Miami Premiere Engagement! Who is Vivian Maier? Now considered one of the 20th century’s greatest street photographers, Vivian Maier was a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that went unseen during her lifetime.

May 8th – May 15th. Continuing first edition of “Films on the Beach” The French Embassy Cultural Services in partnership with the City of Miami Beach Arts in the Parks, MBC, and Tigertail’s FLAFRA festival and MJFF for the Thursday May 15th program

May 7th, 6:00pm. Miami Dance Festival Film Night Fame tells the story of high school students striving to make it big in New York, based on a real public high school, the Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music and Performing Arts in Manhattan.

Through May 18th Award winning director and cinematographer Jeremy Saulnier (I Used to Be Darker, Putty Hill) finds a narrative thriller voice with his new film that has been a sensation on the festival circuit.

Friday, April 18, 2014 from 7:00pm to 9:30pm What was it like to visit one of the finest cinemas in the country eighty-six years ago? This was the age of the picture palace with opulent new amenities (marble floors, smoking rooms, playgrounds) and surprising new technologies;

Thursday, April 10th at 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm For the first time, a film gives audiences a front row seat to a significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens.