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11862 JHS_WireMar1.indd 1 2/15/18 1:50 PM OUT & ABOUT By Rafa Carvajal TRAVEL BACK IN TIME AT THE FLORIDA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL Photos by George Quiroga. Courtesy of The Florida Renaissance Festival

he 26th Annual Florida Renaissance Festi- val is in full swing and a great time is being had by all who join in the festivities. Through March 25, you and your friends can travel back in time to the 16th Century with over Rafa Carvajal: What is your role with the Florida Renaissance Festival? 100 very talented performers ready to entertain Richard Weber: I've played the Lord Mayor of the Village for 18 years and I've you throughout your visit, tons of artisans sell- been the entertainment director for 15 years. ing their wares, a Kid's Kingdom, and plenty of entertainment and food and drynk fit for a king RC: What new additions can we look forward to this year? or queen. The Florida Renaissance Festival is a RW: There is always a thrilling mix of returning favorites, plus new acts and attrac- very popular, fun event for all ages. You can visit tions. Two wonderful variety acts and fan favorites who haven't been here in a couple ren-fest.com to learn more about the thrilling mix of seasons, Broon and Kamikaze Fireflies, both return for the 2018 full season. New of returning Festival favorites and the new acts this year, we have a swimming mermaid exhibit provided by Blue Mermaid Designs, and attractions for this year's gaieties. and a new pirate area called Tortuga Bay. In the Jousting Arena Forecourt we have a new aerial act, "Cirqa Brava," featuring gymnastic aerialists performing on flying Wire Magazine sat down with Entertainment silks supported by a 30' high rig. Also in this same area of the festival, we host "Lady Director Richard Weber, who is also the Lord Ophelia's Dance Party." Flirt the renaissance way by learning the latest country and Mayor of the Village and a proud member of court dances, and engaging with your fellow faire guests in dance. We are also very the LGBTQ community, to learn more about this pleased to announce the engagement of a spectacular international musical group year's Festival. called Stary Olsa. These are six versatile musicians playing authentic renaissance instruments that have come from Belarus and have included the Florida Renaissance Festival as a part of their American tour schedule. We present musicians and unique variety artists with international reputations, and a marketplace community of artists unparalleled in skill and expression.

8 WIREMAG.COM #09 2018 RC: Tell us about this year's themed weekends. Which is your favorite? RW: The themed upcoming weekends are: Wenches Weekend, March 3-4; International Weekend, March 10-11; Celtic, March 17-18; and Witches, Wizards & Magic, March 24-25. We also had these themes in previous weekends this year: Pirates, February 10-11; Time Travel- er's – Steampunk, February 17-19; and Viking, February 24-25.

For each of the themed weekends, we hold a special event or contest to support the theme and give the audience something special that occurs only during that weekend. We feature different variety acts and musicians that present something special in support of the themes. We also partner with specialty acts and outside events to present unique entertainment. For example, to celebrate Time Traveler's Weekend, we part- nered with Florida Supercon to host a futuristic fashion show and costume contest. For Viking Weekend, we presented our first-ever Beard and Moustache contest. Wenches Weekend is always a particularly fun time with our bodice and cleavage contest. It's just good-natured fun and a perpetual crowd favorite. Another fan favorite event occurs on our Celtic Weekend when we host our Men-in-Kilts and Highland Hunk contest. We always offer something for the ladies as well as something for the gentlemen.

We have two new themes for this season's festival. International Weekend, where we encourage our guests and participants both to dress in whatever cultural wardrobe best represents the international flavor of the renaissance, and Witches, Wizards & Magic Weekend, where we celebrate the fantasy world of fairies, spirits and Harry Potter. Every day there is something different and every festival day is magical.

