Events: Film
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Tuesday, Jan 22, 2019 at 2:00 PM - English
One of the most important record labels in the history of jazz ” and, by extension, that of American music ” Blue Note Records has been home to such groundbreaking artists as Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Bud Powell, Art Blakey, and Eric Dolphy, as well as present-day luminaries like Ambrose Akinmusire and Norah Jones. Founded in New York in 1939 by Jewish refugees Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff who fled Nazi Germany, Blue Note’s history goes beyond the records, encompassing the struggle of black artists to be heard, the conflict between art and commerce, and the idea of music as a revolutionary force. Through rare footage, session notebooks, and studio recordings by jazz icons, this affectionate documentary is an exhilarating deep dive into jazz’s continuing importance in American cultural conversation.
Location
Coral Gables Art Cinema
260 Aragon Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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Cold War
Jan 22, 2019 to Jan 31, 2019 - various times - English
Oscar-winner Pawe‚ Pawlikowski follows his box-office sensation Ida with this bittersweet tale of an impossible love that won him the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Set between the late 1940s and the early 1960s, Cold War is, as the title implies, a Soviet-era drama, but it inventively avoids the cliches of many a classical-minded World War II art film, tracking the tempestuous love between pianist Wiktor and singer Zula as they navigate the realities of living in both Poland and Paris, inside and outside of the Iron Curtain. Shot in crisp black-and-white and set to a bewitching jazzy score, Poland's entry to the 2019 Academy Awards consummately depicts an uncompromising passion caught up in the gears of history.
Location
Coral Gables Art Cinema
260 Aragon Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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Miami Jewish Film Festival
It's about numbers. And movies. Check out these milestones. This year's Miami Jewish Film Festival (MJFF), its 22nd annual edition, from January 10-24, 2019, brings 80 films from 25 countries, and hosting 50 filmmakers and special guests.
It is one of the three largest Jewish film festivals in the world, and has unveiled its biggest lineup ever featuring 12 World Premieres, 10 unique events and signature programs, and 25 films directed by women (31 percent of films announced), all taking place at 15 different venues across Greater Miami.
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Free Movies at SoundScape Park
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2019 at 8:00 PM - English
The intrepid explorer Indiana Jones sets out to rescue his father, a medievalist who has vanished while searching for the Holy Grail. Following clues in the old man’s notebook, Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, but they are not the only ones who are on the trail, and some sinister old enemies soon come out of the woodwork.
Location
SoundScape Park
500 17th St,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
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Sacred Spaces
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2019 at 2:00 PM - English
Prepare yourself for an unparalleled visual experience featuring some of the most important sacred Jewish spaces in the world. Spiritual, meditative, and calming, Sacred Spaces is a wondrous, informative, and inquisitive documentary that tells the story of the remarkable 3,000-year history of the Jewish Diaspora through their places of worship. This visually spectacular travelogue transports us to sacred sites and awe-inspiring architectural wonders, from Jerusalem to Tunisia, Cordoba, Toledo, Amsterdam, Venice, Budapest, and America. Beautiful in the extreme, Sacred Spaces is a thoughtful and profoundly gorgeous film in which the works of humanity are celebrated and rediscovered.
Location
Coral Gables Art Cinema
260 Aragon Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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Drive
Saturday, Jan 26, 2019 at 11:30 PM - English
Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling teamed up for an arthouse-esque action film brimming with style that also delivers gut-punching thrills and memorable characters imbued with clear ambitions and fears. Gosling, then known as a romantic lead, plays a Hollywood stunt driver by day who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals by night. A loner by nature, the Driver becomes the target for LA’s most dangerous men after aiding the ex-convict husband (Oscar Isaac) of the beautiful neighbor he’s fallen in love with (Carey Mulligan). The ensuing carnage, high-speed chases, and pulsing 80’s-style synth score managed to both pay homage to predecessors such as Bullitt, The Driver, and Thief and elevate the film to one of 2011’s most popular and well-reviewed films.
Location
Coral Gables Art Cinema
260 Aragon Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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FAKE: Opening Night
Saturday, Jan 26, 2019 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM - English
Amidst cut-throat competition at a renowned auction house, Camila has just been promoted as the head of the Latin American Art Department when she is presented with one of her great-aunt Amelia Pelaez’s paintings as a last minute inclusion. The authenticity of the painting is questionable, Camila’s dedication to her great Aunt is not, forcing Camila to decide between her own burgeoning career and Amelia’s legacy. Written by Cuban-American playwright and Miami native Carmen Pelaez, this exciting world premiere thrusts us into the world of high stakes art dealing, Cuban politics, and a thrilling pursuit for the truth. Absent from Miami stages since her extended run of Rum and Coke at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, Ms. Pelaez will also star in the new play.
