Films

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Paris, Texas

Directed by Wim Wenders
(France, 1984, 147 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 4K digital restoration

Harry Dean Stanton stars in this powerful statement on codes of masculinity and the myth of the American family—an exquisite visual exploration of a vast, crumbling landscape of canyons and neon.

Friday, September 6, 2024

7 p.m.

Saturday, September 7, 2024

7 p.m.

Sunday, September 8, 2024

2 p.m.
A Boy and His Dog

Directed by L.Q. Jones
(USA, 1975, 91 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mm

A Boy and His Dog is L.Q. Jones’s influential film from 1975, brought to you on an original 35mm print from the 1975 theatrical run.

Friday, September 13, 2024

7 p.m.
Sundance Short Films

Directed by Various directors
(Various countries, 2024, 110 minutes)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, digital

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour features new short films from the 2024 festival, including three of this year’s award winners.

Saturday, September 14, 2024

7 p.m.

Sunday, September 15, 2024

5 p.m.
Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos)

Directed by Victor Erice
(Spain/Argentina, 2023, 165 minutes, in Spanish, Catalan, English, French, and Chinese with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

An aging Spanish filmmaker is asked about his final film, during which the lead actor disappeared, leaving a mystery that would haunt the lives of everyone associated with the production.

Friday, September 20, 2024

7 p.m.

Sunday, September 22, 2024

2 p.m.
With Peter Bradley

Directed by Alex Rappoport
(USA, 2023, 85 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt Theater

Filmmaker Alex Rappoport profiles his neighbor in upstate New York: abstract artist Peter Bradley. When the two met in 2020, Bradley had neither sold many paintings nor had a major show in more than four decades. The film captures Bradley on the cusp of gaining well-deserved recognition.

Saturday, September 21, 2024

7 p.m.
Manhattan Short Film Festival 2024

(2024, 180 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Vote for your favorite during this popular compilation of short films. Audiences around the world unite during the same week to see the work of the next generation of international filmmakers.

Friday, September 27, 2024

7 p.m.

Saturday, September 28, 2024

7 p.m.

Sunday, October 6, 2024

2 p.m.
“Sherlock, Jr.” and “Filibus: The Mysterious Air Pirate”

(121 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater

On Silent Movie Day, the MFAH joins theaters across the United States to celebrate the early pioneers of the motion-picture industry. See new restorations of a classic Buster Keaton comedy and an Italian feminist adventure.

Sunday, September 29, 2024

4 p.m.

Coming Soon

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Directed by David Hinton
(UK, 2024, 131 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt Theater and Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

In this new documentary, director Martin Scorsese celebrates his lifelong love affair with legendary filmmaking team Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Scorsese explores their collaboration and describes how deeply their films have influenced his own work.

Friday, October 4, 2024

7 p.m.

Saturday, October 5, 2024

7 p.m.

Saturday, October 19, 2024

3 p.m.
The Red Shoes

Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
(UK, 1948, 135 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

This iconic melodrama, inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen tale, focuses on a young ballerina cast by an obsessive Russian impresario to star in his ballet The Red Shoes.

Friday, October 11, 2024

7 p.m.

Sunday, October 13, 2024

5 p.m.
Ratatouille

Directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava
(USA, 2007, 111 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mm

Presented by Chris Shepherd, chef and restaurateur
In one of Paris’s finest restaurants, Remy, a determined young rat, dreams of becoming a renowned French chef. Remy and his pal Linguini set in motion a hilarious chain of events, turning the City of Lights upside down.

Saturday, October 12, 2024

7 p.m.
The Small Back Room

Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
(UK, 1949, 107 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 4K digital restoration

This gripping character study tells of a neurotic and alcoholic munitions expert during World War II. The story’s climax—a long, tense scene of bomb disposal—is a virtuoso suspense sequence.

Friday, October 18, 2024

7 p.m.

Saturday, October 19, 2024

7 p.m.
Brewster McCloud

Directed by Robert Altman
(USA, 1970, 105 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mm

In her first feature film, Shelley Duvall is “unlike anyone seen onscreen before.” Bud Cort plays Brewster, an intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter within the Astrodome.

Sunday, October 20, 2024

5 p.m.
3 Women

Directed by Robert Altman
(USA, 1977, 124 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Shelley Duvall won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her role of Millie, the vain chatterbox roommate to naive teenage coworker Pinky (Sissy Spacek), with whom she appears to exchange identities. Janice Rule also stars.

Saturday, October 26, 2024

7 p.m.
The Shining

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
(UK/USA, 1980, 144 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

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.

Sunday, October 27, 2024

5 p.m.
Exhuma (Pamyo)

Directed by Jang Jae-hyun
(South Korea, 2024, 134 minutes, in Korean with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

A wealthy family hires a renowned shaman and her protégé to investigate the disturbing supernatural illness affecting only the firstborn of each generation. They soon trace the affliction to a long-hidden family grave on sacred ground. This K-horror film is perfect for Halloween!

Thursday, October 31, 2024

7 p.m.