Yelp's Parkin' it!
April 14
This Weekly Yelp brought to you by Sweat Records & Record Store Day 2009!
California Dreamin'? Guess they'd
never been to Florida!
Happy Birthday:
Party For Jimbo's 82nd!
The Nature of Photography:
Clyde Butcher and Antonia Wright
Forever Young:
YoPros Cocktail Hour
Wrap It Up:
Sushi Eating Contest For Charity Tonight!
¡Yo Quiero Mi Rock!
Miami Rock En Español
With the long, breezy spring days upon us, we've got nothing but clear skies and happy faces in Miami. The sun is shining; the birds chirping – what reason do you have not to be outdoors?! Grab that pic-a-nic basket Yogi, 'cause this week we're heading to the park!
First, follow this sage advice from Ginger H: "God gave us beautiful weather here in Miami, so get outside and enjoy it at Kennedy Park." While you're soaking up all those golden rays, refresh with some of the best frozen lemonade the city has to offer from institution AC's Icees. Maria T gives props to AC's three decades of business: "Homeboy keeps his prices real. A meager $2.50 gets you a cup of the most delicious Icee your taste buds have ever encountered."
Looking for a park with more to do and less to wear? Haulover Park offers a tennis center, golf course, marina and a clothing-optional section of the beach where you can bare it all. Jordan N dons his birthday best and assures us it's "much more comfortable." Not down to get naked? Go fly a kite! Haulover has prime gliding space and is home to Skyward Kites, where Joseluis A flew his very first, an experience he recalls as "so peaceful and relaxing."
Yelpers agree Deering Estate at Cutler is one of Miami's most beautiful and historic gems. Nydia G zens out here on her "lazy Saturday afternoons." Or check out Yelp Events for classes and tours galore at this happening Estate park. Still want a little more umph? How about renting hydro-bikes at Crandon Park, where Liana S and her crew come for an outdoor "day trip away from the usual haunts."
Attention joggers, dog-walkers and romantics – this next park's for you! On the southernmost tip of Miami Beach, wave goodbye to the pastel-wearing cruise-shipping masses of the Port of Miami alongside South Pointe Park. Alice S approves of its latest improvements: "Long, winding paths line the park with a mini waterpark and benches abound. The views of Fisher Island and the ocean are to die for," and it's an idyllic spot to gather for a picnic. Especially one packed by Joe, as in Joe's Take Away, right across the street -- but be warned that this is no average boxed lunch -- Franky A likens it to "taking home a piece of heaven."
Where do you park it? Tell us about it on Talk!
(A Word from Our Sponsor) Sweat Records Four Year Anniversary and Record Store Day 2009
The little record store that could and does turns four!
Four years ago Sweat Records was born and nothing has stopped it from becoming a cultural juggernaut. Surviving hurricanes and break-ins, Sweat still keeps breaking it down at the Vagabond every Friday. From music movie nights to Casa de Ha-Ha, a monthly open-mic stand-up comedy night, and selling the best vegan cupcakes in town this shop has something for every music lover/ intellectual/ pop-culturalist in town. Happy Birthday! and here's to many more! ¡Felicidades!
Come out and say Happy Anniversary to Miami's musical institution, Sweat Records.
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Top Yelpers
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Picks of the Week
Reviews we liked this week.
George M. on Maximo Gomez Park / Domino Park
"Came here after breakfast so it was about 9:30 on a Saturday morning and even at that time of the day the games are INTENSE
I sat down on one of the benches watching some of the games and reading the paper looking interested but playing a bit hard to get I was able to start a conversation with…"
Gita R. on The Barnacle
"The Barnacle is one of the hidden gems of Coconut Grove...if you're a nature lover like me, or a history buff. After you enter the gates, there is a nice walkway of mostly native plants. The house itself - the home of Commodore Munro - is very cool to visit (once) and I definitely recommend the…"
fatima f. on Fuchs Park
"Awesome little park...a nice pond with a beautiful fountain. Lots of ducks. Very nice playground area for toddlers and older children. Picnic tables and grills available. Only one shelter for parties at a small rental fee, even cheaper if you are a South Miami resident. The beauty of it is that…"
Fresh Lists
The newest of our users' favorites. Come out and play!
"Parks, not just for the kids!"
MIA: Parks
"Free green places to be seen in our tropical scene!"
Take it to the Outdoors!
"When you just need to take break and breathe in some fresh air..."
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Account Executive Opportunity for upscale travel PR company in NY
Account Executive for PR firm specializing in the world’s premier hotels and resorts.
Meg Connolly Communications, a small luxury PR firm specializing in leading hotels, resorts and restaurants, is seeking applicants for an exciting opportunity to join a growing agency representing some of the most celebrated properties worldwide. Applicants should be polished, enthusiastic, service oriented and eager to learn and grow. Strong writing and verbal skills are imperative, along with an appreciation and understanding of the luxury marketplace. The position will be responsible for overseeing photo shoots, securing press coverage on behalf of clients, involved in developing strategic press plans, launching products and partnerships, and developing and maintaining relationships with national, regional and trade media. In addition, the position will be responsible for overseeing various administrative tasks including maintaining databases, monthly updates and clip reports.
Salary: Competitive
Qualifications:
- College degree and 1 year relevant work experience
- Understanding of business protocol
- Detail-oriented, organized, self-motivated and focused on success
- Excellent computer skills
Please email resumes to meg at mcc-pr.com
Meg Connolly Communications, a small luxury PR firm specializing in leading hotels, resorts and restaurants, is seeking applicants for an exciting opportunity to join a growing agency representing some of the most celebrated properties worldwide. Applicants should be polished, enthusiastic, service oriented and eager to learn and grow. Strong writing and verbal skills are imperative, along with an appreciation and understanding of the luxury marketplace. The position will be responsible for overseeing photo shoots, securing press coverage on behalf of clients, involved in developing strategic press plans, launching products and partnerships, and developing and maintaining relationships with national, regional and trade media. In addition, the position will be responsible for overseeing various administrative tasks including maintaining databases, monthly updates and clip reports.
Salary: Competitive
Qualifications:
- College degree and 1 year relevant work experience
- Understanding of business protocol
- Detail-oriented, organized, self-motivated and focused on success
- Excellent computer skills
Please email resumes to meg at mcc-pr.com
Spa Week is this week
SPA WEEK IS APRIL 13TH THROUGH 19TH!
$50 TREATMENTS DURING THIS WEEK ONLY. NOT A LOT OF TIME LEFT....
DE-STRESS MASSAGE – 50min
CAIPIRINHA PEPPERMINT OR BULGARIAN ROSE BODY SCRUB + DE-STRESS MASSAGE – 50min
CAIPIRINHA PEPPERMINT OR BULGARIAN ROSE BODY SCRUB + JURLIQUE EXPRESS ORGANIC FACIAL – 50min
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO CATCH UP, SPLURGE, OR FOR SPA GIFTS!
TO BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT PLEASE CALL 305-695-0996
$50 TREATMENTS DURING THIS WEEK ONLY. NOT A LOT OF TIME LEFT....
DE-STRESS MASSAGE – 50min
CAIPIRINHA PEPPERMINT OR BULGARIAN ROSE BODY SCRUB + DE-STRESS MASSAGE – 50min
CAIPIRINHA PEPPERMINT OR BULGARIAN ROSE BODY SCRUB + JURLIQUE EXPRESS ORGANIC FACIAL – 50min
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO CATCH UP, SPLURGE, OR FOR SPA GIFTS!
TO BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT PLEASE CALL 305-695-0996
Hiring VP Marketing in NYC
We are conducting an executive search for the Vice President / Director Marketing for an online, consumer-facing company that drives ad revenues from its subscriber database. Client is especially interested in candidates from companies in the online travel, hospitality, music, publishing, and entertainment spaces. Position is headquartered in New York City. Working remotely is not an option. Client will consider candidates that are willing to relocate. This is a key hire. Client is willing and able to put together the right package for the right candidate. Prefer someone to start in the position as soon as possible. Candidates must have significant experience growing and monetizing a database of email subscribers. The company is very well funded by key players and does not need to raise additional capital at this time. Company is established and already generating significant revenues. This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful, fast growing, entrepreneurial company and help grow a new division while still having the ability to make significant money on a competitive compensation and stock option package.
