Animated scene from The Iron Giant showing a young boy standing in the hand of a large robot.
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From box-office flop to family classic, ‘The Iron Giant’ lands on Family Day

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A film Warner Bros. struggled to market in 1999 has spent the years since becoming one of animation’s most beloved coming-of-age stories. This weekend, The…

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Two costumed performers recline on a bed surrounded by handwritten letters in a promotional image for Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
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Lesley Manville returns to ‘Liaisons Dangereuses’ on Coral Gables screen

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Forty years after appearing in the original Royal Shakespeare Company production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Lesley Manville has returned to Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation —…

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A woman holds a red telephone receiver while standing against a blue-toned background in a film still from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
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Oscar-nominated Spanish comedy ‘Women on the Verge’ screens at Coral Gables Art Cinema

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Before Pedro Almodóvar became one of Europe’s most internationally celebrated filmmakers, he was a provocateur from La Mancha making small, gaudy, deliberately outrageous films in…

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A young man sits alone on a concrete bench at night beneath the arched roof of a transit station.
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‘Moonlight’ at 10: Coral Gables Art Cinema to show a Miami masterpiece

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney grew up a few blocks apart in the same Liberty City housing project, a low-slung public-housing complex that residents…

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Stage scene from The Playboy of the Western World showing multiple actors in period Irish costumes gathered around a wooden table, with one woman standing atop it as others react dramatically in a rustic interior set.
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Coral Gables Art Cinema to screen the Irish classic that once sparked riots in Dublin

By Coral Gables Gazette staff When John Millington Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World premiered at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre in January 1907, it ignited one of the most famous…

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Promotional image for A Mighty Wind featuring Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and other cast members holding folk instruments against a light background.
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Coral Gables Art Cinema to screen ‘A Mighty Wind’ as Catherine O’Hara’s legacy continues to grow

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Christopher Guest’s A Mighty Wind was released as a mockumentary about aging folk singers and forgotten harmonies. More than two decades later, it has become…

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An isometric architectural line drawing showing the interior layout of the planned Coral Gables Art Cinema expansion at 240 Aragon Avenue. The rendering depicts rows of theater seating in the auditorium at left, a lobby and entry area at center, and additional rooms including administrative and support spaces at right. Human figures are shown for scale throughout.
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Coral Gables Art Cinema expansion clears final funding hurdle

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The City Commission voted unanimously May 5 to approve an additional $100,000 in funding for the expansion of the Coral Gables Art Cinema, a city-owned…

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A black and white still from the 1926 silent film The General, showing Buster Keaton in period clothing lying across the cow catcher at the front of a steam locomotive, his expression characteristically deadpan as he balances on the wooden frame with the engine behind him.
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Buster Keaton’s ‘The General’ flopped in 1926. A century later, it ranks among cinema’s greatest films.

By Coral Gables Gazette staff In 1926, the critics were merciless. The New York Times called it neither funny nor thrilling. Variety declared it a flop. One reviewer suggested that…

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A man stands in profile by a window, looking out over a townscape, in a scene from the film I swear.
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A life interrupted, a voice reclaimed: ‘I swear’ brings Tourette’s story to Coral Gables Art Cinema

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A diagnosis at 14. A life shaped by misunderstanding. And a determination to be heard. That is the arc at the center of I swear,…

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Illustrated promotional poster for the Miami Film Festival, presented by Miami Dade College. A stylized, retro-inspired illustration shows a glamorous woman in a voluminous yellow feathered gown standing before a movie theater marquee reading "Miami Film Festival" in teal and white lettering. Palm trees and a golden sun are visible in the background against a teal sky. Silhouetted audience members are visible in the foreground. The Miami Dade College logo appears on the left side of the image.
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Miami Film Festival returns to Coral Gables — with a hometown producer behind one of its biggest premieres

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The 43rd Miami Film Festival opens Thursday, April 9, and runs through April 19 — ten days of more than 160 films from 45 countries,…

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