Stars walk the red carpet at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival "I am woman, hear me roar," sang Helen Reddy in 1975. Forty-one years later, in the film business, we're still hearing quite a lot of that roar. But does it sound different in 2016? Check the cinema: that's what I do. And [...]
ROSIE HERRERA X JONATHAN DAVID KANE This week, Miami International Film Festival announced our full lineup of 129 films, including 100 features and 29 shorts. 10 of those shorts form the wittily-named program “I’ve Never Not Been From Miami” (the double-negative “never not” being comically self-aware Miami parlance). The program pairs some of [...]
Cameraperson by Kirsten Johnson In recent years, much of the focus in documentary filmmaking has been on content: what’s the best story to tell, not necessarily what’s the most cinematic way to tell it. Add to this the pressures of traditional documentary funding opportunities, grants that demand “impact” and “reach,” and the art [...]
Alex Garcia and Inma Cuesta in The Bride (La novia). On the heels of announcing our Opening Night film My Big Night (Mi Gran Noche) along with a rich slate of diverse films from Spain, nominees have been revealed for the 30th annual Premios Goya, Spain’s prestigious and star-studded annual event à la [...]
It’s been 9 months since the 2015 Miami International Film Festival wrapped up with our packed screening of Sidetracked, followed by our incredible Patron Closing Night Party. And if you missed out on the hot ticket then, now is your chance to finally see the celebrated film this weekend exclusively at MDC’s Tower Theater Miami. [...]
As the art world flocks in for Art Basel, Miami is also in the midst of its own homegrown slate of satellite and ancillary art events. Film fans, however, are not left in the gallery install dust. Art Basel’s Film and Sound Program is the perfect chance to enjoy Basel, Miami, and film in one [...]
Last weekend, the Miami Book Fair kicked off with “punk poet laureate” Patti Smith reading from her new book M Train. The fair, now underway, is chock full of exciting literary events, including several for film lovers this upcoming weekend. On Saturday, November 21st at 6:30pm, Academy-Award winning actors Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn present [...]