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MFAH Films Calendar
February 2010
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6th Houston Jewish Film Festival
This year´s festival unspools March 9—21 with screenings at the MFAH, the Jewish Community Center of Houston, and Holocaust Museum Houston. A selection committee co-chaired by Susan Schneider and Irene Weingarten has chosen an outstanding selection of new features and documentaries from the international film festival circuit. Be sure to vote for the Audience Choice Award, sponsored by Kenny & Ziggy´s!
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Alain Resnais: French Classics
The career of French filmmaker Alain Resnais (b. 1922) began with shorts in the 1940s and continues through the present (his latest, 2009´s Wild Grass, premiered at Cannes). Although he was part of the French New Wave, Resnais was also associated with Agnes Varda and Chris Marker in the Left Bank Group. Often characterized as intellectual, his most admired films are noteworthy for preoccupations with history, time, and recollection. Yet Resnais himself said in a 1977 interview, "I´ve always refused the word ´memory´ apropos my work… I´d use the word ´imagination.´" This selection of restored prints showcases rare shorts and features from 1950—2006. Additional films screen at Rice Cinema, March 12—14 (www.ricecinema.rice.edu).
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Alice Neel
The exhibition Alice Neel: Painted Truths is on view at the MFAH from March 21—June 13. Alice Neel, directed by the artist´s grandson, is shown on selected dates throughout the exhibition, beginning with a free screening introduced by the filmmaker. Check back here for a complete schedule.
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Beatles and Dylan Onscreen
Rock out in the MFAH Brown Auditorium Theater with back-to-back nights of archival films celebrating the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and other legendary musicians in performance and off-stage, on the big screen. New York film collector Bill Shelley travels to the MFAH to present two of his most popular compilations, selected from his collection of over 10,000 hours of rare concerts, television shows, promos, interviews, out-takes, and home movies. From his days running his high school A/Vclub, Shelley developed a taste for showmanship: ´I once got a 16mm print of Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones and the crowd rioted. The frat boys knifed up the seats and it cost us our profits — over $2,000 to get the damage repaired. I retreated to the basement of my parents´ house for future screenings." Shelley, who has recently attracted sold-out crowds for the ongoing Rock Legends series at the Cinema Arts Centre on Long Island, will enliven each program with anecdotes and trivia.
Special thanks to Dylan Skolnick at the Cinema Arts Centre.
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CAMH Teen Council Presents
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Teen Council annually chooses films to co-present with the MFAH. Beginning with The Brother from Another Planet (February 26), members of the group introduce the film and lead a discussion after the screening.
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FotoFest 2010: Film Screenings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The thirteenth international biennial of photography takes place March 12—April 25 at venues across Houston. Inspired by 2010´s theme, Contemporary U. S. Photography, this companion film series includes an acclaimed documentary about the late photographer Julius Shulman, a juried shorts showcase, and two documentaries about legendary photographer Robert Frank (b. 1924), whose films are archived and distributed by the MFAH.
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Movies Houstonians Love:
Meals on Reels
Each year, the museum invites notable Houstonians from different walks of life to present a favorite film. The 5th season of this popular series celebrates some of Houston´s noted chefs and restaurateurs.
Visit the museum´s Hirsch Library and peruse the plethora of film books and periodicals available there. Featured now are books related to food on film, in conjunction with the 2009-2010 Movies Houstonians Love: Meals on Reels series. (The pictured book, Reel Food is available for purchase in the MFAH Shops.)
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Revivals
Enjoy these classics from the history of world cinema.
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Target Free First Sundays: Family Flicks
Target presents free admission to the MFAH on the first Sunday of every month, along with family-friendly programs that include musical performances, artist workshops, films, and more.
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UCLA Film & Television Archive´s Festival of Preservation
The UCLA Film and Television Archive is one of several U.S. film archives dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of film history and culture. Its annual Festival of Preservation showcases those efforts, and this year includes a tour that stops in Houston for the first time. Unspooling throughout February, this festival is a cornucopia of not-to-be-missed cinematic gems.
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Upcoming Screenings:
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IMPORTANT NOTICESo that we may be of better service and to allow as many people as possible to enjoy MFAH films, it may be necessary to refrain from printing tickets for multiple film days and/or times within an hour of a posted film screening.
You may obtain film tickets at any ticket desk in the museum lobbies when the desks are open.
Thank you in advance for
your cooperation on this matter.
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Be sure to check back for additional screenings or changes in the Films schedule. You can also contact us with questions about future films at film@mfah.org.
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