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APRIL – MAY, 2009 Calendar of Events at

Cinema Paradiso, Fort Lauderdale

Cinema Paradiso, is operated year-round by the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Below is a calendar of events.

Cinema Paradiso Location
503 SE 6 Street in downtown Fort Lauderdale, one block east of Broward County Courthouse on south bank of New River.

Parking

Free in The County Courthouse Parking Garage after 6:00PM Monday-Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. Street Meters are free after 6:00PM Monday – Saturday and free all day Sunday.

Details and Advance Ticket Sales

www.FLIFF.com or 954-525-FILM (3456)

BART GOT A ROOM

Monday, April 20 , 4:00 PM | Tuesday, April 21, 5:00 PM :

Wednesday, April 22, 4:00 PM | Thursday, April 23, 4:00 PM |

Friday, April 24, 4:00 PM |Saturday, April 25, 1:00 PM

All seats $5

FILMED right here in Broward County and a hit at the 2008 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.

"What other evening in your life is as big? Maybe your wedding, but odds are that's gonna end in divorce anyway," says Danny's sage-like friend, Craig, as the two nerdy pals lounge poolside in the Florida retirement community they call home. The night in question? Prom, of course, and high school senior Danny Stein wants what any reasonable young man wants on prom night - to get a little lovin' from a cute girl. He's got the hotel, the limo, and the tux, and his recently divorced, slightly dysfunctional parents are rooting for him. He's only missing one thing -- the girl.

JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY

Thursday, April 23, 8:00 PM | Friday, April 24 6:00 PM |

Saturday, April 25, 3:00 PM 7:00 PM | Sunday, April 26, 4:00 PM
General Admission $9.00 | Seniors and Students $7.00 | FLIFF Members $5.00

Nominated, Grand Jury Prize - 2008 Sundance Film Festival

Jonas is a crime photographer, a family man, and a generally beleaguered resident of suburban malaise until he's involved in a car accident that leaves a stranger, Julia, unconscious in the hospital. Curiosity compels Jonas to visit her, but when Julia's family mistakes him for her boyfriend, Sebastian (whom they've never met), Jonas readily steps into the role. His pretense would be short lived, but Julia awakens with amnesia and, enlivened by the new identity he's inherited, Jonas maintains the deception. Of course, memories return. And so do boyfriends.

LUNA FEST - Breast Cancer Fund Benefit

Sunday, April 26, 11:00 AM

General Admission $15 | FLIFF Members $12

An annual festival, of nine select short films, that benefits The Breast Cancer Fund and other local not-for-profit organizations. Incredibly diverse in both style and subject matter, the films are united by the common thread of exceptional storytelling by, for and about women. Beginning at 11am with brunch and Mimosas, event co-host and author Cindy Papale, will sign copies of her book, "The Empty Cup Runneth Over", which will be available for sale the day of the event. For event details visit www.FLIFF.com or call 954-525-FILM (3456). For film details, please visit http://www.lunafest.org

MOVIES, MUTTS & MARTINIS –

A Fido Friendly Fundraiser for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

April 28, 6:30PM Reception / 7:30PM Film

Tickets are $25

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) unleashes the first in a series of outdoor, fido-friendly, fundraising movie events at Cinema Paradiso. On April 28th FLIFF will present the canine comedy “Marley And Me,” outdoors for you and your four-legged friends to enjoy while raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The evening begins at 6:00 p.m. with some pawsitively delicious chow, for both human and canine guests, from some of Fort Lauderdale’s favorite local vendors. Attendees also receive two complimentary drinks and unlimited bowls of water for the pooches. The featured beverage, specially created for the night, will be Cinema Paradiso’s signature Marley-Tini. And just in case you have any behavioral issues with your pooch, like Marley’s family, visit the “Ask The Trainer” booth for some free advice.

The event is being hosted by Claire Cornish’s Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Woman Of The Year Campaign and benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a not-for-profit organization committed to funding research to finding a cure for blood cancers and to assisting patients and their families as they battle leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma.

BOLLYWOOD OR BUST

Benefit for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

April 29, 5:30PM

Tickets $25

Enjoy an Indian summer night at beautiful Cinema Paradiso, raising money for Claire C's Woman Of The Year Campaign, supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

For a $25 donation guests will enjoy an Indian feast for the eyes and the stomach, as some of Broward's best Indian restaurants serve appetizers and heavy hors d'ouvres - plus two drinks. Guests will have an opportunity to win dinner for two at the participating Indian restaurant of your choice and enjoy spectacular Bollywood entertainment, music, auction and raffle. Slum Dogs and Millionaires, all are welcome.

