Miami Indie Cinema Roundup: Arthouse Films May 21 To 27

This Week At The Movies

Screening at O Cinema, moviegoers will be treated to long-lost footage of the man behind that Apple symbol in "Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview."

Also, watch the iconic French film "Children of Paradise" at the Coral Gables Art Cinema, the creepy "Keyhole" from Canadian mad genius Guy Maddin at Miami Beach Cinematheque, and the Israeli Film Festival at Cinema Paradiso.

Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis)
May 22 and 24 at 5 p.m. and May 23 at 7:15 p.m.
Tickets: $6 to $11

This love story, filmed and set in Paris during the Nazi regime, centers on the actress Garance, who is the love interest of a theatre mime, Baptiste, who must battle against three other men for her affections. French with English subtitles.

First Position
May 22 and 24 at 8:45 p.m. and May 23 at 5 p.m.
Tickets: $6 to $11

Young ballet dancers from around the world converge in New York City as they vie to become professional dancers.

Cosford Cinema

4:44 Last Day on Earth
May 25 at 9 p.m., May 26 at 4 and 8 p.m., May 27 at 6 p.m.
Tickets: $7 to $9

Knowing the world will end the following day at 4:44 a.m., a painter (Shanyn Leigh) and an actor (Willem Dafoe) in love must decide how to spend their last day on earth.

Keyhole
May 25 at 7 p.m., May 26 at 2 and 6 p.m., May 27 at 4 and 8 p.m.
Tickets: $7 to $9

In this Guy Maddin film, a gangster returns to his seemingly haunted home with the teenage girl’s body and a man he’s bound and gagged.

This is Not a Film (In film nist)
May 23 at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $8 to $10

Banned by the Iranian government from making films for 20 years, Jafar Panahi created this film and smuggled it into the Cannes Film Festival in a cake. Persian with English subtitles.

Bonsai
May 23 at 8:40 p.m.
Tickets: $8 to $10

When struggling writer Julio doesn’t land a transcription job, he pretends to work on it anyway while instead writing about the girl who got away eight years ago. Spanish with English subtitles.

Chico & Rita
May 26 and 27 at 5 p.m.
Tickets: $8 to $10

Jazz pianist Chico and the beautiful singer Rita fall in love in 1940s Havana, taking them to the United States and back to Cuba in time for the revolution.

Keyhole
May 25, 26 and 27 at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $8 to $10

Ulysses Pick returns home with the body of a teenage girl and a man he’s bound and gagged. In a home that seems to be haunted, he struggles from room to room to find his wife Hyacinth in their bedroom -- mourning over the death of their three children.

4:44 Last Day on Earth
May 25, 26 and 27 at 9 p.m.
Tickets: $8 to $10

A painter and an actor in love must decide how to spend their last day on Earth together.

I’m Not Gonna Move to LA
May 23 at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $8

Billy Corben and Jorge Rodriguez roast local filmmaker’s work. Also, food, drink and music.

Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
May 24 and 25 at 7 p.m., May 26 and 27 at 3 and 7 p.m.
Tickets: $7.50 to $10.50

An early interview with Steve Jobs was discovered and tells the story of Macintosh’s beginnings with Steve Wozniak to the takeover of Apple products.

Indie Game
May 24 and 25 at 9 p.m., May 26 and 27 at 5 and 9 p.m.
Tickets: $7.50 to $10.50

A new breed of artist, the independent game designer, and their struggles are the topic of this documentary.

Chinese Take-Away (Un cuento chino)
May 23, 24 at 6:50 and 9:10 p.m., May 25 at 6:25 p.m. and 9:10 p.m.
Tickets: $6 to $8

The lonely Robert collects world news clips and evades the advances of his friend Mari. When he helps a Chinese man, Jun, from a fall out of a cab, he ends up on a whirlwind adventure through town helping him find his uncle.

Bonsai
May 23 and 24 at 6:55 and 9:15 p.m., May 25 at 3:45 p.m.
Tickets: $6 to $8

When struggling writer Julio doesn’t land a transcription job, he pretends to work on it anyway while instead writing about the girl who got away eight years ago. Spanish with English subtitles.

The Lady
May 25 at 3:30 and 9:05 p.m.
Tickets: $6 to $8

Michelle Yeoh stars as Burmese humanitarian Aung San Suu Kyi in her quest to move the country into a democracy, including spending decades in house arrest.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Leri, oggi, domani)
May 25 at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $6 to $8

The beautiful Sofia Loren stars in this movie about three women and their comical interactions with three men. Italian with English subtitles.

Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
May 23 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $6 to $10

Chinese Take-Away
May 23 at 6 p.m. and May 24 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $6 to $10

We Have A Pope (Habemus papam)
May 25 at 6 p.m. and May 27 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $6 to $10

Boy
May 25 at 8 p.m. and May 27 at 4 p.m.
Tickets: $6 to $10

Israeli Film Festival, all films are $5 to $7 and are playing at the cinema’s Sunrise location:

The Matchmaker
May 26 at 4 p.m.

Ushpizin
May 26 at 6 p.m.

Noodle
May 26 at 8 p.m.

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