Week of January 8, 2009
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FILM Thursday 1/8 THROUGH RUSSIAN EYESThe Miami Beach Cinematheque hosts a screening of filmmaker Aleksanr Sokurov's "Aleksandra." The film stars Russian opera legend Vasila Vishnevskya in the simple story of a grandmother's visit to her grandson's military camp during the war in Chechnya. 8:30 p.m. Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Española Way, Miami Beach. $15 members, students and seniors, $18 others. Details: (305) 673-4567 or www.mbcinema.com. Friday 1/9 STRANDEDSubtitled "I've Come From An Airplane That Crashed on the Mountains," this documentary looks at the harrowing 72 days that 16 members of a Uruguayan rugby team spent on an Andean glacier after their plane crashed. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Ends Jan. 14. Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Española Way, Miami Beach. $15 members, students and seniors, $18 others. Details: (305) 673-4567 or www.mbcinema.com. Saturday 1/10 FILMS AT THE LIBRARYThe Miami Design Preservation League hosts a screening of "Down Argentine Way" directed by Irvine Cummings starring Betty Grable, Don Ameche and Carmen Miranda. 11 a.m. Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd St., Miami Beach. Details: (305) 535-4219 or www.mdpl.org. Thursday 1/15 BATTLE IN HEAVENMexican director Carlos Regadas tackles disturbing subjects with cinematic sleights of hand in "Battle in Heaven." The film follows a rich family's driver who with his wife kidnap a baby for ransom. The plan, however, goes awry when the infant dies. 8:30 p.m. Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Española Way, Miami Beach. $15 members, students and seniors, $18 others. Details: (305) 673-4567 or www.mbcinema.com.
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