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  1. Virtual Cinema | Musician Ben Model Returns for Another Silent-Film Concert

    Apr 22, 2021 - He enjoys the livestreams because they “combine the excitement of a live performance with the informality of a friend inviting you over for a movie.” In Celebration of MothersBecause this program follows Mother’s Day, Model accepted our challenge to feature a movie with a memorable mother. A Few Words from Harold Lloyd’s DaughterSuzanne Lloyd, Harold’s daughter, is devoted to his legacy and maintains a website about her legendary father.

  2. Virtual Cinema Presents the Poetic New Documentary “Małni”

    Apr 20, 2021 - Your ticket ($12) supports the MFAH and provides a 3-day pass to the film. His work focuses on history as a material process, a set of actions bound to the land and inscribed on the body. SEE THE TRAILER About the AuthorMichael Sicinski, a Houston-based writer and teacher, is a regular contributor to Cineaste magazine, Cinema Scope magazine, and MUBI Notebook.

  3. Virtual Cinema | “My Wonderful Wanda” Is a Humanistic Masterpiece

    Apr 16, 2021 - In My Wonderful Wanda, filmmaker Bettina Oberli takes her eponymous character away from two sons in Poland to a caretaking job for a wealthy Swiss family in a gorgeous lakeside villa. A Surprising RevealWhat begins as a commentary on class and immigration, possibly even undocumented work, soon becomes a powerful and often humorous study of family and motherhood.   • “My Wonderful Wanda” / WATCH HERE Your ticket ($12) supports the MFAH and provides a 5-day pass to the film. SEE THE TRAILER About the AuthorTodd Green is a Houston-based copywriter and screenwriter.

  4. Virtual Cinema | Norway’s Pick for Oscar Consideration: “Hope”

    Apr 4, 2021 - the MFAH and provides a 3-day pass to the film. SEE THE TRAILER About the AuthorEszter Simor, a Hungarian-born film scholar and critic, is a visiting assistant professor at Sam Houston State University. Bearing witness to a story about an incurable cancer diagnosis is, unquestionably, quite challenging. But writer/director Maria Sødahl’s autobiographical film is a rewarding viewing experience.

  5. Virtual Cinema | New Restoration of Stellar Sci-Fi Drama “Ikarie XB 1” Comes to Houston

    Apr 2, 2021 - ticket ($10) supports the MFAH and provides a 7-day pass to the film. Unlike the other Eastern Bloc films made during the Cold War, Ikarie XB 1 dared to present a future devoid of “us vs. them.” Ikarie XB 1 represents a subdued version of communist futurism in the Khrushchev era, after the release of Sputnik into orbit.

  6. Virtual Cinema | 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation, Documentary & Live Action “Overview”

    Mar 27, 2021 - April 2 to May 2. All are either made in the USA or are USA coproductions, and the category comprises Colette; A Concerto Is a Conversation; Do Not Split; Hunger Ward; and A Love Song for Latasha. All three categories—Animation, Documentary, and Live Action—are available to stream from April 2 to May 2. See if your favorites win when the Academy Awards ceremony takes place on April 25.

  7. Virtual Cinema | 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation “Global Scope”

    Mar 26, 2021 - to May 2. Genius Loci (France) takes place one night while Reine, a young loner, sees within the urban chaos a mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide. If Anything Happens I Love You (USA) is uniquely American. Virtual Cinema streams these Oscar-worthy works from April 2 to May 2. Find out if your favorites win when the Academy Awards ceremony takes place April 25.

  8. Virtual Cinema | 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary “Historical Journeys”

    Mar 25, 2021 - A Love Song for Latasha (USA) addresses the 1992 shooting of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins at a South Central L.A. store, a flashpoint for the city’s civil unrest. A Concerto Is a Conversation (USA) focuses on Kris Bowers, a virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer who tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather. A common theme is the journey, whether psychological or physical. Total running time: 118 minutes. Not rated (but R equivalent).

  9. Virtual Cinema | 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action “Empathetic Lessons”

    Mar 24, 2021 - April 2 to May 2. The dramatic coming-of-age story follows a New York teenager who encounters a hearing- and sight-impaired man in need of assistance getting to a bus stop. Not rated (but R equivalent). Three of the nominees in this category are from the USA. Feeling Through is the first film featuring a deaf/blind actor in a lead role.

  10. Virtual Cinema | New Documentary Paints a Riveting Portrait of Artist & Activist David Wojnarowicz

    Mar 23, 2021 - Wojnarowicz had exceptional range in a comparatively brief career of just 15 years: He was a published writer, a visual artist, a photographer, and a musician in a punk-rock band called 3 Teens Kill 4. A superb new documentary paints a riveting portrait of another major figure from that time: David Wojnarowicz, the gay American artist who died at 37 of AIDS in 1992 after blazing a trail of confrontation and indefatigable activism Silent No More“Whatever work I’ve done, it’s always been informed by what I experienced as an American in this country, as a homosexual in this country, as a person who is legislated into silence in this country,” Wojnarowicz