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Event Series Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet)

Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (France, 2023, 73 min., in French with English subtitles, digital) Friday-Saturday, July 26-27, 7:00 p.m. Brown Auditorium Theater Paulette feels guilty after unjustly punishing her daughter Linda and would do anything to make it up to her. Linda immediately asks for a meal of chicken with peppers, which […]

$7 – $9
Event Series The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)

The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Kon Ichikawa (Japan, 1983, 140 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, 35mm) Sundays, July 28 & August 4, 5:00 p.m. (B) Adapted from the 1948 literary classic by Junichiro Tanizaki, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business, in the years leading up […]

$7 – $9

Event Series Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Japan, 2023, 106 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, digital) Thursday-Saturday, August 1-3, 7:00 p.m. (W) Widower Takumi and his daughter live in Mizubiki Village, a place of bucolic serenity near Tokyo that is threatened by urban developers planning a glamping site. Takumi lives with his daughter Hana among the locals […]

$7 – $9
Event Series Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Japan, 2023, 106 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, digital) Thursday-Saturday, August 1-3, 7:00 p.m. (W) Widower Takumi and his daughter live in Mizubiki Village, a place of bucolic serenity near Tokyo that is threatened by urban developers planning a glamping site. Takumi lives with his daughter Hana among the locals […]

$7 – $9
Event Series Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Japan, 2023, 106 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, digital) Thursday-Saturday, August 1-3, 7:00 p.m. (W) Widower Takumi and his daughter live in Mizubiki Village, a place of bucolic serenity near Tokyo that is threatened by urban developers planning a glamping site. Takumi lives with his daughter Hana among the locals […]

$7 – $9
Event Series The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)

The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Kon Ichikawa (Japan, 1983, 140 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, 35mm) Sundays, July 28 & August 4, 5:00 p.m. (B) Adapted from the 1948 literary classic by Junichiro Tanizaki, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business, in the years leading up […]

$7 – $9

Pictures of Ghosts (Retratos Fantasmas)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil, 2023, 93 min., in Portuguese with English subtitles, digital) Friday, August 9, 7:00 p.m. BROWN The latest from celebrated director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau) delves into the coastal city of Recife’s historical and human fabric, focusing on its iconic movie theaters that once served as hubs of social interaction […]

$7 – $9

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Akira Kurosawa (Japan, 1954, 207 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, digital restoration) Saturday, August 10, 5:00 p.m. (B) Sunday, August 11, 2:00 p.m. (B) 70th Anniversary! One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors […]

$7 – $9
Event Series Man Ray: Return to Reason

Man Ray: Return to Reason

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Man Ray (France, 1923, 70 minutes) Brown Auditorium Theater, digital In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Le Retour à la raison, Sqürl, the Jim Jarmusch-Carter Logan combo, presents Man Ray: Return to Reason, with a newly recorded drone rock soundtrack for all four films. The band’s cosmic sounds complement Ray’s work by […]

$7 – $9
Event Series Man Ray: Return to Reason

Man Ray: Return to Reason

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Man Ray (France, 1923, 70 minutes) Brown Auditorium Theater, digital In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Le Retour à la raison, Sqürl, the Jim Jarmusch-Carter Logan combo, presents Man Ray: Return to Reason, with a newly recorded drone rock soundtrack for all four films. The band’s cosmic sounds complement Ray’s work by […]

$7 – $9

Aurora Picture Show Summer Filmmaking Camp World Premiere

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by various directors (USA, 2024,approx. 100 minutes) Brown Auditorium Theater, digital Walk the red carpet for Aurora’s annual Summer Filmmaking Camp World Premieres event, where young filmmakers’ visions come to life on the screen! This free screening showcases a wide range of creative short films made by Houston kids and teens (ages 7–15) through […]

Free

Green Border (Zielona granica)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Agnieszka Holland (Poland/USA/France/Czech Republic/Belgium/Germany/Turkey, 2023, 147 minutes, in Polish, Arabic, English, and French with English subtitles) Brown Auditorium Theater, digital Along the treacherous forests (“green border”) between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by government propaganda promising easy passage to the European Union. Instead, they find themselves […]

$7 – $9