Please let me know if you know someone that would be a good match for this opportunity. Whenever you refer someone to us that we place, we will send you a check for $1000 as a Referral Bonus. Please make sure the person you refer mentions your name so you can get credit for the referral. Or send me the person's contact info and we will contact the person directly. (Phone number and email address preferred.) We also have several other executive positions open with other clients, so please check out the list on our website: www.matchstar.com. Listed below my signature is additional information about this opportunity. Also, the complete job description is listed on our website, along with all of our other open positions.
TO APPLY FOR A POSITION, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE: http://www.matchstar.com/job_listings_open.html
****** CLICK ON THE POSITION: VP/Director Marketing - New York City
Please let me know if you know someone that would be a good match for this opportunity. Whenever you refer someone to us that we place, we will send you a check for $1000 as a Referral Bonus. Please make sure the person you refer mentions your name so you can get credit for the referral. Or send me the person's contact info and we will contact the person directly. (Phone number and email address preferred.) We also have several other executive positions open with other clients, so please check out the list on our website: www.matchstar.com. Listed below my signature is additional information about this opportunity. Also, the complete job description is listed on our website, along with all of our other open positions.
TO APPLY FOR A POSITION, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE: http://www.matchstar.com/job_listings_open.html
****** CLICK ON THE POSITION: VP/Director Marketing - New York City
New World Symphony - It's a Family Affair!
It’s a Family Affair! is a wonderful new event we are launching on April 25th and we would love you to join us at the Lincoln Theatre for it.
This fundraising celebration is for both the young and young at heart, so bring your children, nieces, nephews, godchildren and friends for a fun filled day of music.
Little ones will get to try their hand at conducting, percussion, composing and more! Lunch will be had by all, with mimosas and a family focused silent auction to occupy the grownups.
An hour long interactive performance by all 87 of New World Symphony’s fellows takes guests on a musical journey with pieces by Stravinsky, Bartok, Cage and Copland.
How You Can Help Us:
1. By purchasing tickets. Tix are $75 for children, $125 for adults, and $325 for a Family 4 Pack (any combo of kids and adults). These include a donation to New World Symphony (a portion of each ticket is tax deductible), lunch, all activities and the performance. Tickets can be purchased at www.nws.edu/familyfun or by contacting me at 305-673-3330, ext 264 or at Rebecca.mandelman@nws.edu.
2. By sponsoring It’s a Family Affair. Sponsorship opportunities range from $500 - $10,000. This event is the perfect outlet through which to access affluent, culture-savvy, young South Florida parents and relatives.
3. By spreading the word about both! If you know of anyone who you feel would enjoy this event, I am more than happy to follow up with them on your behalf.
This event will New World Symphony continue its mission of educating young musicians and providing world class orchestral music for the South Florida community and we thank you in advance for your help.
This fundraising celebration is for both the young and young at heart, so bring your children, nieces, nephews, godchildren and friends for a fun filled day of music.
Little ones will get to try their hand at conducting, percussion, composing and more! Lunch will be had by all, with mimosas and a family focused silent auction to occupy the grownups.
An hour long interactive performance by all 87 of New World Symphony’s fellows takes guests on a musical journey with pieces by Stravinsky, Bartok, Cage and Copland.
How You Can Help Us:
1. By purchasing tickets. Tix are $75 for children, $125 for adults, and $325 for a Family 4 Pack (any combo of kids and adults). These include a donation to New World Symphony (a portion of each ticket is tax deductible), lunch, all activities and the performance. Tickets can be purchased at www.nws.edu/familyfun or by contacting me at 305-673-3330, ext 264 or at Rebecca.mandelman@nws.edu.
2. By sponsoring It’s a Family Affair. Sponsorship opportunities range from $500 - $10,000. This event is the perfect outlet through which to access affluent, culture-savvy, young South Florida parents and relatives.
3. By spreading the word about both! If you know of anyone who you feel would enjoy this event, I am more than happy to follow up with them on your behalf.
This event will New World Symphony continue its mission of educating young musicians and providing world class orchestral music for the South Florida community and we thank you in advance for your help.
This Week at MBC: (April 13-19) The SICILIAN Film Festival!
M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España, (305) 67-FILMS (673-567)
BECOME A MEMBER HERE: www.MBCINEMA.com
APRIL 2009 at a Glance:
13-19: Sicilian Film Festival
19: Miami Latin Gay Film Festival: MARISOL in Tombola!
21: High-Def HITCH: Topaz
22: "Cine-IMPROV"
23, 24: Examined Life
25, 26: Wendy and Lucy
30: High-Def HITCH: Frenzy
May 02-03 MGLFF: Annul Victory, "Dark, Twisted, and Experimental",
and "UNDERWATERS" (Three Films by John Waters)
Sicilian Film Festival (April 13-19)
13 MON 6pm: SFF Opening Ceremony with wines of Sicily
followed by 7pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
$20 opening ceremony and film
8:45pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
14 TUE 7pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
8:45pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
10:30pm: If You Close Your Eyes (Se chiudi gli occhi) by Lisa Romano
15 WED 6pm: The Island Inside: A Journey With Vincenzo Consolo (L'isola in me: in viaggio con Vincenzo Consolo) by Ludovica Tortora De Falco
7:15pm: Taormina Shorts in cooperation with Taormina Film Festival
Our Sea (Mare nostro) by Andrea D'Asaro 20', Maradona Baby by Nino Sabella 10', Sgangsters by Mario Cosentino, 17', The Door of Forgiveness (Bab al Samah – La porta del perdono) by Francesco Sperandeo 15', The Nude Life (La vita nuda) by Dino Santoro 21', The Hallway (Il corridoio) by Gaia Bonsignore 6'
9pm: Homage to the Sicilian Producer George Litto
Dressed to Kill by Brian Di Palma
16 THU 6pm: Documentaries From Sulfur To Coal (Dallo zolfo al carbone)
by Luca Vullo 30', The Magic of Acitrezza (La malia di Acitrezza) by Paolo Brunatto 29'
7pm: Conference: Being a Sicilian Producer by Augusto Allegra
with Cover Boy by Carmine Amoroso
$15 (conference and films)
9:00pm: A Gide's Love (Un amore di Gide) by Diego Ronsisvalle
17 FRI 6:30pm: Short films: Party Night (Amiche) by Massimo Natale 14', Original Talents (Originali talenti) by Manolo Cristian Abbondati 20', A Scrooge Meets Cinderella Story (Cenerentola e lo sfruttatore) by Andria Litto 17', Faida 2 - The return (Faida 2 - Il ritorno) by Giorgio Galieti 10', A Heart Inside The Sea (Un cuore dentro al mare) by Claudia Labianca 20', The Fishing Light (La Lampara) by Giovanni Sinopoli 13', Being Handy (Mi chiamo Handy) by Vincenzo Cosentino 7'
8:45pm: The Sicilian Girl (La siciliana ribelle) by Marco Amenta
18 SAT 7pm: Documentaries Black Vessel (Il mare come il vino) by Luigi Valente 22'; Vara by Joseph Gardella 35'; Easter in Sicily (Pasqua in Sicilia) by Sigal Bujman 50'
8:40pm: Detective Montalbano: Paper Moon (Il Commissario Montalbano:
la luna di carta) by Alberto Sironi TV Series
10:30pm: SFF Afterparty at The Forge, 432 41st Street, Miami Beach
with host Juan Carlos Perez Complimentary Champagne until 12.
