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  • Who’s Behind Black Art
    “Who’s Behind Black Art” Film & Discussion (Part 2 of 2)
    Directed by John Campbell
    (USA, 2023, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    Complementing the exhibition Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, this two-part event (March 14 & 21) examines the experiences of five emerging young Black artists.

    Thursday, March 21, 2024
    6:30 p.m.
  • Meet Me In St. Louis Film Poster
    Meet Me in St. Louis
    Directed by Vincente Minnelli
    (USA, 1944, 113 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    Judy Garland and Margaret O’Brien star in this heartwarming musical about an early-20th-century St. Louis family’s emotional experience when they learn they must move to New York. Introduced by Khori Dastoor of Houston Grand Opera.

    Friday, March 22, 2024
    7 p.m.
  • Kitâb Al-Isfâr: Book of the Journey Film Image
    Kitâb al-Isfâr: Book of the Journey
    Directed by Baba Hillman
    (France, 2020, 59 minutes, in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    Baba Hillman’s lyrical essay film draws upon the writings of Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher Ibn ‘Arabī, and is a poetic exploration of a near-death and mystical experience in the mountains north of Malaga, Spain. 

    Saturday, March 23, 2024
    7 p.m.
  • Pandora's Box Film Poster
    Pandora’s Box
    Directed by G. W. Pabst
    (Germany, 1929, 141 minutes)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital restoration

    Early German cinema master G. W. Pabst cast Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legend was defined by this stylish and controversial melodrama. One of silent cinema’s great masterworks and a testament to Brooks’s dazzling individuality.

    Sunday, March 24, 2024
    5 p.m.
  • The Artist's Daughter, Oil on Canvas Film Poster
    The Artist’s Daughter, Oil on Canvas
    Directed by Margarita Linton and Yaniv Linton
    (Israel, 2022, 59 minutes, in Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

    A visit to her estranged father’s exhibition of self-portraits renews the filmmaker’s relationship with him, but not the way she expected.

    Thursday, March 28, 2024
    5 p.m.
  • Martha Liebermann: A Stolen Life Film Poster
    Martha Liebermann: A Stolen Life (Martha Liebermann – Ein gestohlenes Leben)
    Directed by Stefan Bühling
    (Germany/Czech Republic, 2022, 88 minutes, in German with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

    An upper-class widow in Berlin could never have imagined having to leave her beloved homeland at the age of 85. As a German Jew in 1943, however, her only choice is to go abroad or wait to be deported to a concentration camp.

    Thursday, March 28, 2024
    7:30 p.m.
  • Amelie Film Poster
    Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain)
    Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
    (France, 2001, 122 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital restoration

    In one of the most beloved and acclaimed romantic comedies ever made, Audrey Tatou plays a naïve Montmartre waitress who performs random acts of kindness for others, but privately leads a lonely, melancholic life bereft of love. The imaginative, whimsical masterpiece from the director of Delicatessen and City of Lost Children is also set to a distinctive soundtrack by Yann Tiersen.

    Friday, March 29, 2024
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, March 30, 2024
    7 p.m.
    Sunday, March 31, 2024
    5 p.m.
  • Chinatown Film Poster
    Chinatown
    Directed by Roman Polanski
    (USA, 1974, 130 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, 4k digital restoration

    In one of the best American films of the 1970s, a private detective (Jack Nicholson) is hired by a woman (Faye Dunaway) to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles, and finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

    Friday, April 5, 2024
    7 p.m.
  • The Wizard Of Oz Film Poster
    The Wizard of Oz
    Directed by Victor Fleming and King Vidor
    (USA, 1939, 102 minutes, in English)
    The Amphitheater of The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza

    The MFAH debuts an outdoor movie viewing experience. The film series “A Hero’s Journey” begins with Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her friends as they follow the yellow brick road to meet the Wizard.

    Saturday, April 6, 2024
    8 p.m.
  • The Peasants Film Poster
    The Peasants
    Directed by DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
    (Poland/Serbia/Lithuania, 2024, 114 minutes, in Polish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

    From the filmmakers of Loving Vincent comes the painterly story of Jagna, a young woman whose determination to forge her own path in a late-19th-century Polish village puts her on a tragic collision course.

    Sunday, April 7, 2024
    5 p.m.
    Sunday, April 14, 2024
    5 p.m.
  • Labyrith Film Poster
    Labyrinth
    Directed by Jim Henson
    (UK/USA, 1986, 101 minutes, in English)
    The Amphitheater of The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza

    The MFAH debuts an outdoor movie viewing experience. Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) must solve a labyrinth to rescue her brother from the Goblin King (David Bowie). 

    Saturday, April 13, 2024
    8 p.m.

