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

    Apr 4, 2021 - the MFAH and provides a 3-day pass to the film. 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. SEE THE TRAILER About the AuthorEszter Simor, a Hungarian-born film scholar and critic, is a visiting assistant professor at Sam Houston State University.

  2. 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. screams an anxious crew member of Ikarie XB 1 at the start. Unlike the other Eastern Bloc films made during the Cold War, Ikarie XB 1 dared to present a future devoid of “us vs. them.”

  3. 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.

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

    Mar 26, 2021 - to May 2. 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. 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.

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

    Mar 25, 2021 - 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 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 common theme is the journey, whether psychological or physical. Total running time: 118 minutes. Not rated (but R equivalent).

  6. 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.

  7. 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

  8. “Arrival of Spring” in Houston

    Mar 16, 2021 - This work is on a very large scale and is made up of 32 separate panels. In a way, it is a summing up of all Hockney’s work to this point, immediately preceded by his brilliant experiments with drawing on the iPad. Before you arrive, get a preview with the audio guide and exhibition labels, and enjoy this interview with David Hockney. Of course, they are not exactly the colors we see in nature, but Hockney’s goal is not simply to copy nature in a pedestrian way.

  9. Virtual Cinema | A Tale of Two Women, Two Mothers: “Adam”

    Mar 14, 2021 - Samia finally finds shelter in the home of a local baker: Abla, a widow who lives with daughter Warda. After a tense first encounter, the two women begin a beautiful friendship, founded on solidarity through womanhood and motherhood. Children’s InnocenceThroughout the movie, Warda’s smiles bring a ray of sunshine to the household.

  10. Virtual Cinema | “My Darling Supermarket” Offers a Touching Look at the Neighborhood Grocery Store

    Mar 13, 2021 - They are the heartbeat of a space created for people’s needs and desires. • My Darling Supermarket / WATCH HERE Your ticket ($12) supports the MFAH and provides a 2-day pass to the film. The stores impart a sense of security we hardly notice—until times of crisis, when the normalcy of the abundantly stocked aisles remains only a memory: a truth laid as bare as the shelves in the face of urgent human need. Honoring the Staff’s GraceIt is the employees themselves who articulate these human needs: a sign-maker creating the daily specials; a baker whose world view is shaped by an obsession with manga (Japanese comics and graphic novels