RSVP for guest list to jcpwonder@yahoo.com
19 SUN 6pm: Documentaries: Street Food Palermo by Laura Ravaioli 22'; Prince Alliata's Sweet Life (Il tonno, il corvo, la granita, Francesco Alliata, una vita dolce)
by Alfredo Antonaros 29'
7pm: Helen (Elena) by Salvo Bitonti 15'
and A Breath Of Life (Diceria dell'untore) by Beppe Cino 97'
With special guest Franco Nero
$30
9pm: SFF Fundraising Party
with concert by Kelly J. Roberts, and the official SFF Awards
and Italian Buffet Dinner with Wines of Sicily
Villa Viscuso, 8300 Hawthorne Ave, Miami Beach
Call (305) 710-4593 for reservations and info.
benefiting the not-for-profit “Sicilian Cultural and Film Festival”
$50
For SFF Tickets and details on films visit www.MBCinema.com
(Events are $10 each, or $7 MBC Members, unless otherwise noted).
Miami Latin Gay Film Festival
19 SUN 2pm:
A Sing-Along matinee with. . .
¡MARISOL in Tómbola!
Hosted by ADORA!
PRESENTED WITH CENTRO CULTURAL ESPANOL
(Directed by Luis Lucia/1962)
Just in time for Gay Pride Weekend and the Miami Latin Gay Film Festival!
Who do you get when you cross Julie Andrews, Haley Mills, and Shirley Temple with Charo, and Jennifer Lopez? MARISOL. . .that's who! Marisol was Spain's colorful answer to wholesome entertainment during the grey General Franco dictatorship. Her young and flamboyant vitality was also a secret symbol of leftie liberation, and that includes, of course, being a gay icon for all the colorful boys (and girls) yearning to be just like her, or yearning to, at least, sing just like her, which brings us to YOU. If you speak or sing or, at least, read Spanish, now is your single rare chance to relive or live for the first time your Spanish heritage and childhood, singing your heart out with MARISOL (on screen) in her classic film Tómbola (which is about. . .um, Marisol being fabulous!).
“Her figure and her grace fill the screen from the beginning till the last sequence, and the feature's festive and sentimental rhythm never declines.” Olé! Olé! Olé!
-La Vanguardia 1962
In Spanish with Spanish lyrics provided for singing along!
Join us afterwards for Sangria and home-made Spanish omelette,
included in your price! $12 or $10 MBC Members
For advance tickets visit www.MBCinema.com
21 TUE 8pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Topaz
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1969)
With Frederick Stafford, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying castro--and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro-castroite Rico Parra (John Vernon).
"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
22 WED 8:30pm: “Cine-IMPROV!”
A LIVE Comedic Jam presented by “the Model Citizens”
Miami's hottest improv actors perform unscripted theater based on your suggestions, in the art of “long form improv," rather than the typical comedy you see at the clubs and on TV. Including film dubbing, the "Armando Diaz Experience," and a live improvised "movie" based on the life experiences of one of our audience members, with stylistic parody, edits, comedic characters, and other scenic devices.
This month's theme: Let's DANCE!
“The Cine-Improv troupe works at a higher level than even the pros you see on Comedy Central, late-night TV, and at clubs. Their improvised take on film removes the middleman and leaves him (rolling) on the cut-up room floor (in this case that's the Miami Beach Cinematheque).”--Greg Baker New Times
For tickets click HERE
23 THU & 24 FRI
7pm and 8:45pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Examined Life
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms,
and puts it back on the streets...
Directed by Astra Taylor/Canada/2009
Featuring Cornel West, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor
In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West—perhaps America's best-known public intellectual—compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates
For tickets click HERE
25 SAT & 26 SUN
7pm and 8:35pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt/USA/2009
With Michelle Williams
Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people's duty to each other in tough time.
“A PITCH PERFECT TRIUMPH!—Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“What may emerge as THE BEST PERFORMANCE of the YEAR!”—Film Comment
"What will happen to her? The strength of this short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog is that this does not seem, by the end, to be an idle or trivial question. What happens to Wendy -- and to Lucy -- matters a lot, which is to say that Wendy and Lucy, for all its modesty, matters a lot too."--A.O. Scott New York Times
For tickets click HERE
30 THU 8:30pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Frenzy
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1972)
With Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey
Frenzy marked Hitchcock's return not only to England for the first time in twenty years but also to the subject matter with which he'd started his career in thrillers back in 1926 - murder, and a hunt for a serial killer in London. As the latest female victim of the "Necktie Murderer" is found in the Thames, raped and strangled, we meet Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a bitter, belligerent ex-Royal Air Force officer who can't seem to find his way in life. We also meet his girlfriend, a barmaid (Anna Massey); his ex-wife, a professional matchmaker (Barbara Leigh-Hunt); and his best friend. Their connection to the necktie murders will be clear to us in the first thirty minutes, as Chief Inspector Oxford (Alec McCowan) and his men tighten a circle around the wrong man, who rapidly runs out of options and allies.
"Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at MBC
(May 02-03)
02 SAT 1pm: Annul Victory
The World Premiere of the doc on Prop 8
Directed by Cheryl Riley, US, 67min, video, 2009
If when you woke up the day after elections and your elation about Barak Obama's groundbreaking victory was tinged with sadness because of the passing of Proposition 8 in California, then ‘Annul Victory, is a film for you. Through the use of stunning news footage and eloquent and articulate interviews, the movie brings us up to the present day as we now await the California Courts ruling on whether Proposition 8 is against the State's constituent or not. This is unquestionably the singular most important issue facing our community today. This is fight for our basic civil rights, and to quote one of the movie's participants, “we should no longer just ask for them, but demand them and settle for nothing less”.–Roger Walker-Dack
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
3pm: “Dark, Twisted, and Experimental”
An MGLFF shorts compilation
For the first time at the MGLFF, we've decided to push the envelope by providing to audiences a fresh and different shorts program. These films are not for the faint at heart, but if you like Tarantino and can stand the sight of a little blood, you'll love the sick and sticky stories in here. They are chock full of meaning, intellect and (albeit bizarre) beauty.
Toybox, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2007, video, 10 min. U.S. PREMIERE. Simultaneously creepy and playful, this animated short is a no holds bar articulation of the role of the penis in men's sexual lives.
Boy, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2009, video, 3 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Invisibility, the inner vs. outer world, truth as opposed to necessary fictions: this short is a quietly constructed meditation on the consequences of being yourself.
Marti & I, Dir. Juan Carlos Zaldivar, US, 2008, video, 3 min. EAST COAST PREMIERE. Tearing the symbolism and power of the iconic figure away from the intractable reality of machismo in Latin culture.
3 Stories About Evil, Dir. Michael Frost, US, 2008, video, 22 min. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Shot almost entirely with still photographs and starring cult favorite Mink Stole, this film tells three macabre stories about family, media and the horror of children's beauty pageants.
Weak Species, Dir. Dan Faltz, US, 2009, video, 35 min. WORLD PREMIERE. Two high school boys have vastly different experiences at home and at school, but an important tie binds them. -Kade Crockford
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
02 SAT
“UNDER WATERS”
Three early films directed by JOHN WATERS!
7pm: Female Trouble
(Directed by John Waters/1974)
With Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pierce, Mink Stole
John Waters' outrageous fascination with womanhood follows the life and times of Dawn Davenport (Divine, just after her illustrious debut in Pink Flamingos), showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother and a criminal as well as a glamorous model, before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair...
For Waters tickets click HERE
9pm: Desperate Living
(Directed by John Waters/1977)
With Liz Reney, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey
In John Waters' follow-up to the outrageously tacky Female Trouble, he continues the insanity of his take on Baltimore inspired women with an even more outrageously tacky story of a rich housewife who murders her husband. With the assistance of her maid, she sets out on the run, ending up in a refuge for criminals-Mortville, where she eventually comes face to face with the ruler of town-Queen Carlotta. . .
For Waters tickets click HERE
03 SUN 8pm: Polyester
in “ODORAMA”
(Directed by John Waters/1981)
“Smelling is Believing”
With Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole
The favorite John Waters leading lady, Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housewife who is looking for a little lovin', surrounded by a pitiful life with problematic children, to say the least, and various other (stinky) issues. Finally salvation arrives in the form of Prince Charming (with an agenda), Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), who somehow finds a way to ‘fall in love” with Francine, when he really, obviously, has his mind on other things. Filmed in the miracle of “Odorama”, MBC has resurrected collector scratch n' sniff cards for the screening. Experience this John Waters classic the way it was meant to be seen (and smelled!).
