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July 4, 2009
FAB! Films for Kids!
Celebrate the 4th of July at Cinema Paradiso
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July 12, 2009
Cafe Cinematheque International
This month featuring "Viva Laldjerie"
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July 12, 2009
Shop in the Shade at Cinema Paradiso
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July 13, 2009
The Opera Goes to the Movies at Cinema Paradiso
Up Next:
Bellini's I PURITANI Performed by the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
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July 20, 2009
Cinema Verite
Monthly classic film screening and discussion
Next Up.....
2001: A Space Odyssey
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July 21, 2009
The Ballet comes to Cinema Paradiso
Up Next
"Stravinsky and the Ballet Russes"
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July 22, 2009
Senses of Cinema
Monthly reception, film and discussion hosted by Shelly Isaacs
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July 24, 2009
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monthly at Cinema Paradiso
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July 24, 2009
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Now monthy at CInema Paradiso
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July 25, 2009
The Auteur Explosion
A night of local film, art and music
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July 25, 2009
Miami Vice 25th Anniversary Celebration
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August 11, 2009
Volunteers Needed For FLIFF2009 & Cinema Paradiso
Become a volunteer today!
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September 24, 2009
FLIFF2009 Poster Unveiling Party
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8th Annual Perrier French Film Festival
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Take a journey to France, from the comfort of Cinema Paradiso's plush, stadium style seating as the 8th Annual Perrier French Film Festival lifts off July 30 - August 2, 2009.
12 films will be featured over the four-day fest featuring an eclectic array of historical dramas, scenic adventures, and side-splitting comedies. As no one does funny like the French, FLIFF will open and close with a heavy dose of laughter.
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Whatever Works
Directed by Woody Allen
July 3 - July 8
Woody Allen writes and directs this "blackish comedy" about an eccentric upper-class New Yorker (Larry David) who abandons his comfortable lifestyle in favor of leading a more bohemian existence. After meeting a young Southern girl (Evan Rachel Wood) and her family, he discovers that life among the nonconformists isn't quite as carefree as he'd envisioned it to be
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Julia
Directed by Erick Zonca
July 3 - 7
“Riveting…an actress at the height of her expressive power.” – The New York Times
Julia, 40, is an alcoholic. She is a manipulative, unreliable, compulsive liar, all strung out beneath her still flamboyant exterior. Between shots of vodka and one-night stands, Julia gets by on nickel-and-dime jobs.
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Every Little Step
Directed by Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern
July 9 - 12, 14
'Every Little Step' explores the incredible journey of 'A Chorus Line,' from ambitious idea to international phenomenon. Through 15 years of continuous performances from the 70's to 90's and a revival beginning last year, 'A Chorus Line' has touched generations around the world with stories so poignant, they could only have come from truth
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I Puritani
Directed by Michele Mariotti
July 13 and 18
Following five years of extraordinary success with La Sonnambula, Norma and Beatrice di Tenda, I Puritani, the last opera written by a young Bellini, who died at age 34, is the richest example of transition from the lyrical classicism to the passion of romanticism
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Afghan Star
Directed by Havana Marking
July 16 - 19
Winner Audience and Directing Award - 2009 Sundance Film Festival
After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, pop culture has returned to Afghanistan. Millions are watching Afghan Star - a Pop Idol-style TV series in which people from across the country compete for a cash prize and record deal. 2000 people audition, including three brave women.
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Praying in her own Voice w/ Today You Are A Fountain Pen (Short)
Directed by Yael Katzir
July 16 - 19
“Contains passages that convey with nerve-wracking immediacy the level of passion and intimidation that Orthodox Jews of the Holy City can muster... profoundly unsettling.” - Michael Fox/ Jewish News Weekly of Northern CA
Following a successful Jewish Film Festival run, Praying in Her Own Voice is a powerful film that documents the courageous struggle of a religious female's group called Women of the Wall movement for equality next to the wailing wall, perhaps the holiest place on earth for Jews.
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Stravinsky & The Ballets Russes (Ballet)
Directed by Choreographed by Michel Fokine, Bronislava Nijinsk
July 21 and July 25
An evening of one-act ballets on the music by Igor Stravinsky featuring "The Firebird", "The Rite of Spring", and "The Wedding"
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Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Directed by Sacha Gervasi
July 23 - 27, 31
“Hilarious, and unexpectedly moving…the greatest metal band you've probably never heard of.” –Entertainment Weekly
“One of the sweetest, funniest films I've seen this year.” –Boston Globe
“You may never have expected to see the words heavy metal, endearing and warmhearted in the same sentence, but you just did.” –Los Angeles Times
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Rudo y Cursi
Directed by Carlos Cuarón
July 24 - 27
“Hilarious, satirical and melancholy…one of the year's most memorable offerings.” –Newsweek
Tato (Gael García Bernal) and Beto (Diego Luna), two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico, have a simple dream of saving enough money to build their mother her dream house
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