RC: Tell us about the work that goes into producing the Florida Renaissance Festival. RW: Producing and preparing for the annual festival is a full-time, year-round endeavor. As soon as the show opens, we start planning the next season. There are permits and licensing agreements, legalities, cross-promotions, spon- sorships and educational programs to update and develop. There are variety acts, musicians RC: Describe the Florida Renaissance Festival in three words. and actors to audition, negotiate, contract and RW: Unique, entertaining and memorable. train, scripts and music to be written, policies to establish and living history encampments to en- RC: What do you consider the most distinct qualities of Florida Renaissance Festival? hance and assist. There are outreach programs RW: I consider this entire industry a remarkable cultural phenomenon. Unlike most other to oversee, conventions to attend and state and forms of entertainment where there is a clear division between artist and audience, the local committees to involve. Artists and fine modern Renaissance Festival breaks down these barriers and you get the opportunity to craftsmen present products to jury into the show directly engage with living characters in an immersive environment. We now live in an and meetings are held to discuss the balance age where few people feel comfortable speaking with strangers. The Renaissance Festival of the event with regards to products and enter- works very hard to create a safe, community oriented, village feel… a place where you tainments. Phone calls, emails and every form of can hold long involved conversations with individuals outside of your normal expectations communication from electronic to smoke signals and experience. This is a place where every person you encounter is seriously dedicated and carrier pigeons are involved year round to to your well being and happiness, a place where there are no strangers, only friends; a create the immersive experience that is the mod- place where we see each guest as the amazing, wonderful, loving and miraculous indi- ern Renaissance Festival. vidual we know they are. We create a playground where kindness is the norm, laughter is the currency and where every guest leaves with a sincere wish for their health and happiness. Our purpose is to create memories of loving wonderment that will last a lifetime. We take this intent as our guiding light.

#09 2018 WIREMAG.COM 9 RC: Why should Wire Magazine readers attend the Florida Renaissance Festival? RW: Short answer: Everyone should attend the Florida Renaissance Festival. Long answer: Alternate entertainments have a long tradition within the gay community. In a world where we have struggled long and hard for public ac- knowledgement, and the basic human dignity of being allowed to express ourselves and live truthful authentic lives, the Renaissance Festival phenomenon has always encouraged guests and patrons to dress up and live both the fantasy and the reality of our innermost spirits. For decades, festivals of this nature have always been a safe space to publicly express yourself. Some- times it takes a historical perspective to remind modern audiences that the concept of family and community has less to do with those with whom we share blood, but rather it is better defined by those for whom we would give our blood. Within a renaissance festival village, we are less tribal and more inclusive than is generally expe- rienced in other public forums.

RC: What are your top 3 favorite costumes that you've spotted at the Festival? RW: Oh lord, where to start? Top 3? Every lady who puts on her first corset and long skirt which transforms her image of herself and who finally sees herself as the most exotic woman in the world. Every person who comes dressed to the festival expressing some hidden aspect of their own personality. Every guest who decides to become someone different, playful and free.

Favorites? The fairies with 8-foot wingspans and amazing peripheral vision. The Klingons and Star Wars Stormtroopers who invade every Time Traveler's Weekend, generally with all 13 flavors ofDoctor Who. The bodybuilder in his late 50's wearing a whisper of leather and a "come hither" smile, as proud in his display as a peacock. And every child, every princess, knight and wizard who still knows what it is to play and who insist that their parents remember to play as well.

RC: Where do you see the Festival in 5 years? RW: Bigger, grander and happier.

RC: Is there anything else you would like to share with Wire Magazine readers? RW: My thanks, my wishes for your good for- tune and my phone number for any of your readers into older guys who work in the arts.

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or 35 years, Miami Dade College's re- nowned Miami Film Festival has been bringing the best of international filmmak- ing to South Florida audiences, and to visitors who come to our Magic City for this annual cinematic extravaganza. This year is no exception. The 35th edition of the Miami Film Festival, taking place March 9-18, will present 148 feature narratives, documentaries and short films of all genres, from 50 different countries. Three new countries, Benin, Georgia and Swaziland, are going to be represented in the Festival's Official Selection for the first time, and 38 of the films are directed or co-directed by women filmmakers. Visit miamifilmfestival. com or 305.237.FILM for more information about this year's Festival.

