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Family Art Workshop at Rienzi
These popular, creative workshops at beautiful Rienzi are for ages 6–12. Space is limited, so reservations are encouraged: 713.639.7800.
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Drama in the House
Coinciding with the Museum’s exhibition Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House, on view through September 21, a selection of films has been chosen to represent different aspects of the English country house.
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Discovering the Passionate Films of Luchino Visconti
“Not many directors have had such a total belief in style. Luchino Visconti worked through total artifice as a way to the truth.” He was openly gay, staunchly Catholic, and inhabited a complicated, paradoxical, role in Italian cinema culture. —Martin Scorsese Luchino Visconti, a member of Italian nobility, belonged to the Italian Communist Party during World War II.
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Days of Glory: Italian Neorealist Classics
Born out of the ruins of World War II, the Neorealist movement’s first rallying cry came from screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, who called for a new kind of Italian film, one with no need for plots (which attempted to impose “order Made possible by Cinecittà International, a division of Cinecittà Holding; Cinecittà Luce S.p.A.; the Consulate General of Italy in Houston (Fabrizio Nava, Consul General); and the Instituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles
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Cracking the (Pre) Code
L. Among his awards are a CableAce, two Telly Awards, and a D.W. Griffith Award. Guest programmer Bruce Goldstein played a key role in identifying “Pre-Code movies” as a distinct genre.
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Core Program Lecture Series
Wells; and Warren A. Hadler. Jamal H. Daniel; Mr. Ronald A. Logan; McClain Gallery; and The Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation, Inc. Endowments for the Core Program have been provided by Leslie and Brad Bucher; gifts in memory of Laura Lee Blanton; the estate of Margaret Gillingham; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Eliza Lovett Randall; Herbert C.
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Considering the Quays
Influenced by a tradition of Eastern European animation, the Quays display a passion for detail, a breathtaking command of color and texture, and an uncanny use of focus and camera movement that make their films unique and instantly talent for both animation and live-action that is comparable to that of the surrealist Czech director Jan Svankmajer and mainstream moviemaker Tim Burton." - Glenn D. The exhibition Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist's Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets is on view at The Museum of Modern Art in New York through January 7, 2013.
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Castles in the Sky: Studio Ghibli
While Hayao Miyazaki is Ghibli’s most easily identifiable auteur, his work emanates from the Ghibli house style developed by himself and Isao Takahata: a deceptively simple, gently-paced aesthetic that sets the studio’s work apart
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Carol and Les Ballard Lecture
Twice a year, Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens presents renowned scholars who speak about interesting and important aspects of American decorative and fine arts.
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Burt Lancaster Centennial
New York-born Lancaster first acted on the stage before his natural athleticism drew him to a successful career as a circus aerialist. His riveting turn as the rugged but enigmatic Ole Anderson in The Killers made him a star overnight, a sudden success that he transformed into one of the most enduring, influential careers of the post-war era. – UCLA Television The strapping, blue-eyed, blonde with the legendary grin later referred to Hollywood as “nothing more than a big circus.”