Films Week of Saturday, October 12, 2024-Friday, October 18, 2024
![Raqib Shaw, Ode to the Country Without a Post Office, 2019–20, acrylic liner and enamel on birchwood](https://static.mfah.com/images/raqib-shaw-ode-to-country-without-post-office.13532762637338831198.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West Through September 2, 2024
Raqib Shaw blends Eastern and Western influences to create mesmerizing works of art that merge fable, history, and autobiography.
12 Oct Sat / 2024
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Ratatouille
7 p.m.—9 p.m.In one of Paris’s finest restaurants, Remy, a determined young rat, dreams of becoming a renowned French chef. Torn between his family's wishes and his true calling, Remy and his pal Linguini set in motion a hilarious chain of events that turns the City of Lights upside down.
13 Oct Sun / 2024
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The Red Shoes
5 p.m.—7:15 p.m.This iconic melodrama, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen, focuses on Victoria Page, a young ballerina cast by obsessive Russian impresario Lermontov to star in his ballet The Red Shoes.
18 Oct Fri / 2024
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The Small Back Room
7 p.m.—9 p.m.This suspenseful character study tells of a neurotic and alcoholic munitions expert during World War II. The climax of the story, a long tense scene of bomb disposal, is a virtuoso suspense sequence that is one of the most memorable in the filmography of Powell and Pressburger.