The Opening Night film of the Festival will be the premiere of Tully, by four-time Oscar nominated writer, director and producer Jason Re- itman, which is his newest collaboration with Oscar winners Charlize Theron and screenwrit- For this year's annual Miami Film Festival special issue, Wire Magazine sat down with Ja- er Diablo Cody. The film will be followed by an mal Sims, director of the documentary When The Beat Drops. We also spotlight 14 of the Opening Night Gala Dinner at EAST, Miami, Festival's films. Director Jamal Sims is one of the film industry's most sought-after director-cho- as well as a simultaneous Opening Night Party reographers, whose credits include the hit stage musicals Footloose, Hairspray and Cirque at the new Jungle Plaza in the Miami Design du Soleil's Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour. When the Beat Drops is Sims' feature District. According to Miami Film Festival Direc- documentary debut, which will be premiering at the 2018 Miami Film Festival. tor Jaie Laplante, "Charlize Theron's fearless performance as a struggling suburban mother Rafa Carvajal: Tell our readers what When The Beat Drops is about. on the brink of losing mental control is made Jamal Sims: When The Beat Drops is a glimpse into an underground subculture of black, possible by another brilliant collaboration by gay men who have created a community built around their shared love of a dance style, most the creators of Juno and Young Adult. Tully is commonly performed by majorettes in southern black universities. Starting as early as the both a parable and a salve for our stressed-out 1960s, the majorette teams that accompanied college marching bands consisted of females times – it reminds us all of who we are, and only. The male subjects in our film decided to adopt that dance style into their own, with all there is no more beautiful way to open our 35th the dance theory of the majorette culture and even adopting their versions of the majorette edition than with this film." uniforms to create their own culture of dance, which has remained predominantly underground with no visibility on a popular culture-level. The 35th edition Festival will conclude with an Awards Night Gala screening at the Olympia RC: Why did you feel it was important to tell the story about the journey of five gay dancers Theater of the International premiere of Curro in the scene through a documentary? Velázquez's smash hit Spanish comedy Holy JS: I felt like it was important because I can remember when I learned about these under- Goalie (Que baje Dios y lo vea), with star ground dance scenes. I thought some of the dances were created by these "pop stars" who Alain Hernández in attendance. The screen- had taken credit for them, and brought them into the mainstream. I soon learned through films ing will be followed by a KORBEL California like Paris is Burning that people have been doing these dances for many years prior to these champagne Awards Night Party at The Historic "pop stars" making them pop culture. I wanted to give our subjects the first opportunity to tell Alfred I. Dupont Building in downtown Miami. their stories and introduce the world to the dance culture they created.

14 WIREMAG.COM #09 2018 RC: How did you get involved in directing the film? JS: I was scouting for locations for a music video with my producer Jordan back in 2013, and he asked me what I wanted to direct next. I had been thinking about a trip I took to Atlanta when I was in my early 20's, as I was trying to reconcile my feelings about my own sexual identity. While in Atlanta, I encountered the boys who buck at an Atlanta pride event at Piedmont Park. The two teams were battling in an empty swimming pool and their fierce competition seemed to go on for hours. I was completely mesmerized by the depth of their choreography – they were relentlessly going back and forth, with no shortage of dance counts. The uniforms were also a component of the presentation that I could not forget. I told Jor- dan that I'd like to direct a documentary about the boys who buck and, one month later, we were in Atlanta working to identify the central figures in this subculture movement. Getting them to agree to work with us was another story altogether.

RC: Why should Wire Magazine readers watch When The Beat Drops? JS: This film is important not only because of the subjects in the film, or the incredible dance scenes, but because it offers a look at a subculture we really don't see on a macro-level. Despite major traction in the progress for human rights of people in the LGBTQ community, this film illustrates what it means to be black and gay in the South. To be a part of the discriminated and at the same time celebrate dance, which I'm always here for!

RC: What does it feel like to have your directori- al debut as a world premiere at the Miami Film Festival? JS: It is a huge honor to have my film premiere at the Miami Film Festival. I feel like this festival really celebrates diversity. This may sound like I'm trying to score brownie points, but everyone knows that if you ask me what is my favorite city in the U.S. is, I will always say Miami! I love it for so many different reasons, and the art scene is at the top of the list.

RC: Which has been your favorite project that you have ever worked on? JS: I would have to say it would be working on Disney's new live action film,Aladdin . We shot it last summer and it comes out in 2019. Working with Will Smith and the rest of the amazing cast RC: Is there anything else you would like to share with Wire Magazine readers? was magical. JS: We started working on the film in May of 2013, as a speculative venture and got lucky because Anthony Davis and his collation of captains decided to work with RC: What are your favorite experiences/memo- us, and let us film with them. We got lucky for a second time when my friends Randy ries in Miami? Barbato and Fenton Bailey at World of Wonder were gracious enough to take on this JS: My favorite Miami experience was coming project, and share their power and creative energy with us. I now feel like we have for my honeymoon. My husband Octavius and I not only made the Hoop Dreams of dance, but we have managed to tell an important share the same love for this city. story about life in America. I am incredibly proud of this film, and grateful for the immense level of support the project has received.

