Films Week of Wednesday, October 23, 2024-Tuesday, October 29, 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.
26 Oct Sat / 2024
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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
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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.