“John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure.” -Cinematical
(with “scratch and sniff cards” available!)
$12 or $10 MBC or MGLFF members
($16 or $14 Members with collector's Scratch ‘n Sniff card. *Limited quantity).
Order in advance at www.MBCinema.com
TICKETS:
FILMS: $10 or $7 MBC Members / Students / Seniors
Sicilian Film Festival opening Night $20
SFF Conference Being a Sicilian Producer $15
SFF Evening with Franco Nero $30
Polyester $12 or $10 Members, or $16 and $14 with Scratch n' Sniff card
(Doors open fifteen minutes before screenings)
PARKING:
16th Street between Collins and Washington (covered lot),
or 16th Street and Drexel Avenue (open lot),
or Valet Parking on weekends at Plaza de España (Drexel and Española Way)
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
Ordinary
movies?
NEVER!
Original Scratch n' Sniff cards available for your ODORAMA experience!
(Purchase Polyester tics and cards in advance at www.MBCinema.com)
The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España, (305) 67-FILMS (673-567)
BECOME A MEMBER HERE: www.MBCINEMA.com
APRIL 2009 at a Glance:
13-19: Sicilian Film Festival
19: Miami Latin Gay Film Festival: MARISOL in Tombola!
21: High-Def HITCH: Topaz
22: "Cine-IMPROV"
23, 24: Examined Life
25, 26: Wendy and Lucy
30: High-Def HITCH: Frenzy
May 02-03 MGLFF: Annul Victory, "Dark, Twisted, and Experimental",
and "UNDERWATERS" (Three Films by John Waters)
Sicilian Film Festival (April 13-19)
13 MON 6pm: SFF Opening Ceremony with wines of Sicily
followed by 7pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
$20 opening ceremony and film
8:45pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
14 TUE 7pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
8:45pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
10:30pm: If You Close Your Eyes (Se chiudi gli occhi) by Lisa Romano
15 WED 6pm: The Island Inside: A Journey With Vincenzo Consolo (L'isola in me: in viaggio con Vincenzo Consolo) by Ludovica Tortora De Falco
7:15pm: Taormina Shorts in cooperation with Taormina Film Festival
Our Sea (Mare nostro) by Andrea D'Asaro 20', Maradona Baby by Nino Sabella 10', Sgangsters by Mario Cosentino, 17', The Door of Forgiveness (Bab al Samah – La porta del perdono) by Francesco Sperandeo 15', The Nude Life (La vita nuda) by Dino Santoro 21', The Hallway (Il corridoio) by Gaia Bonsignore 6'
9pm: Homage to the Sicilian Producer George Litto
Dressed to Kill by Brian Di Palma
16 THU 6pm: Documentaries From Sulfur To Coal (Dallo zolfo al carbone)
by Luca Vullo 30', The Magic of Acitrezza (La malia di Acitrezza) by Paolo Brunatto 29'
7pm: Conference: Being a Sicilian Producer by Augusto Allegra
with Cover Boy by Carmine Amoroso
$15 (conference and films)
9:00pm: A Gide's Love (Un amore di Gide) by Diego Ronsisvalle
17 FRI 6:30pm: Short films: Party Night (Amiche) by Massimo Natale 14', Original Talents (Originali talenti) by Manolo Cristian Abbondati 20', A Scrooge Meets Cinderella Story (Cenerentola e lo sfruttatore) by Andria Litto 17', Faida 2 - The return (Faida 2 - Il ritorno) by Giorgio Galieti 10', A Heart Inside The Sea (Un cuore dentro al mare) by Claudia Labianca 20', The Fishing Light (La Lampara) by Giovanni Sinopoli 13', Being Handy (Mi chiamo Handy) by Vincenzo Cosentino 7'
8:45pm: The Sicilian Girl (La siciliana ribelle) by Marco Amenta
18 SAT 7pm: Documentaries Black Vessel (Il mare come il vino) by Luigi Valente 22'; Vara by Joseph Gardella 35'; Easter in Sicily (Pasqua in Sicilia) by Sigal Bujman 50'
8:40pm: Detective Montalbano: Paper Moon (Il Commissario Montalbano:
la luna di carta) by Alberto Sironi TV Series
10:30pm: SFF Afterparty at The Forge, 432 41st Street, Miami Beach
with host Juan Carlos Perez Complimentary Champagne until 12.
RSVP for guest list to jcpwonder@yahoo.com
19 SUN 6pm: Documentaries: Street Food Palermo by Laura Ravaioli 22'; Prince Alliata's Sweet Life (Il tonno, il corvo, la granita, Francesco Alliata, una vita dolce)
by Alfredo Antonaros 29'
7pm: Helen (Elena) by Salvo Bitonti 15'
and A Breath Of Life (Diceria dell'untore) by Beppe Cino 97'
With special guest Franco Nero
$30
9pm: SFF Fundraising Party
with concert by Kelly J. Roberts, and the official SFF Awards
and Italian Buffet Dinner with Wines of Sicily
Villa Viscuso, 8300 Hawthorne Ave, Miami Beach
Call (305) 710-4593 for reservations and info.
benefiting the not-for-profit “Sicilian Cultural and Film Festival”
$50
For SFF Tickets and details on films visit www.MBCinema.com
(Events are $10 each, or $7 MBC Members, unless otherwise noted).
Miami Latin Gay Film Festival
19 SUN 2pm:
A Sing-Along matinee with. . .
¡MARISOL in Tómbola!
Hosted by ADORA!
PRESENTED WITH CENTRO CULTURAL ESPANOL
(Directed by Luis Lucia/1962)
Just in time for Gay Pride Weekend and the Miami Latin Gay Film Festival!
Who do you get when you cross Julie Andrews, Haley Mills, and Shirley Temple with Charo, and Jennifer Lopez? MARISOL. . .that's who! Marisol was Spain's colorful answer to wholesome entertainment during the grey General Franco dictatorship. Her young and flamboyant vitality was also a secret symbol of leftie liberation, and that includes, of course, being a gay icon for all the colorful boys (and girls) yearning to be just like her, or yearning to, at least, sing just like her, which brings us to YOU. If you speak or sing or, at least, read Spanish, now is your single rare chance to relive or live for the first time your Spanish heritage and childhood, singing your heart out with MARISOL (on screen) in her classic film Tómbola (which is about. . .um, Marisol being fabulous!).
“Her figure and her grace fill the screen from the beginning till the last sequence, and the feature's festive and sentimental rhythm never declines.” Olé! Olé! Olé!
-La Vanguardia 1962
In Spanish with Spanish lyrics provided for singing along!
Join us afterwards for Sangria and home-made Spanish omelette,
included in your price! $12 or $10 MBC Members
For advance tickets visit www.MBCinema.com
21 TUE 8pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Topaz
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1969)
With Frederick Stafford, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying castro--and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro-castroite Rico Parra (John Vernon).
"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
22 WED 8:30pm: “Cine-IMPROV!”
A LIVE Comedic Jam presented by “the Model Citizens”
Miami's hottest improv actors perform unscripted theater based on your suggestions, in the art of “long form improv," rather than the typical comedy you see at the clubs and on TV. Including film dubbing, the "Armando Diaz Experience," and a live improvised "movie" based on the life experiences of one of our audience members, with stylistic parody, edits, comedic characters, and other scenic devices.
This month's theme: Let's DANCE!
“The Cine-Improv troupe works at a higher level than even the pros you see on Comedy Central, late-night TV, and at clubs. Their improvised take on film removes the middleman and leaves him (rolling) on the cut-up room floor (in this case that's the Miami Beach Cinematheque).”--Greg Baker New Times
For tickets click HERE
23 THU & 24 FRI
7pm and 8:45pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Examined Life
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms,
and puts it back on the streets...