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#09 2018 WIREMAG.COM 15 MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT FILMS Photos provided by Miami Film Festival

ABOVE THE DROWNING SEA Canada, 2017 Directors: Rene Balcer, Nicola Zavaglia Subjects: Julianna Margulies, Nick Mancuso, Tony Goldwyn

Festival Summary: The story of a terrifyingly arduous journey that is only too resonant today, Above the Drowning Sea, narrated by Juliana Margulies, chronicles the dramatic escape of Jews from Europe on the eve of the Second World War. As Nazism spread, Jewish refugees sought safe harbor from the coming Holocaust. No place would accept them – except the distant city of Shanghai. Still, to flee Europe required an elusive Chinese visa. Enter Ho Feng Shan, the Chinese Consul in Vienna who braved both the Gestapo and his own government, so as to play a pivotal role in bringing the refugees to safety. Above the Drowning Sea is a documentary with the sweep and stakes of a historical epic. It is at once heroic and harrowing – and a cautionary tale for our troubled times.

CANDELARIA Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Germany, Norway, 2017 Director: Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza Cast: Alden Knigth, Veronica Lynn, Manuel Viveros, Philipp Hochmair

Festival Summary: A tender, playful look at the intimate lives of the elderly, this third feature from Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza finds the director looking both abroad and backward in time for inspiration. Set in Havana in 1994, Candelaria concerns a septuagenarian couple whose wearying routine is alleviated by the unexpected appearance of a novel piece of technology. Victor Hugo works in a cigar factory; Candelaria is a hotel laundress and singer. When Candelaria comes upon an abandoned camcorder she and Victor Hugo start to discover its possibilities for posterity, expression – and the revival of romance. The camera's lens becomes an extension of Victor Hugo's eye, allowing him to really see his wife for the first time in years – at least until the camcorder is stolen, an event which leads the couple into territory neither could have imagined.

16 WIREMAG.COM #09 2018 GRACE AND SPLENDOR Panama, 2017 Director: Arturo Montenegro Cast: Gaby Garrido, Patrick Vollert, Lupita Ferrer, Gaby Gnazo, Lorna Cepeda

Festival Summary: A joyously irreverent rom-com that plunges us headlong into the collective madness of Carnaval, this second feature from Panamanian writer-director Arturo Montenegro (The Cheque) might be thought of as Romeo & Juliet with fireworks, plumage and some seriously ribald humor. The devastating- ly handsome Esplendor and the irrepressibly adorable Donaire (social-media megastars Patrick Vollert and Gaby Garrido) first meet at the airport, having just returned from their respective journeys abroad. Denizens of Las Tablas, he lives on Calle Arriba, she on Calle Abajo, a geographical detail that puts their families in hostile opposition. But Carnaval is coming, elaborate celebrations are being organized, monarchs will be crowned, and such wild festivities have a way of sprouting romance in the most unlikely circumstances.

HOLY GOALIE Spain, 2018 Director: Curro Velázquez Cast: Alain Hernández, Macarena García, Karra Elejalde, Joel Bosqued, Tito Valverde

Festival Summary: Hilarious, inspirational, and just a little heretical, writer-director Curro Velázquez's feature debut stars Spanish heartthrob Alain Hernández – last seen at our Festival in The One-Eyed King – as an unorthodox Catholic priest on a mission to save a monastery by turning a motley crew of amateurs into soccer savants. After courting controversy during his missionary work, Father Salvador is delivered to St. Theodosius, where rules are so strict even hair gel is a sin. The monastery is in financial straits, however, and about to be sold to a hotel chain. Its only hope lies with Salvador, a former fútbolista, charged with transforming some novitiates into a team good enough to win the Clerum Champi- onship – and its considerable cash subsidy. Riddled with unholy hi-jinx, Velásquez has crafted a divine comedy by merrily merging two of Spain's fundamental obsessions.

KILLING JESUS Argentina, Colombia, 2018 Director: Laura Mora Cast: Natasha Jaramillo, Giovanny Rodríguez, Carmenza Cossío, Camilo Escobar

Festival Summary: This spookily confident, semi-autobiographical feature debut of Colom- bian director and co-scenarist Laura Mora is a tense, absorbing drama that probes the troubled nature of grief, the ethics of revenge and the limits of empathy. Set in Mora's hometown of Medellín, the story is thrust into motion on a wave of pure trauma: 22-year-old Paula witness- es her father being shot to death in front of their home. Paula initially tries to stifle her sorrow with distractions, but an unexpected encounter with her father's killer sets Paula on a course of retribution – one she may not be able to abscond from. Killing Jesus complicates simplis- tic distinctions between victim and perpetrator, calling into question the way we process crime and punishment in a society teeming with corruption.

