Directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Japan, 2023, 124 min., digital) Friday-Saturday, July 5-6, 7:00 p.m. (B) (in Japanese with English subtitles) Sunday, July 7, 2:00 p.m. (B) (dubbed in English) Thursday, July 11, 7:00 p.m. (B) (in Japanese with English subtitles) Not recommended for children Winner of the 2024 Oscar for Best Animated Film and over […]

The Opening Reception of UNBOUND invites the community to see art and to be art. A fine art photography exhibit, multi-disciplinary performances, film screening, and community discussion set the stage for viewers to challenge themselves and add their UNBOUND proclamations to a Community Art Wall that will remain on display for the duration of the […]

Community As Art, Part I invites viewers to become a part of the UNBOUND project through still and moving images. Community portraits that explore the emotional range of humanity will be captured, printed and displayed in the residency space. Attendees will also film moving portraits and short spoken segments expressing the ways in which they […]

Directed by Claude Sautet (France, 1960, 109 min., in French with English subtitles, digital restoration) Saturday, July 13, 7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 14, 5:00 p.m. Brown Auditorium Theater Claude Sautet’s first major feature stars Lino Ventura as Abel Davos, a wanted man in Italy, who stages a robbery in order to get money to relocate […]

A Director’s Perspective The acclaimed 2024 TV series Shōgun is based on the James Clavell novel of the same name. The MFAH presents Episode 8 “The Abyss of Life,” directed by Houston filmmaker Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, who introduces the screening and participates in a Q&A afterward. (Shōgun was previously adapted into a miniseries in 1980.) Shōgun […]

Directed by Claude Sautet (France, 1960, 109 min., in French with English subtitles, digital restoration) Saturday, July 13, 7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 14, 5:00 p.m. Brown Auditorium Theater Claude Sautet’s first major feature stars Lino Ventura as Abel Davos, a wanted man in Italy, who stages a robbery in order to get money to relocate […]