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An effort by Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner to evict the nonprofit over its screenings of the documentary film 'No Other Land' was withdrawn Wednesday after intense public outcry. The Mayor deferred a new resolution to encourage O Cinema "to showcase films that highlight a fair and balanced viewpoint."

Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner is pushing to evict O Cinema, an independent nonprofit movie theater, from a city-owned space after the theater screened Oscar-winning documentary film No Other Land. He claims it’s antisemitic. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida said it is "monitoring" the issue.

“I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, gave Brazil its first Oscars win on Sunday in the best international film category.

Filmmaker RaMell Ross adapts Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer-winning “Nickel Boys” in a new film out Friday. Told with a first-person point of view camera, the story follows two Black teenage boys who are wards of an abusive reform school in Florida in the early 1960s

Currently, Florida has several film schools throughout the state, however, students and graduates struggle to find jobs in the market. With less productions taking place in Florida, those seeking job opportunities have begun searching out of state.

Florida was once considered the Hollywood of the south. Now, the lack of an incentive program is driving movie-making to other states.

We talk best and worst movies from 2023 with René Rodriguez. He’s a former film critic and manages the Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami. He also tells us what he's looking forward to in 2024.

Wilkine Brutus is joined by D. Smith, whose documentary Kokomo City — her directorial debut — won the Innovator Award at Sundance Film Festival this year. The film is premiering in her hometown of Miami later this week.

In the original 1989 animated classic, Ariel’s character is white, with long red hair. But as little Black girls packed movie theaters over the holiday weekend, they saw an Ariel who is very much a reflection of themselves.

South Florida's Ruben Rabasa has been acting for over 50 years, but he finally feels like he's arrived — in his 80s. He talks to host Carlos Frías about his early life as an actor after migrating to the United States from Cuba and all the jobs he's had as a character actor from Miami Vice to Marvel.

Regal Cinemas' parent company, Cineworld, is planning on closing two South Florida theaters: Regal South Beach Stadium 18 and Shadowood 16, as part of their "go-forward business plan."

Rico James joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about his new documentary 'Nobody Was Here' that tells the story of Wynwood artist 'Nobody,' who left the corporate world in New York to pursue art on the streets of Miami.