Films Week of Tuesday, October 22, 2024-Monday, October 28, 2024


Thomas Demand, Control Room, 2011, chromogenic print
Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History Through September 15, 2024

The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this internationally touring landmark retrospective of Thomas Demand’s work.

26 Oct Sat / 2024

  • 3 Women Film Poster
    3 Women
    7 p.m.—9 p.m.

    Robert Altman claims the idea for 3 Women came to him in a dream. Shelley Duvall won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for arguably her best role as Millie, the vain chatterbox roommate to teenaged coworker Sissy Spacek’s naive Pinky, with whom she appears to exchange identities.

27 Oct Sun / 2024

  • The Shining Film Poster
    The Shining
    5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

    In Stanley Kubrick’s terrifying adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado. He settles in along with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and his psychic son (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by horrific premonitions.