#09 2018 WIREMAG.COM 17 MAKE LOVE GREAT AGAIN U.S., 2017 Director: Aaron Agrasanchez Cast: David Haack, Alina Robert, Jason Canela, Jeremy Osorio, Chris Mulkey, Eduardo Yañez

Festival Summary: Mexican-born director Aaron Agrasanchez's second feature is a pointed comedy about transnational lovers in a dangerous time. Set in Miami during the Trump ascendancy, Make Love Great Again pits adorable newlyweds Chris and Natalie against a pair of unduly suspicious federal agents charged with approving the verity of their marriage. Chris is American, Natalie is a Mexican in the U.S. on a student visa; their nuptials can grant her that covet- ed permanent residency – but only if their love story seems credible. Darting between fun and tumultuous flashbacks and the unnerving weirdness of Chris and Natalie being interrogated about their intimacy, Make Love Great Again is about how sometimes you need to lie in order to tell the truth – and how, with a little luck and tenacity, love trumps all.

MY LOVE OR MY PASSION Argentina, 2017 Director: Marcos Carnevale Cast: Adrían Suar, Julieta Diaz, Federico D'Elía, Peto Menahem, Dalia Gutmann, Rafael Spregelburd, Alfredo Casero

Festival Summary: There are fans and there are fanatics – Pedro Pintos (multi-hyphenate Argentine star Adrián Suar) is, to put it mildly, in the latter category. Pedro devours everything fútbol: any team or league, any time. Which is maybe manageable for a young bachelor, but Pedro is a middle-aged husband and father, and his all-consuming passion has finally taken his job and torn apart his family. Pedro is an addict, so he does what addicts do: he joins Alcoholics Anonymous. He just neglects to mention that it's soccer, not booze, that's brought him there. This clever comedy with a serious undercurrent comes from the prolific Marcos Carnevale, last at the Festival with Inseparables. Co-starring the wonderful Julieta Díaz, My Love or My Passion chronicles a war between personal goals and field goals, fleeting thrills and lasting comforts.

OPERATION ODESSA U.S., 2018 Director: Tiller Russell Subjects: Ludwig Fainberg, Juan Almeida, Nelson Yester

Festival Summary: "Operation Odessa" was the code name for a federal task force investi- gating Russian gangsters in Miami. This film gains candid interviews with key figures on both sides of the operation to tell an outrageous true crime story. It's loaded with colorful characters and absurd details that evoke the novels of Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiassen. At the center of the tale is the Jewish Ukrainian mobster Ludwig Fainberg, known as "Tarzan." He was a linchpin between Russian and Colombian mobsters, from his position as the proprietor of Porky's strip club in Hialeah and Babushka restaurant in North Miami. He teamed with Juan Almeida, a high end car and boat dealer, who specialized in speed boats for drug runners, operating out of the Fort Apache Marina. Filmmaker Tiller Russell skillfully combines their interviews with FBI surveillance recordings to revisit an era of sting operations, gangland betrayals and outlandish stunts culminating in the at- tempt to buy a Soviet submarine for a Colombian drug cartel. "Operation Odessa" hits the jackpot of crazy South Florida stories.

18 WIREMAG.COM #09 2018 RACER AND THE JAILBIRD Belgium, France, Netherlands, 2017 Director: Michaël R. Roskam Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Eric De Staercke, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Nabil Missoumi

Festival Summary: Racer And The Jailbird is a movie that has it all: love, crime, sex, and action, all wrapped up in a taut and twisty thriller-come-romance from the Belgian director of Bullhead and The Drop (both of which starred Matthias Schoenaerts) and was the country's official submission for Best Foreign Language Film to the Academy Awards. The racer is Bénédicte, known as Bibi (Adèle Exarchopoulos), an outgoing, young racing driver and the daughter of a wealthy construction magnate. The jailbird is Gigi (Matthias Schoenaerts), a handsome playboy with, it seems, time and money to burn, but there is still much more to him than meets the eye. It may seem obvious from the onset; they fall in love despite her initial resistance. However, when Bibi finds out what Gigi is up to on one of his weekends away – and when one of those weekends goes disastrously wrong – their relationship hangs in the balance and it is put to the test.

SERGIO AND SERGEI Cuba, Spain, 2017 Director: Ernesto Daranas Cast: Tomás Cao, Hector Noa, Ron Perlman, Mario Guerra

Festival Summary: In 1992, the Soviet Union collapsed. Among those left in limbo are Havana university professor Sergio and Soviet cosmonaut Sergei. Sergio was already struggling to provide for his family when the end of the USSR – Cuba's main financial supporter – left he and his countrymen in newly dire straits. Sergei, meanwhile, is abandoned in space when the funding to bring him back evaporates. When Sergio, who's also a ham radio enthusiast, chances upon a channel in direct contact with the MIR space station, he and Sergei become friends – and draw the interest of the authorities. Ernesto Daranas Serrano (Conducta) returns to Miami with this clever, crowd-pleasing comedy about connections between individuals marginalized by history and politics, one of them stuck on an island, the other stuck in orbit: on Earth as it is the heavens.