Location
Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Road,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
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Capernaum
Friday, Feb 1, 2019 various times - English
Winner of the Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Capernaum, the new film by Nadine Labaki (Caramel), chronicles the journey of a clever, gutsy 12-year-old, Zain, who survives the danger of the city streets by his wits. He flees his parents and to assert his rights, takes them to court suing them for the “crime” of giving him life. While steeped in the quiet routines of ordinary people, Lebanon’s Official Entry to the Oscars is - like the neo-realist classics of De Sica and Rossellini - a film with an expansive palette: without warning it can ignite with emotional intensity, surprise with unexpected tenderness, and inspire with flashes of poetic imagery.
Location
Coral Gables Art Cinema
260 Aragon Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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93 Queen
Thursday, Feb 7, 2019 at 7:30 PM - English
93QUEEN follows Rachel "Ruchie" Freier, a no-nonsense Hasidic lawyer and mother of six who is determined to shake up the "boys club" in her Hasidic community by creating Ezras Nashim, the first all-female EMT corps in New York City.
93QUEEN is set in the Hasidic enclave of Boro Park, Brooklyn, where EMT corps have long been the province of men. Though the neighborhood is home to the largest volunteer ambulance corps in the world (known as Hatzolah), the organization has steadfastly banned women from its ranks.
Now Ruchie and an engaging cast of dogged Hasidic women are risking their reputations - and, literally, the futures of their children - by taking matters into their own hands to provide dignified medical care to the Hasidic women and girls of Boro Park.
93QUEEN is one of the first portrayals in vérité of the lives of Hasidic women who embrace their cultural identity. At the same time, the film dashes many of the stereotypes that people have about the oft-misunderstood Hasidic culture - particularly Hasidic women.
Location
Bailey Hall - Broward College, Central Campus
3501 SW Davie Road, Building 4,
Davie,
FL
33314
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Rebel without a Cause
Friday, Mar 1, 2019 at 8:00 PM - English
Live fast, die young. Hailed as “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress, this groundbreaking 1955 American drama stars James Dean in one of moviedom’s most influential roles as a rebellious teen in a new town, whose loneliness, frustration, and anger mirrored those of postwar teens.
Location
Severance Hall
11001 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland,
OH
44106
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The Midwife
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2019 at 7:30 PM - English
Two of French cinema's biggest stars shine in this bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire (Catherine Frot), a talented but tightly wound midwife, and Béatrice (Catherine Deneuve), the estranged, free-spirited mistress of Claire's late father. Though polar opposites in almost every way, the two come to rely on each other as they cope with the unusual circumstance that brought them together in this sharp character study.
Location
Aventura Arts & Cultural Center
3385 NE 188 Street,
Aventura,
FL
33180
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Shoplifters
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2019 at 7:30 PM - English
A Japanese couple stuck with part-time jobs, and hence inadequate incomes, avail themselves of the fruits of shoplifting to make ends meet with their kids in on the act. When they open their door to a beleaguered teenager, their lives become something more than care-free, and the reasons for the family and friends' habit and their motivations come under the microscope. Winner – Palme d’Or 2018 Cannes International Film Festival.
Location
Aventura Arts & Cultural Center
3385 NE 188 Street,
Aventura,
FL
33180
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Sunday, Apr 28, 2019 at 3:00 PM - English
We are not alone! Written and directed by Steven Spielberg and featuring a groundbreaking score by the legendary John Williams, Close Encounters of the Third Kind is one of the most treasured and influential science fiction films of all time.
Location
Severance Hall
11001 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland,
OH
44106
(Map)
Let Yourself Go
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 7:30 PM - English
An uptight psychiatrist who pines for his ex-wife and is told to get himself back into shape gets more than just a physical workout when he signs up for personal training sessions with an attractive young instructor. Winner - Best Comedy - 2017 Italian Golden Globes.
Location
Aventura Arts & Cultural Center
3385 NE 188 Street,
Aventura,
FL
33180
(Map)
