Week of January 20, 2011
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FILM Thursday 1/20 OUTSIDE THREATSIn "Never Let Me Go," Kathy, Tommy and Ruth come of age in Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. Yet when they leave the shelter of its grounds, they find out the terrible truth of their fate, which threatens to tear the three apart. Cast includes Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield. 9:15 p.m. Additional showings throughout the month. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. "UNDERTOW" Set in a remote Peruvian fishing village, "Undertow" ("Contracorriente") is a ghostly tale of love and loss centering on the love triangle between a married couple and the husband's male lover. The film has won almost 40 film-festival awards — including the Sundance World Cinema Audience Award for Dramatic Filmmaking — and is Peru's submission for this year's foreign Oscar. 7 p.m. Additional showings throughout the month. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. WOMAN OF CONVICTION German 2009 film "Vision — from the Life of Hildegard von Bingen" follows a nun's fierce battle to expand opportunities for women within the order. Shot in the medieval cloisters of the German countryside. In German with English subtitles. 9:15 p.m. Additional showings throughout the month. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. Saturday 1/22 FILM FESTThe eight-day Miami Jewish Film Festival returns for the 14th year, opening with feel-good comedy "The Yankles." Ends Jan. 30. Locations vary. Details: (888) 585-3456 or www.miamijewishfilmfestival.com.
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