THE LAST SUIT Argentina, Spain, 2017 Director: Pablo Solarz Cast: Miguel Ángel Solá, Ángela Molina, Natalia Verbeke

Festival Summary: At 88, Abraham Bursztein is seeing his place in the world rap- idly disappear. His kids have sold his Buenos Aires residence, set him up in a retirement home and are even trying to convince him to amputate his disabled limb. But Abraham survived the Holocaust, made a successful life in a foreign land, and isn't about to quietly fade away. Instead, he's planned a one-way trip to the other side of the world. Writer-director Pablo Solarz renders Abraham's odyssey as much a journey through the past as a geographical one. With its klezmer-driven score, evocative cinematography and fleet pacing,The Last Suit approaches its weighty themes with a light reverence, showing how any trip truly worth taking is a trip that will change us – no matter how far along we are in life's journey.

#09 2018 WIREMAG.COM 19 THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS Spain, 2018 Director: Mateo Gil Cast: Vito Sanz, Berta Vázquez, Chino Darín, Vicky Luengo, Juan Betancourt, Irene Escolar

Festival Summary: Spanish writer-director Mateo Gil (Realive) returns to our Festival with his most inspired and entertaining creation yet, an audaciously imaginative spin on the rom-com that pits a love-struck science savant against the mid-boggling cosmi- comic dictates of love and physics. Set in Barcelona, The Laws of Thermody- namics tracks the tumultuous romance between Manel and model-turned-actress Elena. Gliding seamlessly back and forth through space and time, the film takes us on a whirlwind tour of seduction and ecstasy, heartbreak and regeneration. Featuring an interstellar cast that includes Maria (and the Others) star Vito Sanz and Palm Trees in the Snow's Berta Vazquez, The Laws of Thermodynamics bal- ances scenes of romantic bedazzlement with witty commentaries from science experts – though can anyone explain the gravitational pull of the object of one's desire?

THE SUMMIT Argentina, France, Spain, 2017 Director: Santiago Mitre Cast: Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi, Érica Rivas, Elena Anaya, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Alfredo Castro, Gerard Romano, Leonardo Franco, Paula García, Christian Slater

Festival Summary: Nominated for 11 Argentine Oscars – including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for superstar Ricardo Darín – the latest from Miami Film Festival favorite Santiago Mitre offers a riveting portrait of a fictional president simultaneously embroiled in a corruption scandal and forced to play international hardball on his country's behalf. President Hernán Blanco (Darín) is already in trouble when he arrives at a Pan-American oil summit in the Chilean Andes: his lack of high-stakes negotiating experience threatens to undo him, while his daughter's ex-husband threatens to expose Blanco's shadier past. Rather than resort to simple cynicism, The Summit, with its crisp direction and brilliant performances from Darín, Dolores Fonzi (star of Mitre's Paulina) and Christian Slater, chooses a more complex route, one focused on the flawed humanity that can conspire against the best intentions in any political arena.

TULLY U.S., 2018 Director: Jason Reitman Cast: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass, Ron Livingston, Emily Haine

Festival Summary: Marlo (Charlize Theron) is about to explode. Already overwhelmed with her precocious young daughter and behaviorally challenged son, she's currently negotiating the ungainly ninth month of her third pregnancy and a husband struggling to drive his career out of third-gear. As a balm for her escalating stress, Marlo's affluent brother (Mark Duplass) gifts his sister a "night-nanny" for the new baby. Enter Tully (Mackenzie Davis), a sprightly, sexually liberated, millennial twist on Mary Poppins. Marlo cannot believe her luck: not only does Marlo sleep through the night; when she awakens, the house is spotless and there's a fresh batch of cupcakes for Jonah to bring to his classmates. Best of all, Tully insists that Marlo focus on her own well-being – so that she can better care for her newest infant. In their third collaboration (after the Oscar-winning Juno and Young Adult), director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody take bold, uncharted risks by giving voice to our unspoken desires. Tully is an edgy comedy of recognition and a wistful ode to the youth we all once pos- sessed – and get further away from every passing day. 20 WIREMAG.COM #09 2018 DENTAL Insurance

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