By: Ben Crandell
Source: http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com
Category: Film School Online
There are many reasons to pay attention to the creative impulses at work at the 2012 Miami International Film Festival, which runs Friday-March 11 at various locations around the Magic City. But, for now, here are five:
miami-international-film-festival-jeffrey-dean-morgan.jpgmiami-international-film-festival-kelly-lynch.jpg“MAGIC CITY”
The hotly anticipated cable TV series -- set in a luxury Miami hotel as Castro takes control of Cuba -- debuts on Starz April 6, but South Florida audiences will get a sneak peek when the premiere episode gets a celebrity-filled screening on March 4 at the Colony Theatre (1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach). Among those on the red-carpet will be writer-creator-executive producer Mitch Glazer, the Miami Beach native, along with castmembers Jeffrey Dean Morgan ("Watchmen," “Grey’s Anatomy”; right), Kelly Lynch ("Drugstore Cowboy," "Charlie’s Angels"; right), Elena Satine (“Just Go With It”), Dominick Garcia-Lorida ("City Island," daughter of actor Andy Garcia), Yul Vazquez ("The A-Team," "American Gangster") and Steven Strait (“City Island”). The group will walk the red carpet 30 minutes before the 5 p.m. screening and discuss the film with the audience afterward. Tickets: $12.
LILA DOWNS & “MARIACHI GRINGO”
Downs is the exquisite singer-songwriter and, now, actress, who brings concert-stage cred to “Mariachi Gringo,” the tale of an American who falls under the idiosyncratic spell of mariachi music and travels to Guadalajara to seek its source. “Mariachi Gringo” is MIFF’s opening-night film on Friday (March 2) and Downs will perform at the Patron XO Cafe Noir opening party in the glorious Dupont Building (169 E. Flagler St.). Not that you needed the extra encouragement to attend a party that includes plenty of wine and Patron, plus food from some of the area’s top restaurants, including Norman Van Aken’s Tuyo. “Mariachi Gringo” screens at 7 p.m. at the Gusman Center (174 E. Flagler St., Miami), followed by the party at 9:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 (film only) and $75 (film and party).
miami-international-film-festival-carol-alt.jpg“ABOUT FACE: THE SUPERMODELS THEN AND NOW”
As a celebrated portrait photographer, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders has trained his lens on rockers, artists, politicians and some of fashion’s most famous faces. In the HBO documentary “About Face,” the Miami native talks about beauty and aging with some famous pop culture touchstones of the past five decades, including Beverly Johnson, Isabella Rossellini, Paulina Porizkova, Jerry Hall, Christie Brinkley, Marisa Berenson, Christy Turlington and Carol Alt. “About Face” will be screened at 7 p.m. March 7 at Coral Gables Art Cinema (260 Aragon Ave.) and be followed by MIFF’s inaugural “Miami Mavericks” discussion of the film with Greenfield-Sanders and Alt (right) in attendance. Tickets: $12.
“DARLING COMPANION”
Writer-director Lawrence Kasdan’s bittersweet comedies “The Big Chill” and “Grand Canyon” continue to reverberate over the years for those who first saw them at a certain age and temperament. The Miami native is back with a new work in this vein, written with wife Meg, that is ostensibly about a lost dog, but again is out to touch audiences in unforeseen ways. The cast brims with professionalism: Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Dianne Wiest, Sam Sheperd and Richard Jenkins. Lawrence and Meg Kasden are scheduled to be joined by Kline and Jenkins at the 7 p.m. March 6 East Coast premiere at the Gusman Center (174 E. Flagler St., Miami). Tickets: $14.
“JUAN OF THE DEAD”
The most passionate chatter and the most clicks on the festival website are aimed at this Havana-set politcal farce populated by, yes, the undead. From Argentine-born Alejandro Brugues, the central conceit finds that five decades after the Castro Revolution, “the citizens of Havana have been turned into shuffling, mindless zombies ... but who can tell the difference?” It screens 7 p.m. March 9 at the Gusman Center (174 E. Flagler St., Miami). Tickets: $14.