Directed by Astra Taylor/Canada/2009
Featuring Cornel West, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor
In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West—perhaps America's best-known public intellectual—compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates
For tickets click HERE
25 SAT & 26 SUN
7pm and 8:35pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt/USA/2009
With Michelle Williams
Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people's duty to each other in tough time.
“A PITCH PERFECT TRIUMPH!—Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“What may emerge as THE BEST PERFORMANCE of the YEAR!”—Film Comment
"What will happen to her? The strength of this short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog is that this does not seem, by the end, to be an idle or trivial question. What happens to Wendy -- and to Lucy -- matters a lot, which is to say that Wendy and Lucy, for all its modesty, matters a lot too."--A.O. Scott New York Times
For tickets click HERE
30 THU 8:30pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Frenzy
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1972)
With Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey
Frenzy marked Hitchcock's return not only to England for the first time in twenty years but also to the subject matter with which he'd started his career in thrillers back in 1926 - murder, and a hunt for a serial killer in London. As the latest female victim of the "Necktie Murderer" is found in the Thames, raped and strangled, we meet Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a bitter, belligerent ex-Royal Air Force officer who can't seem to find his way in life. We also meet his girlfriend, a barmaid (Anna Massey); his ex-wife, a professional matchmaker (Barbara Leigh-Hunt); and his best friend. Their connection to the necktie murders will be clear to us in the first thirty minutes, as Chief Inspector Oxford (Alec McCowan) and his men tighten a circle around the wrong man, who rapidly runs out of options and allies.
"Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at MBC
(May 02-03)
02 SAT 1pm: Annul Victory
The World Premiere of the doc on Prop 8
Directed by Cheryl Riley, US, 67min, video, 2009
If when you woke up the day after elections and your elation about Barak Obama's groundbreaking victory was tinged with sadness because of the passing of Proposition 8 in California, then ‘Annul Victory, is a film for you. Through the use of stunning news footage and eloquent and articulate interviews, the movie brings us up to the present day as we now await the California Courts ruling on whether Proposition 8 is against the State's constituent or not. This is unquestionably the singular most important issue facing our community today. This is fight for our basic civil rights, and to quote one of the movie's participants, “we should no longer just ask for them, but demand them and settle for nothing less”.–Roger Walker-Dack
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
3pm: “Dark, Twisted, and Experimental”
An MGLFF shorts compilation
For the first time at the MGLFF, we've decided to push the envelope by providing to audiences a fresh and different shorts program. These films are not for the faint at heart, but if you like Tarantino and can stand the sight of a little blood, you'll love the sick and sticky stories in here. They are chock full of meaning, intellect and (albeit bizarre) beauty.
Toybox, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2007, video, 10 min. U.S. PREMIERE. Simultaneously creepy and playful, this animated short is a no holds bar articulation of the role of the penis in men's sexual lives.
Boy, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2009, video, 3 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Invisibility, the inner vs. outer world, truth as opposed to necessary fictions: this short is a quietly constructed meditation on the consequences of being yourself.
Marti & I, Dir. Juan Carlos Zaldivar, US, 2008, video, 3 min. EAST COAST PREMIERE. Tearing the symbolism and power of the iconic figure away from the intractable reality of machismo in Latin culture.
3 Stories About Evil, Dir. Michael Frost, US, 2008, video, 22 min. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Shot almost entirely with still photographs and starring cult favorite Mink Stole, this film tells three macabre stories about family, media and the horror of children's beauty pageants.
Weak Species, Dir. Dan Faltz, US, 2009, video, 35 min. WORLD PREMIERE. Two high school boys have vastly different experiences at home and at school, but an important tie binds them. -Kade Crockford
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
02 SAT
“UNDER WATERS”
Three early films directed by JOHN WATERS!
7pm: Female Trouble
(Directed by John Waters/1974)
With Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pierce, Mink Stole
John Waters' outrageous fascination with womanhood follows the life and times of Dawn Davenport (Divine, just after her illustrious debut in Pink Flamingos), showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother and a criminal as well as a glamorous model, before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair...
For Waters tickets click HERE
9pm: Desperate Living
(Directed by John Waters/1977)
With Liz Reney, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey
In John Waters' follow-up to the outrageously tacky Female Trouble, he continues the insanity of his take on Baltimore inspired women with an even more outrageously tacky story of a rich housewife who murders her husband. With the assistance of her maid, she sets out on the run, ending up in a refuge for criminals-Mortville, where she eventually comes face to face with the ruler of town-Queen Carlotta. . .
For Waters tickets click HERE
03 SUN 8pm: Polyester
in “ODORAMA”
(Directed by John Waters/1981)
“Smelling is Believing”
With Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole
The favorite John Waters leading lady, Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housewife who is looking for a little lovin', surrounded by a pitiful life with problematic children, to say the least, and various other (stinky) issues. Finally salvation arrives in the form of Prince Charming (with an agenda), Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), who somehow finds a way to ‘fall in love” with Francine, when he really, obviously, has his mind on other things. Filmed in the miracle of “Odorama”, MBC has resurrected collector scratch n' sniff cards for the screening. Experience this John Waters classic the way it was meant to be seen (and smelled!).
“John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure.” -Cinematical
(with “scratch and sniff cards” available!)
$12 or $10 MBC or MGLFF members
($16 or $14 Members with collector's Scratch ‘n Sniff card. *Limited quantity).
Order in advance at www.MBCinema.com
TICKETS:
FILMS: $10 or $7 MBC Members / Students / Seniors
Sicilian Film Festival opening Night $20
SFF Conference Being a Sicilian Producer $15
SFF Evening with Franco Nero $30
Polyester $12 or $10 Members, or $16 and $14 with Scratch n' Sniff card
(Doors open fifteen minutes before screenings)
PARKING:
16th Street between Collins and Washington (covered lot),
or 16th Street and Drexel Avenue (open lot),
or Valet Parking on weekends at Plaza de España (Drexel and Española Way)
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
Ordinary
movies?
NEVER!
Original Scratch n' Sniff cards available for your ODORAMA experience!
(Purchase Polyester tics and cards in advance at www.MBCinema.com)
This Week at MBC: (April 13-19) The SICILIAN Film Festival!
M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España, (305) 67-FILMS (673-567)
BECOME A MEMBER HERE: www.MBCINEMA.com
APRIL 2009 at a Glance:
13-19: Sicilian Film Festival
19: Miami Latin Gay Film Festival: MARISOL in Tombola!
