Week of November 15, 2012
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FILM Thursday 11/15 DANCE ON FILMTigertail presents "Talk Talk Talk Dance Dance Dance," a workshop for those interested in dance on film, as well as a screening of current films by Gabri Christa, a NYC-based choreographer and filmmaker. 7 p.m. Inkub8, 2021 NW First Place, Miami. $5. Details: (305) 324-4337 or www.tigertail.org. Friday 11/16 BRAZILIAN YOUTHIn coming-of-age drama "Captains of the Sand," rogue Brazilian street kids are forced to join together to survive in the 1950s. Following a series of petty thefts and high-risk mansion robberies, the "boys-only" gang learns about love when an orphan girl joins their group. 6:40 p.m. Additional screenings through Nov. 22. MDC Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $7 MDC students and faculty, seniors and Miami Film Society Members. $8 others. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.towertheatermiami.com. Friday 11/16 WUTHERING HEIGHTS"Wuthering Heights," film adaptation of Emily Brontė's novel, is an epic love story that spans childhood well into the young adult years. The film follows Heathcliff, a boy taken in by a benevolent Yorkshire farmer. Living in his new home, Heathcliff develops a passionate relationship with the farmer's teenage daughter, Catherine, inspiring the envy and mistrust of the farmer's son, Hindley. 8 p.m. Additional screenings through Nov. 18. Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami, 1111 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables. Free for UM students. $7 seniors, UM alumni, faculty, students and staff. $9 others. Details: (305) 284-4861 or www.cosfordcinema.com. Saturday 11/17 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN"The Amazing Spider-Man" tells of Peter Parker — outcast teen who was abandoned by his parents as a boy — leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter struggles to find his identity. As he discovers a mysterious briefcase belonging to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance — leading him to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man collides with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter makes life-altering choices to use his powers and become a hero. 10 p.m. Nov. 17. 8 p.m. on Nov. 18. Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami, 1111 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables. Free for UM students. $5 others. Details: (305) 284-4861 or www.cosfordcinema.com. Sunday 11/18 BALLET IN CINEMARomantic ballet "Swan Lake," set to Tchaikovsky's haunting music, tells of prima ballerina Zenaida Yanowsky's descent from purity to evil. Performed by the Royal Ballet in London. Noon. 7 p.m. on Nov. 20. Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami, 1111 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables. Free for UM students. $18 others. Details: (305) 284-4861 or www.cosfordcinema.com. Tuesday 11/20 FILM SERIESThe Miami Jazz Society film series screens music documentary "Chops" and romantic drama "Yentl." "Chops" documents a high school jazz ensemble in Jacksonville competing in the Essentially Ellington Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City against other top-tier high school jazz ensembles. "Yentl" is the dramatization of "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy," by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The story tells of Yentl Mendel, a boyish Polish daughter and only child of long-widowed Rebbe Mendel. When her father dies, Yentl is all alone in the world. She decides to leave her town and pass as a boy to be able to study her religion. 5-6 p.m. reception/cash bar. 6:15 p.m. films begin. Miami Tower, 100 SE Second St., 19th floor auditorium, Miami. Free. Details: (305) 684-4564 or miamijazzsociety@gmail.com or www.miamijazzsociety.com.
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