Source: http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/thingstodo/2012/02/5_reasons_to_go_to_miami_inter.html
Source: http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com
Category: Film School Online
There are many reasons to pay attention to the creative impulses at work at the 2012 Miami International Film Festival, which runs Friday-March 11 at various locations around the Magic City. But, for now, here are five:
miami-international-film-festival-jeffrey-dean-morgan.jpgmiami-international-film-festival-kelly-lynch.jpg“MAGIC CITY”
The hotly anticipated cable TV series -- set in a luxury Miami hotel as Castro takes control of Cuba -- debuts on Starz April 6, but South Florida audiences will get a sneak peek when the premiere episode gets a celebrity-filled screening on March 4 at the Colony Theatre (1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach). Among those on the red-carpet will be writer-creator-executive producer Mitch Glazer, the Miami Beach native, along with castmembers Jeffrey Dean Morgan ("Watchmen," “Grey’s Anatomy”; right), Kelly Lynch ("Drugstore Cowboy," "Charlie’s Angels"; right), Elena Satine (“Just Go With It”), Dominick Garcia-Lorida ("City Island," daughter of actor Andy Garcia), Yul Vazquez ("The A-Team," "American Gangster") and Steven Strait (“City Island”). The group will walk the red carpet 30 minutes before the 5 p.m. screening and discuss the film with the audience afterward. Tickets: $12.
LILA DOWNS & “MARIACHI GRINGO”
Downs is the exquisite singer-songwriter and, now, actress, who brings concert-stage cred to “Mariachi Gringo,” the tale of an American who falls under the idiosyncratic spell of mariachi music and travels to Guadalajara to seek its source. “Mariachi Gringo” is MIFF’s opening-night film on Friday (March 2) and Downs will perform at the Patron XO Cafe Noir opening party in the glorious Dupont Building (169 E. Flagler St.). Not that you needed the extra encouragement to attend a party that includes plenty of wine and Patron, plus food from some of the area’s top restaurants, including Norman Van Aken’s Tuyo. “Mariachi Gringo” screens at 7 p.m. at the Gusman Center (174 E. Flagler St., Miami), followed by the party at 9:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 (film only) and $75 (film and party).
miami-international-film-festival-carol-alt.jpg“ABOUT FACE: THE SUPERMODELS THEN AND NOW”
As a celebrated portrait photographer, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders has trained his lens on rockers, artists, politicians and some of fashion’s most famous faces. In the HBO documentary “About Face,” the Miami native talks about beauty and aging with some famous pop culture touchstones of the past five decades, including Beverly Johnson, Isabella Rossellini, Paulina Porizkova, Jerry Hall, Christie Brinkley, Marisa Berenson, Christy Turlington and Carol Alt. “About Face” will be screened at 7 p.m. March 7 at Coral Gables Art Cinema (260 Aragon Ave.) and be followed by MIFF’s inaugural “Miami Mavericks” discussion of the film with Greenfield-Sanders and Alt (right) in attendance. Tickets: $12.
“DARLING COMPANION”
Writer-director Lawrence Kasdan’s bittersweet comedies “The Big Chill” and “Grand Canyon” continue to reverberate over the years for those who first saw them at a certain age and temperament. The Miami native is back with a new work in this vein, written with wife Meg, that is ostensibly about a lost dog, but again is out to touch audiences in unforeseen ways. The cast brims with professionalism: Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Dianne Wiest, Sam Sheperd and Richard Jenkins. Lawrence and Meg Kasden are scheduled to be joined by Kline and Jenkins at the 7 p.m. March 6 East Coast premiere at the Gusman Center (174 E. Flagler St., Miami). Tickets: $14.
“JUAN OF THE DEAD”
The most passionate chatter and the most clicks on the festival website are aimed at this Havana-set politcal farce populated by, yes, the undead. From Argentine-born Alejandro Brugues, the central conceit finds that five decades after the Castro Revolution, “the citizens of Havana have been turned into shuffling, mindless zombies ... but who can tell the difference?” It screens 7 p.m. March 9 at the Gusman Center (174 E. Flagler St., Miami). Tickets: $14.
Source: http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/thingstodo/2012/02/5_reasons_to_go_to_miami_inter.html