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  • Caravaggio Film Poster
    Caravaggio
    Directed by Derek Jarman
    (UK, 1986, 80 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mm

    Derek Jarman’s most profound reflection on art, sexuality, and identity recounts the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

    Friday, April 19, 2024
    7 p.m.
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail Film Poster
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
    (UK, 1975, 91 minutes, in English)
    The Amphitheater of The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza

    The MFAH debuts an outdoor movie viewing experience. King Arthur and his knights undertake a hilarious mission to find the Holy Grail in this cult favorite starring the irreverent British comedy troupe.

    Saturday, April 20, 2024
    8 p.m.
  • Pictures Of Ghosts
    Pictures of Ghosts (Retratos fantasmas)
    Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
    (Brazil, 2023, 93 minutes, in Portuguese with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    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 during the 20th century. 

    Thursday, April 25, 2024
    5:30 p.m.
  • The Practice
    The Practice (La práctica)
    Directed by Martín Rejtman
    (Argentina/Chile/Portugal/Germany, 2023, 95 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    The latest film by trailblazing director Martín Rejtman, a key figure in the New Argentine Cinema, is a shrewd, deadpan comedy featuring an outstanding ensemble cast led by Esteban Bigliardi. 

    Thursday, April 25, 2024
    7:30 p.m.
  • The Punishment
    The Punishment (El castigo)
    Directed by Matías Bize
    (Chile/Argentina, 2022, 96 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    After leaving their son alone in the woods for a few minutes as a punishment for misbehaving during a family drive, Ana and Mateo embark on a desperate search to find him. This award-winning psychological drama about parenthood and marriage marks the eighth film by pioneering director of Chilean independent cinema Matías Bize.

    Friday, April 26, 2024
    7 p.m.
  • Totem
    Tótem
    Directed by Lila Avilés
    (Mexico/Denmark/France, 2023, 95 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater and Brown Auditorium Theater

    One of the best-reviewed Mexican films in recent times, the Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards–nominated Tótem centers on seven-year-old Sol, who is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for her father’s birthday party, organized by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. 

    Friday, April 26, 2024
    9:15 p.m.
    Sunday, April 28, 2024
    1:30 p.m.
  • The Echo
    The Echo (El eco)
    Directed by Tatiana Huezo
    (Mexico/Germany, 2023, 102 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Berlin, Chicago, and Morelia film festivals, the latest work by Mexican-Salvadoran Tatiana Huezo is an epic, intimate, and lyrical portrayal of life set in a small rural mountain village.

    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    1 p.m.
  • Puan
    Puan
    Directed by María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat
    (Argentina/Italy/France/Germany/Brazil, 2023, 109 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    In this witty and incisive comedy starring Marcelo Subiotto and Leonardo Sbaraglia, a professor finds himself on the cusp of being named head of the philosophy department at the Public University of Buenos Aires, following the death of his esteemed mentor.

    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    3:30 p.m.
  • The Last Ones
    The Last Ones (Los últimos)
    Directed by Sebastián Peña Escobar
    (Paraguay/Uruguay, 2023, 87 minutes, in Spanish and Guarani with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    The assured debut feature by Sebastián Peña Escobar is an unexpected buddy comedy and road movie presented in the form of a documentary. The Last Ones follows three skeptical ecologists on their journey to Paraguay’s last virgin forests, engaging in passionate debates about the future of our species.

    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    6 p.m.
  • The Settlers
    The Settlers (Los colonos)
    Directed by Felipe Gálvez Haberle
    (Chile/Argentina, 2023, 101 minutes, in Spanish and English with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    Tierra del Fuego, Chile, 1901. Three horsemen embark on an expedition, tasked with securing a wealthy landowner’s vast property. Accompanying a British lieutenant and an American mercenary is a mestizo marksman, who comes to realize the true mission is to violently “remove” the Indigenous population.

    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    8:15 p.m.
  • The Other Son
    The Other Son (El otro hijo)
    Directed by Juan Sebastián Quebrada
    (Colombia/France/Argentina, 2023, 90 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    Federico and his brother Simon enjoy their teenage years until Simon’s tragic death from a balcony fall at a party. Amidst his family’s turmoil, Federico tries to maintain normalcy while struggling to grieve, and finds solace in bonding with Simon’s girlfriend, Laura. 

    Sunday, April 28, 2024
    3:30 p.m.
  • The Rescue
    The Rescue (El rapto)
    Directed by Daniela Goggi
    (Argentina/USA, 2023, 95 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    Based on the novel by Martín Sivak and set in the 1980s, the fourth feature by Daniela Goggi is a historic drama that tells the story of Julio, who returns with his family to Argentina after the downfall of the brutal dictatorship that overpowered long-standing democracy.

    Sunday, April 28, 2024
    6 p.m.
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