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By Kevin Craft

Miami Beach Cinematheque: 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach; 305-673-4567. Tickets for non-members are $10; $7 for members and students.
Monday, September 22: Man of Two Havanas at 8 pm; director Vivien Lesnik Weisman will host a Q&A after the screening.
Tuesday, September 23: Man of Two Havanas at 8 pm; director Vivien Lesnik Weisman will host a Q&A after the screening.
Wednesday, September 24: Man of Two Havanas at 8 pm.
Thursday, September 25: Sometimes a Great Notion directed by Paul Newman at 8:30 pm.
Friday, September 26: Monsieur Verdoux directed by Charlie Chaplin 8:30 pm.
Saturday, September 27: Monsieur Verdoux directed by Charlie Chaplin 8:30 pm.
Sunday, September 28: An HD Digital presentation of the opera Aida recorded at the famed Teatro Alla Scala theater in Milan, Italy at 8 pm; tickets for this show are $18 for non-members and $15 for members, seniors and students.

By Kevin Craft

Miami Beach Cinematheque: 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach; 305-673-4567. Tickets for non-members are $10; $7 for members and students.
Monday, September 15: In Search of a Midnight Kiss at 7:50 pm and 9:30 pm.
Wednesday, September 17: CineImprov - a Miami improv group that performs unscripted theater in the art of "long form improv" and always includes a live, improvised "movie" - will be staging a performance at 8:30. This performance's theme is Paul Newman; tickets for this event are $12 for non-members and $10 for members and students.
Thursday, September 18: Rachel, Rachel directed by Paul Newman at 8:30 pm.
Friday, September 19: "Gonzo": The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson at 8:30 pm.
Saturday, September 20: Man On Wire at 8:30 pm.
Sunday, September 21: The Wind starring Lillian Gish at 8 pm.

By Kevin Craft

Miami Beach Cinematheque: 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach; 305-673-4567. Tickets for non-members are $10; $7 for members and students.
Thursday, September 11: Film ChileMiami presents Desierto Sur at 8:30 pm.
Friday, September 12: Film ChileMiami presents Calle Santa Fe  at 8:30 pm.
Saturday, September 13: In Search of a Midnight Kiss at 7:50 pm and 9:30 pm.
Sunday, September 14: In Search of a Midnight Kiss at 7:50 pm and 9:30 pm.

By Kevin Craft

With each passing generation, the names Fred Astaire and Ginger Roberts become less well known and less significant. But in the 1930's, this dynamic dance pair was arguably the silver screen's best-known commodity, starring in ten films for RKO Pictures between 1933 and 1939.

Of those ten, Top Hat was the most successful, and I believe it is their best work. The film's pacing is impeccable - the dance routines highlight the characters' emotional states without interrupting plot development - and the supporting characters, most notably Helen Broderick, are perfect comic foibles for the main characters.

By Kevin Craft

Miami Beach Cinematheque: 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach; 305-673-4567. Tickets for non-members are $10; $7 for members and students.
Thursday, September 4: The International Ballet Film Festival of Miami presents Dance of My Heart at 8 pm.
Friday, September 5:The International Ballet Film Festival of Miami presents Water Flowing Together at 6 pm; Tuya's Marriage plays at 8:30 pm.
Saturday, September 6: The International Ballet Film Festival of Miami presents Felia Doubrowska Remembered at 6 pm; Tuya's Marriage plays at 8:30 pm.
Sunday, September 7: The International Ballet Film Festival of Miami presents Maria Tallchief with Folies D'Espagne at 2 pm; Tuya's Marriage plays at 8:30 pm.

The 2006 documentary American Hardcore screens at 8 pm on Monday, September 1st at Sweat Records in Northeast Miami.

The film explores the hardcore punk scene of the early 1980s that featured the music of still relatively unknown bands such as Black Flag, Minor Threat and Bad Brains. These groups pioneered a new punk sound while never breaking into the America's musical conscious. Their music, however, influenced artists such as Nirvana, the Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chili Peppers, and it remains a pivotal, yet underappreciated, chapter of American rock history. 

By Kevin Craft

Miami Beach Cinematheque: 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach; 305-673-4567. Tickets for non-members are $10; $7 for members and students.
Thursday, August 28: Where the Truth Lies directed by Atom Egoyan at 8:30pm
Friday, August 29: The Last Mistress at 7:45 pm and 9:45 pm.
Saturday, August 30: The Last Mistress at 7:45 pm and 9:45 pm.
Sunday, August 31: The Last Mistress at 7:45 pm and 9:45 pm.

By Kevin Craft

Miami Beach Cinematheque: 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach; 305-673-4567. Tickets for non-members are $10; $7 for members and students.
Thursday, August 21: Felicia's Journey directed by Atom Egoyan at 8:30pm
Friday, August 22: Chris and Don: A Love Story at 7:50 pm and 9:30 pm.
Saturday, August 23: Chris and Don: A Love Story at 7:50 pm and 9:30 pm.
Sunday, August 24: Queen Kelly starring Gloria Swanson and accompanied by live score to be performed by Ryoji Yamaguchi from the SoBe Music Institute.

By Kevin Craft

Here is a list of this week's screenings.

Miami Beach Cinematheque: 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach; 305-673-4567. Tickets for non-members are $10; $7 for members and students.
Monday, August 11: Savage Grace starring Julianne Moore at 7:50 pm and 9:30 pm
Wednesday, August 13: Novelist and filmmaker Elliot Tiber will introduce his documentary Taking Woodstock at 7 pm. A wine and cheese party will precede the film, and a Q&A session and book signing will take place after the screening. Tickets to this special event are $40 and proceeds will be given to the Gay American Heroes foundation.
Thursday, August 14: The Sweet Hereafter by director Atom Egoyen at 8:30 pm.
Friday, August 15: My Winnipeg by director Guy Maddin at 7:50 pm and 9:30 pm.
Saturday, August 16: My Winnipeg by director Guy Maddin at 7:50 pm and 9:30 pm.
Sunday, August 17: My Winnipeg by director Guy Maddin at 7:50 pm and 9:30 pm.
Monday, August 18: My Winnipeg by director Guy Maddin at 7:50 pm and 9:30 pm.

Monday, June 23

This Thursday, as part of its Janus Films Night series, the Upper Eastside Garden is screening Marco Bellochio's 1965 film Fists in the Pocket at 7 pm. This nuanced film about a young man's attempts to rid his grotesquely dysfunctional family of its many afflictions uses perversity and an offbeat sense of humor to implicate Catholic morality and bourgeois family values. Its confident style established Bellochio as a talented and socially conscious filmmaker in a decade when the French New Wave's directors were receiving most of the international film community's attention.