12 November 2-8, 2023 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | music | cafe | Culture | Night+Day | News | Letters | coNteNts | Perfect Days A movie about a janitor may not sound like the most compelling way to spend time at the cin- ema, but you may do a double-take when you see who’s involved. Perfect Days marks a re- turn to the narrative filmmaking form for Wim Wenders, the legend of new German cinema responsible for Criterion Collection- approved masterpieces such as Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire, as well as documentaries like Buena Vista Social Club. It also marks a re- turn to Japan, a subject the director last vis- ited in his documentary Tokyo-Ga. The film stars Koji Yakusho, famed for his star turn in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s supernatural crime drama Cure, who won “Best Actor” at Cannes portraying Hirayama, a custodian living out a peaceful life on the outskirts of the city. We watch him go through his daily routine, ap- preciate moments of quotidian beauty, and not much else. What more do you need? Com- ing after Wenders’ documentaries on every- one from artist Anselm Kiefer to Pope Francis, it’s refreshing to see the director come down to Earth for a film about the art of living qui- etly and modestly. 2 p.m. Saturday, November 4, at Silverspot Cinema, 300 SE Third St., Mi- ami. Tickets cost $12 to $13. DOUGLAS MARKOWITZ Saltburn The follow-up to Emerald Fennel’s Oscar- winning Promising Young Woman, Saltburn has divided critics and audiences since its debut at the Telluride Film Festival. What can be agreed on is that this is go-for-broke filmmaking. It’s set during a wild summer when Oxford outcast Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) joins the alluring and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi) at his family’s sprawling estate, Saltburn. One of the award season’s buzziest titles, Saltburn combines debauchery with dry wit to examine the English aristocracy. Appearing as a mash-up of The Great Gatsby and The Talented Mr. Ripley, the film contains a decadent and dark queer edge sold by the chemistry between Oscar nominee Keoghan and Priscilla and Euphoria star Elordi. The two are joined by a bevy of Oscar nominees, including Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman). If you like brash, bold, and electric filmmaking, Saltburn might be to your taste. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 4, at Silverspot Cinema, 300 SE Third St., Miami. Tickets cost $20. TRAE DELELLIS The Taste of Things Set in 19th-century France, Trân Anh Hùng’s The Taste of Things is a sense-heightening meditation on both professional and personal passion. The film stars former real- life couple Juliette Binoche and Ben- oît Magimel on screen as chefs who, after 20 years of working side by side, cannot deny their mutual ro- mantic feelings. Aside from exqui- site performances and mouth-watering cinematography, the film is the perfect pairing for the Miami Film Festival’s culinary collaboration. The Taste of Things won the “Best Director” award at the Cannes Film Festival and was selected as the French submission for this year’s Oscars after it somewhat controversially edged out Anat- omy of a Fall. If you are hankering for sublime cinema, The Taste of Things is the perfect dish. 2:30 p.m. Saturday, November 4, at Koubek Center, 2705 SW Third St., Miami. Tickets cost $13 to $263. TRAE DELELLIS For the full Gems lineup and schedule, visit gems2023.eventive.org. [email protected] MGM and Amazon Studios photo Emerald Fennel’s highly anticipated follow-up, Saltburn, will screen during the Miami Film Festival’s Gems. THE TASTE OF THINGS IS A SENSE- HEIGHTENING MEDITATION ON BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PASSION. Crystal Clear from p11