SHALL WE KISS

Friday, May 1, 6:00 PM | Saturday, May 2, 7:00 PM | Sunday, May 3, 3:00 PM |
Monday, May 4, 8:15 PM

General Admission $9.00 | Seniors and Students $7.00 | FLIFF Members $5.00

Shall We Kiss? gives us storytelling as art....provocative and entirely enchanting. - Wall Street Journal

The French comedy stars Virginie Ledoyen, Emmanuel Mouret, Julie Gayet, Michaël Cohen, Frédérique Bel, and Stefano Accorsi. When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

FAB! FILMS FOR KIDS

Monthly event.

Saturday, May 2, 10:00 AM

Admission is FREE.

The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents FAB! Family Film series the first Saturday of each month. The free event sponsored by Funding Arts of Broward, features films from around the world with a related activity following. For more detailed information, please visit www.FLIFF.com or call 954-525-FILM (3456)

FREE ENTERPRISE

Sunday, May 3, 7:00PM

All seats $5

Can't wait for the new Star Trek film, don't be embarrassed, you are not alone! This will make the wait easier. Two young filmmakers trying to hawk a movie titled "Bradykillers" meet their screen idol, William Shatner. Shatner, appearing as himself, has fun poking fun at his own image. The two young men, who idolize him and in their fantasies have seen him as a shadowy fairy godfather figure, are alarmed at the reality of the middle-aged non-Captain Kirk man that they meet. However, their relationship helps anchor the two more into reality. Starring Rafer Weigel, Eric McCormack, William Shatner.

CINCO DE MAYO @ CINEMA PARADISO

Tuesday, May 5, 6:00 PM Fiesta | Film at 7:00pm

General Admission $12 | FLIFF Members $8

Celebrate Cinco De Mayo the Cinema Paradiso way – with a lime and tequila in hand and a mexican taco in the other, then dig into some mexican casserole and other delicious dishes; wash it all down with a corona then try to hit the pinata!!! After, settle in for some laughs with the screwball romantic comedy,Solo Con Tu Pareja, about a womanizer who gets caught juggling sex between his girlfriend and his boss, who live in apartments across the hall. They take revenge just as he meets a woman he believes can change his ways.

FADOS

Friday, May 8 - 6:00 PM 8:00 PM | Saturday, May 9 - 4:00 PM
Sunday, May 10 - 2:00 PM , 4:00 PM & 6:00 PM

General Admission $9.00 | Seniors and Students $7.00 | FLIFF Members $5.00 | Tax Deductible Donation $25

Fados features one of the finest “World Music” soundtracks to date. - New Yorker Films

Fados completes the musical trilogy of award-winning Carlos Saura (Flamenco, 1995; Tango, 1998). UsingLisbon as a backdrop, he explores Portugal’s most emblematic musical genre (fado) and its haunting spirit of saudade (melancholy). Tracing its African and Brazilian origins up to the new wave of modern faudistas, he ingeniously deploys mirrors, back projections, lighting effects, and lush colors to frame each song, ranging from a campfire ringed by sinuous dancers to a balletic catfight between two jealous women to a thrilling desgarrada (musical duel) in a fado café. The result is a ravishing fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers.

Fados contains homages to such legends as Maria Severa and Amália Rodrigues, as well as stunning turns by modern stars like Mariza and Camané; but Saura also expands the songs (which traditionally involve just a singer and a guitarist) with dance and encompasses other nationalities (with a special emphasis on performers of color from Portugal’s former colonies) and idioms (such as hip hop, flamenco and reggae). This inclusive, non-purist approach conveys a grand vision of music’s power to break down boundaries: between Iberian neighbors Spain and Portugal, Old World and New, white and black, young and old, rich and poor -- a celebration of fado as World Music in the fullest sense of the term. Under the musical supervision of Carlos do Carmo

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Every Two Weeks

Friday, May 8, 11:55PM Admission: $5.00

Do the Time Warp, twice each month, with The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Cinema Paradiso. It's a Rock and Roll party with a full bar, a Transvestite floor show and the live cast with all the feathers and sequins you can shake a stick at. "Don't Dream It Be It !"

AN EVENING WITH CELESTE HOLM

Tribute and “All About Eve” Film Screening

Saturday, May 9, 6:00 PM

General Admission $15 | FLIFF members $10 | FREE for Superstar Members

Take Mom as a gift for Mother’s Day !

Meet actress Celeste Holm as she is honored by the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival for her career in film. The evening will begin at 6:00pm with a reception and Wine Tasting in the Paradiso Patio Courtyard. At 7:00pm in the theater a film montage will pay tribute to Celeste Holm’s remarkable career followed by the presentation of her award and a screening of the 1950 classic and winner of 6 Oscars, "All About Eve" also stars Betty Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Marilyn Monroe, and Celeste Holm with Marilyn Monroe, Thelma Ritter.

Six time Oscar winner "All About Eve", is all about women and their men. It’s a classic story of ambition and betrayal that has become part of American folklore. Bette Davis claims to have based her character on in the film on actress Tellulah Bankhead, and her line "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night" is legendary. In fact, the film's dialog sparkles with equal brilliance.

