Miami Indie Cinema Roundup: Arthouse Films Sept. 24 To 30 (VIDEOS)

This week, Miami’s independent theaters take movie-goers on a trip through Asia.

Cosford Cinema is screening “Drunken Angel,” the 1948 Japanese flick about a criminal with tuberculosis who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a doctor. Tower Theater also takes guests to Japan in “Harakiri: Death of a Samurai” about a warrior seeking the courtyard of a feudal lord so he can commit ritual suicide.

In Fort Lauderdale, Cinema Paradiso offers a passport to a mysterious Southeast Asian country in “They Call it Myanmar,” tracing the nation’s history from ancient times to the modern military regime keeping the former Burma under wraps.

To go truly international, head to the Coral Gables Art Cinema for “Samsara,” where filmmakers traveled through 25 countries in five years to capture breathtaking images of different cultures, people and lands across the globe.

See where else movie fans can go this week at Miami’s art cinemas:

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• a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770802/”Samsara/a
  Sept. 24, 25, 26 and 27 at 4:15, 6:30 and 8:45 p.m.
  a href=”www.gablescinema.com”Coral Gables Art Cinema/a
  Tickets: $6 to $11

  An out-of-the-ordinary documentary, this film takes audiences across 25 countries over a five year period with no dialogue, characters or standard story structure. Instead, guests are invited to see the world through the camera lens.

• a href=”http://www.o-cinema.org/2012/09/slumber-party-cinema/”Slumber Party Cinema/a: a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086979/”"Blood Simple”/a and “A Secret Surprise”
  Tickets: $10.50

  O Cinema kicks off its “Slumber Party Cinema” series with a double feature for the price of one. In “Blood Simple,” a man hires a hit man to kill his wife and the man she’s having an affair with.

• a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2048877/”The Ambassador/a
  Sept. 27 and 28 at 7 and 9 p.m., Sept. 29 and 30 at 5 and 7 p.m.
  a href=”www.o-cinema.org”O Cinema/a
  Tickets: $7.50 to $10.50

  In an odd mix of drama and humor, Mads Brügger ventures through the dangerous Central African Republic and takes on the character of a Danish consul to Africa. In his travels, he comes across blood diamond smuggling, murder and illegal deals.

• a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2190367/”Neighboring Sounds/a
  Sept. 28, 29 and 30 at 9 p.m.
  a href=”www.mbcinema.com”Miami Beach Cinematheque/a
  Tickets: $8 to $10

  A community in Brazil is still recovering from a past of violence when the man running the town calls a private security company to police the area for petty crime. The community, divided by the rich and the poor, becomes uneasy by their presence.Portuguese with English subtitles.

• a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1971352/” target=”_hplink”Compliance/a
  Sept. 27, 28, 29 and 30 at 7 p.m.
  a href=”http://www.mbcinema.com” target=”_hplink”Miami Beach Cinematheque/a
  Tickets: $8 to $10

  Based on a true story, a young high school student, Becky, is working a busy night shift at a fast food restaurant when a man claiming to be a police officer tells her manager that she stole money from a customer. Over the phone, the manager does what the man tells her to do, including strip searching her in the back of the restaurant.

• a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2014338/” target=”_hplink”Side By Side/a
  Sept. 25 and 26 at 7 p.m.
  a href=”www.mbcinema.com”Miami Beach Cinematheque/a
  Tickets: $8 to $10

  Keanu Reeves talks to the industry’s biggest directors about their thoughts on the cinema going digital, and what it means for movies.

• a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2043900/”Last Call at the Oasis /a
  Sept. 25 and 26 at 9 p.m.
  Miami Beach Cinematheque
  Tickets: $8 to $10

  Water is something we all take for granted, as if it’s an infinite resource, but this film delves into why a global water shortage could be looming.

• a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040979/”Drunken Angel/a
  Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 6 p.m.
  a href=”www.cosfordcinema.com”Cosford Cinema/a
  Tickets: $7 to $9

  Set in Tokyo after WWII, a criminal with tuberculosis strikes up an odd friendship with a doctor. Japanese with English subtitles.

• a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188994/”Island Inside (emLa Isla Interior/em)/a
  Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 29 at 6 p.m.
  a href=”www.cosfordcinema.com”Cosford Cinema/a
  Tickets: $7 to $9

  The third installment of Cosford Cinema’s Hispanic Heritage Month movie series, three siblings in a dysfunctional family go to Spain’s Canary Island to deal with their schizophrenic father’s death.

• a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1728196/”Harakiri: Death of a Samurai (emIchimei/em)/a
  Sept. 25 and 26 at 6:10 p.m., Sept. 27 at 9 p.m., Sept. 28 at 3:40 p.m., Sept. 29 at 9 p.m., Sept. 30 at 2 p.m.
  a href=”http://www.towertheatermiami.com”Tower Theater /a
  Tickets: $7 to $8

  A samurai arrives at a lord’s home and requests to use the courtyard to commit emseppuku/em, a ritual suicide. The lord tells him about the last time a man tried to do the same, and it didn’t end the way he had planned. A strange tale is revealed as the samurai tells him about himself. Japanese with English subtitles.

• a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1859621/”They Call It Myanmar/a
  Sept. 28 at 6 p.m., Sept. 29 at 3 p.m., Sept. 30 at 4 p.m.
  a href=”http://www.fliff.com/Cinema_Paradiso”Cinema Paradiso/a
  Tickets: $6 to $10

  A look at the the nation that has spent the last five decades under the control of a military regime, including an interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi after her most recent house arreste. The film traces the country’s history, from its ancient beginnings through colonization and modern day.