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  1. Pierre Étaix: French Comedy Master

      – Janus Films “A master of screen comedy! Director/actor Pierre Etaix is a treasure the cinematic world has rediscovered and embraced with relish. These films, influenced by Etaix’s experiences as a circus acrobat and clown and by the silent film comedies he adored, are elegantly deadpan, but as an on-screen presence, Etaix radiates warmth.

  2. Pier Paolo Pasolini

    Each fall, the MFAH hosts a celebration of Italian cinema. The Houston screenings are presented in partnership with Rice Cinema, where Pasolini’s "Trilogy of Life" films run October 4–6. All films are directed by Pasolini and presented in Italian with English subtitles. A lapsed Catholic who never lost his religious worldview and a lifelong Marxist who was expelled from the Communist Party for being gay, Pasolini was an artist and thinker who tried not to resolve his contradictions but rather

  3. Passion for Cinema: Chicago Film Society Presents

    Formed in 2011 by a group of film projectionists and programmers, this dedicated organization presents a year-round selection of 35mm and 16mm films from studio vaults, film archives, and private collections. 

  4. Olivia de Havilland Centennial Tribute

    About Olivia de Havilland The daughter of a British  businessman and a choir teacher, de Havilland arrived in California at the age of 3. Her comedic adventures in Every Frenchman Has One (a liver, not a mistress) recollect her adaptation to life in Paris. She made her screen debut in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935) and was signed to a seven-year contract with Warner Brothers.

  5. Newcomers: Three Films on Immigration

    Each screening features a brief introduction and a post-screening discussion with the audience.

  6. Music on the Plaza

    Each event also includes food vendors and a cash bar. Summer 2019 • Dance | Friday, June 28 | Dancer/choreographer Genene McGrath with music by Two Star Symphony  • Projections | Friday, August 9 | Artist Emily Fens with music by the Wild Moccasins  • Poetry | Friday, August

  7. Movies Houstonians Love

    Local luminaries from different fields—the arts, politics, sports, education, restaurants, medicine, and beyond—share anecdotes from their personal moviegoing histories, and then take a seat to enjoy the incomparable experience

  8. Mexican Modernism: The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema

    Mexico’s film industry blossomed in the 1940s and 1950s, a period known as the “Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.”  Read a blog post about the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema from film scholar and MFAH Film Committee member Margarita De La Vega-Hurtado.

  9. Merchant Ivory in India

    New digital restorations bring the opportunity to experience a selection of early films by the renowned team of James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

  10. Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema

    Through his nonprofit, the Film Foundation, in partnership with distributor Milestone Films, a selection of these films, ripe for rediscovery by a global audience, was chosen for new restorations. View a trailer for the entire touring series. Read an analysis of the films from Film Comment.