ESCAPIST

Wednesday, May 13 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM | Thursday, May 14 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM |
Friday, May 15 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM | Saturday, May 16 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM |
Sunday, May 17 2:00 PM , 4:00 PM

General Admission $9.00 | Seniors and Students $7.00 | FLIFF Members $5.00 | Tax Deductible Donation $25

A taut thriller that ends on a note of unexpected grace, the British prison drama The Escapist marks the impressive feature debut for director/co-writer Rupert Wyatt. - Village Voice

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined he make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence. Much of the action takes place within the tunnels, sewers and underground rivers of subterraneanLondon.

AUTEUR EXPLOSION (CORRECTION - DATE CHANGE BELOW!)

Monthly Showcase for Local Artists, Filmmakers and bands

Saturday, May 23, 9:00 PM

Admission: $5.00

Underlab Studios, an emerging artist movement in South Florida, has teamed up with Fort Lauderdale's historic Cinema Paradiso to establish Auteur Explosion as an ongoing monthly event that brings together local live bands, artists, filmmakers, performers, patrons, etc. under one roof to celebrate the arts. Auteur Explosion is designed to showcase the local creative community and the flavor of the South Floridaculture. The Auteur Explosion participates with local colleges' film and art departments, and collaborates with popular local art retailers.

DON QUIXOTE –Ballet in Cinema

Tuesday, May 26, 7:00 PM
Saturday, May 30, 2:00 PM

General Admission $15 | FLIFF Members $10 | Children Under Sixteen $8

The most well-known and resilient adaptation of Don Quixote is that of Russian choreographer, Marius Petipa, that first premiered in 1869. Alexander Gorsky revitalized the work in a 1902 performance including the famous Anna Pavlova, who danced the role of the street dancer and eventually was responsible for bringing the piece to the West in 1924. The ballet became a staple of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet and Leningrad Kirov Ballet's repertoire and was regularly modified as it was restaged.

Don Quixote is a ballet known for its colorful characters that portray their personalities and emotions through distinct choreography. Petipa's version of Don Quixote, to the music of Minkus, is the standard ballet version of the tale and features the popular virtuoso pas de deux that has been performed countless times as a concert piece.

LIFELINES (see additional dates /showtimes below)

With special guest, writer/director Rob Margolies *

Thursday, May 28, 7:00 PM* | Friday, May 29, 7:00 PM
Saturday, May 30, 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM | Sunday, May 31 2:00 PM & 4:00 PM

Monday, June 1 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM | Tuesday, June 2 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM

General Admission $9.00 | Students and Seniors $7.00 | FLIFF Members $5.00

Writer-director Rob Margolies' debut feature bristles with smart dialogue, complex characters, and heart wrenching performances. Set against the backdrop of suburban utopia, the Bernstein family leads a dysfunctional existence. With three foul-mouthed kids (Robbie Sublett, Dreama Walker, and Jacob Kogan), a caffeine-addict mother (Jane Adams) on the brink, and a less than forthcoming father (Josh Pais), they suffer an atmosphere so heavy with collective hostility and tension it seems as if the floral-papered walls will come crashing down at any minute. Forced to the breaking point, they concede to a family therapy session, where it quickly becomes clear that what's at stake is "about a lot more than dry turkey." Repressed anger and antagonism give way to moments of self-revelation, as a patient and compassionate Dr. Livingston (Joe Morton) draws out demons and dark secrets, allowing the family to start accepting their own humanity. Brutally hilarious, warmly intimate, always honest, "Lifelines" is an impressively fresh take on the family drama.

BACK TO BACK ROCK MUSICALS MAY 29th

REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA

Friday May 29, 10:00PM (Just before Rocky Horror Picture Show)

All Seats $5.00

In the tradition of Cinema Paradiso’s monthly Rocky Horror Pictureshow, Repo! The Genetic Opera features shadow cast Midnight Cinema. This marks first shadow cast performance of Repo! The Gentic Opera in the nation !

In the year 2056 -- the not so distant future -- an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants... for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and hunted by villainous Repo Men. In a world where surgery addicts are hooked on painkilling drugs and murder is sanctioned by law, a sheltered young girl searches for the cure to her own rare disease as well as information about her family's mysterious history. After being sucked into the haunting world of GeneCo, she is unable to turn back, as all of her questions will be answered at the wildly anticipated spectacular event: The Genetic Opera.

AND ...

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Friday, May 29, 11:55PM

Admission: $5.00

Do the Time Warp, twice each month, with The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Cinema Paradiso. It's a Rock and Roll party with a full bar, a Transvestite floor show and the live cast with all the feathers and sequins you can shake a stick at. "Don't Dream It Be It !"