In the sequel to the Oscar-nominated 2008 documentary Food, Inc., the filmmakers reunite with investigative authors Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) to take a fresh look at the efficient yet vulnerable food system....
70th Anniversary Revival of Dial M for Murder An ex-tennis pro (Ray Milland) wants to have his wealthy wife (Grace Kelly) murdered so he can get her inheritance. When he learns she is having an affair, he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her: blackmail an old...
Part of MFAH’s “Jazz on Film” series In the 1950s, Chet Baker’s jazz trumpeting, intimate crooning, and pretty-boy good looks epitomized West Coast cool. When photographer Bruce Weber caught up with him three decades later, time and drug addiction...
This gripping Brazilian drama weaves a tale of personal struggle and societal challenges. Set in São Paulo, it follows Sofia, a spirited teen volleyball player from a modest background, whose life takes a dramatic turn when she faces an unwanted pregnancy. She is...
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...
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville (France, 1967, 105 min., in French with English subtitles, digital restoration) Saturday, July 20, 7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 21, 5:00 p.m. Brown Auditorium Theater In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays a contract killer with...
Directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (France, 2023, 73 min., in French with English subtitles, digital) Friday-Saturday, July 26-27, 7:00 p.m. Brown Auditorium Theater Paulette feels guilty after unjustly punishing her daughter Linda and would do anything...
During the Cold War, the U.S. government is determined to fight Communism with culture. In 1964, Alice Denney, Washington insider and friend of the Kennedys, recommends the ambitious curator Alan Solomon to organize the U.S. entry for the Venice Biennale. Together...
Get ready to experience folk and traditional tunes on Wednesday, May 29th with Pardubicka muzika from the renowned Pardubice Conservatory of Music in the Czech Republic. Bring your friends and sweethearts for an unforgettable night of dance, drinks, and live music....
Due to widespread power outages related to the May 16th storm, HCCC will be closed until further notice and the May 18th resident artist talk has been postponed. Join HCCC for a talk by current resident Hai-Wen Lin (fiber), who will discuss their kite-making practice,...
Join artist Theaster Gates alongside Ryan N. Dennis, Charonda Johnson, and Hesse McGraw, for a lively conversation about the exhibition, Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege, Gates’s artistic process, how he amplifies Black spaces, and how art can catalyze urban...
The location for this screening has changed to the Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building. Railroad ticket controller Sébastien gets promoted and plans to move with his pregnant fiancée. Sébastien must pass a performance evaluation on his last day on the job, but...
Part of our FIVE FUNNY FRENCH FILMS series at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Rémy (Lazare Gousseau) and Sandra (Lucie Debay) are unable to conceive a child because they suffer from “Past Love Syndrome,” according to their doctor. In order to be cured, they must...
Part of our FIVE FUNNY FRENCH FILMS series at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Happy couple Lou and Max badly want to adopt a baby. They’ve created a picture-perfect profile, including lying about their income, families, and living situation. Now all that’s left is to...
The location for this screening has changed to the Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building. As a middle-school teacher, Robert Putifar was teased by students during his entire career. After 37 years of torment, a bitter Putifar finally retires in the home he still...
After a struggling actress stands trial for the murder of a lascivious producer in 1930s Paris, she ascends to scandalous stardom. A new life of fame, wealth, and tabloid celebrity awaits—until the truth comes out. Isabelle Huppert appears as a fading silent-film star...
Set in early 1960s Taiwan, A Brighter Summer Day is based on the true story of a crime that rocked the nation. Edward Yang’s patiently observed epic centers on the gradual, inexorable fall of a young teenager (Chang Chen, in his first role) from innocence to juvenile...
Part of MFAH’s “Jazz on Film” series Houston premiere In 1974, one of the prime architects of bossa nova, Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom), and popular Brazilian singer Elis Regina came together to record what would become one of the most iconic albums in...
50th Anniversary Calling planet Earth! Jazz on Film is pleased to present a special 50th-anniversary screening of the Afrofuturist classic Space Is the Place. Avant-garde jazz mystic Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Myth-Science Arkestra land their yellow spaceship in...
This screening presents two short documentaries by filmmakers Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss that spotlight often unsung women of jazz. International Sweethearts of Rhythm tells the fascinating story of the seriously swinging, multiracial, all-women jazz big band of...
