"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" plays Friday, June 11 at 6:50 and 9:35 p.m.

THE COMPLETE "Metropolis"
Directed by Fritz Lang, 1927, Germany, Restored 2009, 147 mins. With Brigitte Helm, Carl Frohlich, Fritz Rasp, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
In Metropolis, a towering city of the future, society is divided into two classes: one of planners and management, who live high above the Earth in skyscrapers; and one of workers, who live and toil underground, slaves to the whistle of Metropolis' ten-hour clock. Freder Fredersen, the only son of Metropolis' ruler, lives a life of luxury. One day, he follows a beautiful girl down to the grim Lower City...
Friday, June 4, Saturday June 5 and Sunday June 6 at 8 p.m.

RAN
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1985, 2 hrs, 42 mins. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpatchi Nezu
In this version of the Shakespeare tragedy "King Lear," the king is a 16th-century warlord who decides to retire and divide his kingdom evenly among his three sons. When one son defiantly objects out of loyalty to his father and warns of inevitable sibling rivalry, he is banished and the kingdom is awarded to his compliant siblings.
Tuesday, June 8, Wednesday, June 9 and Thursday, June 10 at 8 p.m.

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Directed by Niels Arden Oplev, Sweden, 2009, 152mins. With Michael Nyquist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre
Niels Arden Oplev's film version of the novel follows Harriet Vanger, who disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her beloved uncle is convinced it was murder, so he employs a journalist and a computer hacker to investigate, but the family is a secretive clan, and the investigators are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. In Swedish and English with English subtitles.
Friday, June 11, Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13 at 6:50 and 9:35 p.m.

The Miami Beach Cinematheque is located at 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach. For more information visit mbcinema.com.

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