21: High-Def HITCH: Topaz
22: "Cine-IMPROV"
23, 24: Examined Life
25, 26: Wendy and Lucy
30: High-Def HITCH: Frenzy
May 02-03 MGLFF: Annul Victory, "Dark, Twisted, and Experimental",
and "UNDERWATERS" (Three Films by John Waters)
Sicilian Film Festival (April 13-19)
13 MON 6pm: SFF Opening Ceremony with wines of Sicily
followed by 7pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
$20 opening ceremony and film
8:45pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
14 TUE 7pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
8:45pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
10:30pm: If You Close Your Eyes (Se chiudi gli occhi) by Lisa Romano
15 WED 6pm: The Island Inside: A Journey With Vincenzo Consolo (L'isola in me: in viaggio con Vincenzo Consolo) by Ludovica Tortora De Falco
7:15pm: Taormina Shorts in cooperation with Taormina Film Festival
Our Sea (Mare nostro) by Andrea D'Asaro 20', Maradona Baby by Nino Sabella 10', Sgangsters by Mario Cosentino, 17', The Door of Forgiveness (Bab al Samah – La porta del perdono) by Francesco Sperandeo 15', The Nude Life (La vita nuda) by Dino Santoro 21', The Hallway (Il corridoio) by Gaia Bonsignore 6'
9pm: Homage to the Sicilian Producer George Litto
Dressed to Kill by Brian Di Palma
16 THU 6pm: Documentaries From Sulfur To Coal (Dallo zolfo al carbone)
by Luca Vullo 30', The Magic of Acitrezza (La malia di Acitrezza) by Paolo Brunatto 29'
7pm: Conference: Being a Sicilian Producer by Augusto Allegra
with Cover Boy by Carmine Amoroso
$15 (conference and films)
9:00pm: A Gide's Love (Un amore di Gide) by Diego Ronsisvalle
17 FRI 6:30pm: Short films: Party Night (Amiche) by Massimo Natale 14', Original Talents (Originali talenti) by Manolo Cristian Abbondati 20', A Scrooge Meets Cinderella Story (Cenerentola e lo sfruttatore) by Andria Litto 17', Faida 2 - The return (Faida 2 - Il ritorno) by Giorgio Galieti 10', A Heart Inside The Sea (Un cuore dentro al mare) by Claudia Labianca 20', The Fishing Light (La Lampara) by Giovanni Sinopoli 13', Being Handy (Mi chiamo Handy) by Vincenzo Cosentino 7'
8:45pm: The Sicilian Girl (La siciliana ribelle) by Marco Amenta
18 SAT 7pm: Documentaries Black Vessel (Il mare come il vino) by Luigi Valente 22'; Vara by Joseph Gardella 35'; Easter in Sicily (Pasqua in Sicilia) by Sigal Bujman 50'
8:40pm: Detective Montalbano: Paper Moon (Il Commissario Montalbano:
la luna di carta) by Alberto Sironi TV Series
10:30pm: SFF Afterparty at The Forge, 432 41st Street, Miami Beach
with host Juan Carlos Perez Complimentary Champagne until 12.
RSVP for guest list to jcpwonder@yahoo.com
19 SUN 6pm: Documentaries: Street Food Palermo by Laura Ravaioli 22'; Prince Alliata's Sweet Life (Il tonno, il corvo, la granita, Francesco Alliata, una vita dolce)
by Alfredo Antonaros 29'
7pm: Helen (Elena) by Salvo Bitonti 15'
and A Breath Of Life (Diceria dell'untore) by Beppe Cino 97'
With special guest Franco Nero
$30
9pm: SFF Fundraising Party
with concert by Kelly J. Roberts, and the official SFF Awards
and Italian Buffet Dinner with Wines of Sicily
Villa Viscuso, 8300 Hawthorne Ave, Miami Beach
Call (305) 710-4593 for reservations and info.
benefiting the not-for-profit “Sicilian Cultural and Film Festival”
$50
For SFF Tickets and details on films visit www.MBCinema.com
(Events are $10 each, or $7 MBC Members, unless otherwise noted).
Miami Latin Gay Film Festival
19 SUN 2pm:
A Sing-Along matinee with. . .
¡MARISOL in Tómbola!
Hosted by ADORA!
PRESENTED WITH CENTRO CULTURAL ESPANOL
(Directed by Luis Lucia/1962)
Just in time for Gay Pride Weekend and the Miami Latin Gay Film Festival!
Who do you get when you cross Julie Andrews, Haley Mills, and Shirley Temple with Charo, and Jennifer Lopez? MARISOL. . .that's who! Marisol was Spain's colorful answer to wholesome entertainment during the grey General Franco dictatorship. Her young and flamboyant vitality was also a secret symbol of leftie liberation, and that includes, of course, being a gay icon for all the colorful boys (and girls) yearning to be just like her, or yearning to, at least, sing just like her, which brings us to YOU. If you speak or sing or, at least, read Spanish, now is your single rare chance to relive or live for the first time your Spanish heritage and childhood, singing your heart out with MARISOL (on screen) in her classic film Tómbola (which is about. . .um, Marisol being fabulous!).
“Her figure and her grace fill the screen from the beginning till the last sequence, and the feature's festive and sentimental rhythm never declines.” Olé! Olé! Olé!
-La Vanguardia 1962
In Spanish with Spanish lyrics provided for singing along!
Join us afterwards for Sangria and home-made Spanish omelette,
included in your price! $12 or $10 MBC Members
For advance tickets visit www.MBCinema.com
21 TUE 8pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Topaz
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1969)
With Frederick Stafford, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying castro--and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro-castroite Rico Parra (John Vernon).
"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
22 WED 8:30pm: “Cine-IMPROV!”
A LIVE Comedic Jam presented by “the Model Citizens”
Miami's hottest improv actors perform unscripted theater based on your suggestions, in the art of “long form improv," rather than the typical comedy you see at the clubs and on TV. Including film dubbing, the "Armando Diaz Experience," and a live improvised "movie" based on the life experiences of one of our audience members, with stylistic parody, edits, comedic characters, and other scenic devices.
This month's theme: Let's DANCE!
“The Cine-Improv troupe works at a higher level than even the pros you see on Comedy Central, late-night TV, and at clubs. Their improvised take on film removes the middleman and leaves him (rolling) on the cut-up room floor (in this case that's the Miami Beach Cinematheque).”--Greg Baker New Times
For tickets click HERE
23 THU & 24 FRI
7pm and 8:45pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Examined Life
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms,
and puts it back on the streets...
Directed by Astra Taylor/Canada/2009
Featuring Cornel West, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor
In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West—perhaps America's best-known public intellectual—compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates
For tickets click HERE
25 SAT & 26 SUN
7pm and 8:35pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt/USA/2009
With Michelle Williams
Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people's duty to each other in tough time.
“A PITCH PERFECT TRIUMPH!—Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“What may emerge as THE BEST PERFORMANCE of the YEAR!”—Film Comment
"What will happen to her? The strength of this short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog is that this does not seem, by the end, to be an idle or trivial question. What happens to Wendy -- and to Lucy -- matters a lot, which is to say that Wendy and Lucy, for all its modesty, matters a lot too."--A.O. Scott New York Times
For tickets click HERE
30 THU 8:30pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Frenzy
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1972)
With Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey
Frenzy marked Hitchcock's return not only to England for the first time in twenty years but also to the subject matter with which he'd started his career in thrillers back in 1926 - murder, and a hunt for a serial killer in London. As the latest female victim of the "Necktie Murderer" is found in the Thames, raped and strangled, we meet Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a bitter, belligerent ex-Royal Air Force officer who can't seem to find his way in life. We also meet his girlfriend, a barmaid (Anna Massey); his ex-wife, a professional matchmaker (Barbara Leigh-Hunt); and his best friend. Their connection to the necktie murders will be clear to us in the first thirty minutes, as Chief Inspector Oxford (Alec McCowan) and his men tighten a circle around the wrong man, who rapidly runs out of options and allies.
"Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at MBC
(May 02-03)
02 SAT 1pm: Annul Victory
The World Premiere of the doc on Prop 8
Directed by Cheryl Riley, US, 67min, video, 2009
If when you woke up the day after elections and your elation about Barak Obama's groundbreaking victory was tinged with sadness because of the passing of Proposition 8 in California, then ‘Annul Victory, is a film for you. Through the use of stunning news footage and eloquent and articulate interviews, the movie brings us up to the present day as we now await the California Courts ruling on whether Proposition 8 is against the State's constituent or not. This is unquestionably the singular most important issue facing our community today. This is fight for our basic civil rights, and to quote one of the movie's participants, “we should no longer just ask for them, but demand them and settle for nothing less”.–Roger Walker-Dack
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
3pm: “Dark, Twisted, and Experimental”
An MGLFF shorts compilation
For the first time at the MGLFF, we've decided to push the envelope by providing to audiences a fresh and different shorts program. These films are not for the faint at heart, but if you like Tarantino and can stand the sight of a little blood, you'll love the sick and sticky stories in here. They are chock full of meaning, intellect and (albeit bizarre) beauty.
Toybox, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2007, video, 10 min. U.S. PREMIERE. Simultaneously creepy and playful, this animated short is a no holds bar articulation of the role of the penis in men's sexual lives.
Boy, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2009, video, 3 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Invisibility, the inner vs. outer world, truth as opposed to necessary fictions: this short is a quietly constructed meditation on the consequences of being yourself.
