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The Messenger
Directed by Oren Moverman / 2009 / 105 mins. With Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone
In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who, upon returning home from a tour in Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with a fellow officer (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), whom he has just informed of her husband’s death, Will’s emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief and friendship.
Friday, Feb. 26, Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.
Police Adjective (Politist, adj.)
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu / Romania / 2009 / 115 mins. With Dragos Bukur, Vlad Ivanov, Irina Salescu, Ion Stoica
“Police Adjective,” like “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days,” is a stunning example of minimalist realism in the New Romanian Cinema. Cristi is a policeman who refuses to arrest a young man who offers hash to two of his school mates — “Offering” is punished by the law. Cristi believes that the law will change, and he does not want the life of a young man he considers irresponsible to be a burden on his conscience. To his superior, however, the word ‘conscience’ has an entirely different meaning. In Romanian with English subtitles.
Friday, Feb. 26, Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 28 at 9:15 p.m.
Oscar Night America: Miami Beach – Official Academy Awards Party
Sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences,
benefiting the Miami Beach Film Society and Cinematheque!
Join us as we celebrate and benefit the building of a new institution:
The new home of MBC at the Miami Beach Historic City Hall.
6 to 8 p.m.: Red Carpet and silent auction hosted by Elaine Lancaster
8 p.m.: Live HD telecast of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on WPLG Local 10
Smith & Wollensky signature three-course dinner, Director's Cut Chardonnay and Diamond Claret from Coppola Wines, and cocktails by TB Branding, including DonQ Rum. Creative Black Tie Optional; tickets are $150.
Smith & Wollensky, One Washington Avenue, Miami Beach.
Miami International Film Festival
“How to Festival” Seminar
Which films should I see? How were the films selected? Go behind the scenes with the people who know the circuit best and find out everything from how to choose your films and how to get VIP access, to where to park and why film festivals exist in the first place. Learn which Academy Award-nominated films will be represented in this years Festival and the screenings at which the film stars will be present.
Barbara Weitz Director, Film Studies Certificate Program, FIU
Tiziana Finzi Artistic Director, MIFF
Danette Wolpert Assistant Director of Operations, MIFF
Complimentary Admission; RSVP at miamifilmfestival.com
Tuesday, March 2 at 7 p.m.
Art encounters: Interstices Between Literature - Cinema & Graphic Design
The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel)
Directed by Volker Schlndorf / Germany / 1979 / 142 mins. With David Bennet, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler
One of the few winners of both the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, “The Tin Drum” is a modern classic. Based on Gunter Grass' Nobel Prize winning novel, “The Tin Drum” tells the story of Oskar, a boy who resolves to stop growing at the age of three in the same year the Nazi's come to power. Trapped in the body of a little boy, Oskar remains an acute observer of the increasingly bizarre and violent world around him. The Tin Drum remains one of the most mesmerizing and disturbing portraits of Nazi Germany. In German with English subtitles.
Thursday, March 4 at 8:30 p.m.
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