Marti & I, Dir. Juan Carlos Zaldivar, US, 2008, video, 3 min. EAST COAST PREMIERE. Tearing the symbolism and power of the iconic figure away from the intractable reality of machismo in Latin culture.
3 Stories About Evil, Dir. Michael Frost, US, 2008, video, 22 min. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Shot almost entirely with still photographs and starring cult favorite Mink Stole, this film tells three macabre stories about family, media and the horror of children's beauty pageants.
Weak Species, Dir. Dan Faltz, US, 2009, video, 35 min. WORLD PREMIERE. Two high school boys have vastly different experiences at home and at school, but an important tie binds them. -Kade Crockford
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
02 SAT
“UNDER WATERS”
Three early films directed by JOHN WATERS!
7pm: Female Trouble
(Directed by John Waters/1974)
With Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pierce, Mink Stole
John Waters' outrageous fascination with womanhood follows the life and times of Dawn Davenport (Divine, just after her illustrious debut in Pink Flamingos), showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother and a criminal as well as a glamorous model, before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair...
For Waters tickets click HERE
9pm: Desperate Living
(Directed by John Waters/1977)
With Liz Reney, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey
In John Waters' follow-up to the outrageously tacky Female Trouble, he continues the insanity of his take on Baltimore inspired women with an even more outrageously tacky story of a rich housewife who murders her husband. With the assistance of her maid, she sets out on the run, ending up in a refuge for criminals-Mortville, where she eventually comes face to face with the ruler of town-Queen Carlotta. . .
For Waters tickets click HERE
03 SUN 8pm: Polyester
in “ODORAMA”
(Directed by John Waters/1981)
“Smelling is Believing”
With Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole
The favorite John Waters leading lady, Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housewife who is looking for a little lovin', surrounded by a pitiful life with problematic children, to say the least, and various other (stinky) issues. Finally salvation arrives in the form of Prince Charming (with an agenda), Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), who somehow finds a way to ‘fall in love” with Francine, when he really, obviously, has his mind on other things. Filmed in the miracle of “Odorama”, MBC has resurrected collector scratch n' sniff cards for the screening. Experience this John Waters classic the way it was meant to be seen (and smelled!).
“John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure.” -Cinematical
(with “scratch and sniff cards” available!)
$12 or $10 MBC or MGLFF members
($16 or $14 Members with collector's Scratch ‘n Sniff card. *Limited quantity).
Order in advance at www.MBCinema.com
TICKETS:
FILMS: $10 or $7 MBC Members / Students / Seniors
Sicilian Film Festival opening Night $20
SFF Conference Being a Sicilian Producer $15
SFF Evening with Franco Nero $30
Polyester $12 or $10 Members, or $16 and $14 with Scratch n' Sniff card
(Doors open fifteen minutes before screenings)
PARKING:
16th Street between Collins and Washington (covered lot),
or 16th Street and Drexel Avenue (open lot),
or Valet Parking on weekends at Plaza de España (Drexel and Española Way)
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
Ordinary
movies?
NEVER!
Original Scratch n' Sniff cards available for your ODORAMA experience!
(Purchase Polyester tics and cards in advance at www.MBCinema.com)
The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España, (305) 67-FILMS (673-567)
BECOME A MEMBER HERE: www.MBCINEMA.com
APRIL 2009 at a Glance:
13-19: Sicilian Film Festival
19: Miami Latin Gay Film Festival: MARISOL in Tombola!
21: High-Def HITCH: Topaz
22: "Cine-IMPROV"
23, 24: Examined Life
25, 26: Wendy and Lucy
30: High-Def HITCH: Frenzy
May 02-03 MGLFF: Annul Victory, "Dark, Twisted, and Experimental",
and "UNDERWATERS" (Three Films by John Waters)
Sicilian Film Festival (April 13-19)
13 MON 6pm: SFF Opening Ceremony with wines of Sicily
followed by 7pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
$20 opening ceremony and film
8:45pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
14 TUE 7pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
8:45pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
10:30pm: If You Close Your Eyes (Se chiudi gli occhi) by Lisa Romano
15 WED 6pm: The Island Inside: A Journey With Vincenzo Consolo (L'isola in me: in viaggio con Vincenzo Consolo) by Ludovica Tortora De Falco
7:15pm: Taormina Shorts in cooperation with Taormina Film Festival
Our Sea (Mare nostro) by Andrea D'Asaro 20', Maradona Baby by Nino Sabella 10', Sgangsters by Mario Cosentino, 17', The Door of Forgiveness (Bab al Samah – La porta del perdono) by Francesco Sperandeo 15', The Nude Life (La vita nuda) by Dino Santoro 21', The Hallway (Il corridoio) by Gaia Bonsignore 6'
9pm: Homage to the Sicilian Producer George Litto
Dressed to Kill by Brian Di Palma
16 THU 6pm: Documentaries From Sulfur To Coal (Dallo zolfo al carbone)
by Luca Vullo 30', The Magic of Acitrezza (La malia di Acitrezza) by Paolo Brunatto 29'
7pm: Conference: Being a Sicilian Producer by Augusto Allegra
with Cover Boy by Carmine Amoroso
$15 (conference and films)
9:00pm: A Gide's Love (Un amore di Gide) by Diego Ronsisvalle
17 FRI 6:30pm: Short films: Party Night (Amiche) by Massimo Natale 14', Original Talents (Originali talenti) by Manolo Cristian Abbondati 20', A Scrooge Meets Cinderella Story (Cenerentola e lo sfruttatore) by Andria Litto 17', Faida 2 - The return (Faida 2 - Il ritorno) by Giorgio Galieti 10', A Heart Inside The Sea (Un cuore dentro al mare) by Claudia Labianca 20', The Fishing Light (La Lampara) by Giovanni Sinopoli 13', Being Handy (Mi chiamo Handy) by Vincenzo Cosentino 7'
8:45pm: The Sicilian Girl (La siciliana ribelle) by Marco Amenta
18 SAT 7pm: Documentaries Black Vessel (Il mare come il vino) by Luigi Valente 22'; Vara by Joseph Gardella 35'; Easter in Sicily (Pasqua in Sicilia) by Sigal Bujman 50'
8:40pm: Detective Montalbano: Paper Moon (Il Commissario Montalbano:
la luna di carta) by Alberto Sironi TV Series
10:30pm: SFF Afterparty at The Forge, 432 41st Street, Miami Beach
with host Juan Carlos Perez Complimentary Champagne until 12.
RSVP for guest list to jcpwonder@yahoo.com
19 SUN 6pm: Documentaries: Street Food Palermo by Laura Ravaioli 22'; Prince Alliata's Sweet Life (Il tonno, il corvo, la granita, Francesco Alliata, una vita dolce)
by Alfredo Antonaros 29'
7pm: Helen (Elena) by Salvo Bitonti 15'
and A Breath Of Life (Diceria dell'untore) by Beppe Cino 97'
With special guest Franco Nero
$30
9pm: SFF Fundraising Party
with concert by Kelly J. Roberts, and the official SFF Awards
and Italian Buffet Dinner with Wines of Sicily
Villa Viscuso, 8300 Hawthorne Ave, Miami Beach
Call (305) 710-4593 for reservations and info.
benefiting the not-for-profit “Sicilian Cultural and Film Festival”
$50
For SFF Tickets and details on films visit www.MBCinema.com
(Events are $10 each, or $7 MBC Members, unless otherwise noted).
Miami Latin Gay Film Festival
19 SUN 2pm:
A Sing-Along matinee with. . .
¡MARISOL in Tómbola!
Hosted by ADORA!
PRESENTED WITH CENTRO CULTURAL ESPANOL
(Directed by Luis Lucia/1962)
Just in time for Gay Pride Weekend and the Miami Latin Gay Film Festival!
Who do you get when you cross Julie Andrews, Haley Mills, and Shirley Temple with Charo, and Jennifer Lopez? MARISOL. . .that's who! Marisol was Spain's colorful answer to wholesome entertainment during the grey General Franco dictatorship. Her young and flamboyant vitality was also a secret symbol of leftie liberation, and that includes, of course, being a gay icon for all the colorful boys (and girls) yearning to be just like her, or yearning to, at least, sing just like her, which brings us to YOU. If you speak or sing or, at least, read Spanish, now is your single rare chance to relive or live for the first time your Spanish heritage and childhood, singing your heart out with MARISOL (on screen) in her classic film Tómbola (which is about. . .um, Marisol being fabulous!).
“Her figure and her grace fill the screen from the beginning till the last sequence, and the feature's festive and sentimental rhythm never declines.” Olé! Olé! Olé!
-La Vanguardia 1962
In Spanish with Spanish lyrics provided for singing along!
Join us afterwards for Sangria and home-made Spanish omelette,
included in your price! $12 or $10 MBC Members
For advance tickets visit www.MBCinema.com
21 TUE 8pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Topaz
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1969)
With Frederick Stafford, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying castro--and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro-castroite Rico Parra (John Vernon).
"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
22 WED 8:30pm: “Cine-IMPROV!”
A LIVE Comedic Jam presented by “the Model Citizens”
Miami's hottest improv actors perform unscripted theater based on your suggestions, in the art of “long form improv," rather than the typical comedy you see at the clubs and on TV. Including film dubbing, the "Armando Diaz Experience," and a live improvised "movie" based on the life experiences of one of our audience members, with stylistic parody, edits, comedic characters, and other scenic devices.
This month's theme: Let's DANCE!
“The Cine-Improv troupe works at a higher level than even the pros you see on Comedy Central, late-night TV, and at clubs. Their improvised take on film removes the middleman and leaves him (rolling) on the cut-up room floor (in this case that's the Miami Beach Cinematheque).”--Greg Baker New Times
For tickets click HERE
23 THU & 24 FRI
7pm and 8:45pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Examined Life
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms,
and puts it back on the streets...
Directed by Astra Taylor/Canada/2009
Featuring Cornel West, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor
In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West—perhaps America's best-known public intellectual—compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates
For tickets click HERE
25 SAT & 26 SUN
7pm and 8:35pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt/USA/2009
With Michelle Williams
Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people's duty to each other in tough time.
“A PITCH PERFECT TRIUMPH!—Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“What may emerge as THE BEST PERFORMANCE of the YEAR!”—Film Comment
"What will happen to her? The strength of this short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog is that this does not seem, by the end, to be an idle or trivial question. What happens to Wendy -- and to Lucy -- matters a lot, which is to say that Wendy and Lucy, for all its modesty, matters a lot too."--A.O. Scott New York Times
For tickets click HERE
30 THU 8:30pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Frenzy
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1972)
With Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey
Frenzy marked Hitchcock's return not only to England for the first time in twenty years but also to the subject matter with which he'd started his career in thrillers back in 1926 - murder, and a hunt for a serial killer in London. As the latest female victim of the "Necktie Murderer" is found in the Thames, raped and strangled, we meet Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a bitter, belligerent ex-Royal Air Force officer who can't seem to find his way in life. We also meet his girlfriend, a barmaid (Anna Massey); his ex-wife, a professional matchmaker (Barbara Leigh-Hunt); and his best friend. Their connection to the necktie murders will be clear to us in the first thirty minutes, as Chief Inspector Oxford (Alec McCowan) and his men tighten a circle around the wrong man, who rapidly runs out of options and allies.
"Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at MBC
(May 02-03)
02 SAT 1pm: Annul Victory
The World Premiere of the doc on Prop 8
Directed by Cheryl Riley, US, 67min, video, 2009
If when you woke up the day after elections and your elation about Barak Obama's groundbreaking victory was tinged with sadness because of the passing of Proposition 8 in California, then ‘Annul Victory, is a film for you. Through the use of stunning news footage and eloquent and articulate interviews, the movie brings us up to the present day as we now await the California Courts ruling on whether Proposition 8 is against the State's constituent or not. This is unquestionably the singular most important issue facing our community today. This is fight for our basic civil rights, and to quote one of the movie's participants, “we should no longer just ask for them, but demand them and settle for nothing less”.–Roger Walker-Dack
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
3pm: “Dark, Twisted, and Experimental”
An MGLFF shorts compilation
For the first time at the MGLFF, we've decided to push the envelope by providing to audiences a fresh and different shorts program. These films are not for the faint at heart, but if you like Tarantino and can stand the sight of a little blood, you'll love the sick and sticky stories in here. They are chock full of meaning, intellect and (albeit bizarre) beauty.
Toybox, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2007, video, 10 min. U.S. PREMIERE. Simultaneously creepy and playful, this animated short is a no holds bar articulation of the role of the penis in men's sexual lives.
Boy, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2009, video, 3 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Invisibility, the inner vs. outer world, truth as opposed to necessary fictions: this short is a quietly constructed meditation on the consequences of being yourself.
Marti & I, Dir. Juan Carlos Zaldivar, US, 2008, video, 3 min. EAST COAST PREMIERE. Tearing the symbolism and power of the iconic figure away from the intractable reality of machismo in Latin culture.
3 Stories About Evil, Dir. Michael Frost, US, 2008, video, 22 min. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Shot almost entirely with still photographs and starring cult favorite Mink Stole, this film tells three macabre stories about family, media and the horror of children's beauty pageants.
Weak Species, Dir. Dan Faltz, US, 2009, video, 35 min. WORLD PREMIERE. Two high school boys have vastly different experiences at home and at school, but an important tie binds them. -Kade Crockford
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
02 SAT
“UNDER WATERS”
Three early films directed by JOHN WATERS!
7pm: Female Trouble
(Directed by John Waters/1974)
With Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pierce, Mink Stole
John Waters' outrageous fascination with womanhood follows the life and times of Dawn Davenport (Divine, just after her illustrious debut in Pink Flamingos), showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother and a criminal as well as a glamorous model, before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair...
For Waters tickets click HERE
9pm: Desperate Living
(Directed by John Waters/1977)
With Liz Reney, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey
In John Waters' follow-up to the outrageously tacky Female Trouble, he continues the insanity of his take on Baltimore inspired women with an even more outrageously tacky story of a rich housewife who murders her husband. With the assistance of her maid, she sets out on the run, ending up in a refuge for criminals-Mortville, where she eventually comes face to face with the ruler of town-Queen Carlotta. . .
For Waters tickets click HERE
03 SUN 8pm: Polyester
in “ODORAMA”
(Directed by John Waters/1981)
“Smelling is Believing”
With Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole
The favorite John Waters leading lady, Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housewife who is looking for a little lovin', surrounded by a pitiful life with problematic children, to say the least, and various other (stinky) issues. Finally salvation arrives in the form of Prince Charming (with an agenda), Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), who somehow finds a way to ‘fall in love” with Francine, when he really, obviously, has his mind on other things. Filmed in the miracle of “Odorama”, MBC has resurrected collector scratch n' sniff cards for the screening. Experience this John Waters classic the way it was meant to be seen (and smelled!).
“John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure.” -Cinematical
(with “scratch and sniff cards” available!)
$12 or $10 MBC or MGLFF members
($16 or $14 Members with collector's Scratch ‘n Sniff card. *Limited quantity).
Order in advance at www.MBCinema.com
TICKETS:
FILMS: $10 or $7 MBC Members / Students / Seniors
Sicilian Film Festival opening Night $20
SFF Conference Being a Sicilian Producer $15
SFF Evening with Franco Nero $30
Polyester $12 or $10 Members, or $16 and $14 with Scratch n' Sniff card
(Doors open fifteen minutes before screenings)
PARKING:
16th Street between Collins and Washington (covered lot),
or 16th Street and Drexel Avenue (open lot),
or Valet Parking on weekends at Plaza de España (Drexel and Española Way)
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
Ordinary
movies?
NEVER!
Original Scratch n' Sniff cards available for your ODORAMA experience!
(Purchase Polyester tics and cards in advance at www.MBCinema.com)
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