Event Series The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (UK, 1948, 135 min., digital) Friday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. BROWN Sunday, October 13, 5:00 p.m. BROWN This iconic Powell and Pressburger melodrama, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen, focuses on Victoria Page (dancer Moira Shearer in her first film role), a young ballerina cast by obsessive Russian impresario […]

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by David Hinton (UK, 2024, 131 min., digital) Friday–Saturday, October 4–5, 7:00 p.m. WYATT Saturday, October 19, 3:00 p.m. BROWN In this new documentary, filmmaker Martin Scorsese celebrates his lifelong love affair with Powell and Pressburger movies, including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, and The Tales of […]

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by David Hinton (UK, 2024, 131 min., digital) Friday–Saturday, October 4–5, 7:00 p.m. WYATT Saturday, October 19, 3:00 p.m. BROWN In this new documentary, filmmaker Martin Scorsese celebrates his lifelong love affair with Powell and Pressburger movies, including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, and The Tales of […]

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by David Hinton (UK, 2024, 131 min., digital) Friday–Saturday, October 4–5, 7:00 p.m. WYATT Saturday, October 19, 3:00 p.m. BROWN In this new documentary, filmmaker Martin Scorsese celebrates his lifelong love affair with Powell and Pressburger movies, including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, and The Tales of […]

Silent Movie Day- Sherlock, Jr. and Filibus: The Mysterious Air Pirate

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

For the first time the Museum participates in Silent Movie Day, joining theaters across the United States to celebrate the early pioneers of the motion picture industry. The double feature includes new restorations of a classic Buster Keaton comedy and an Italian feminist adventure. Silent-film aficionado Martin Scorsese commented, “This is exactly the type of […]

Manhattan Short Film Festival 2024

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

September 26–October 6, 2024 The always-popular compilation of global short films returns—vote for your favorite! Film lovers unite during the same week across six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of international filmmakers. Purchase tickets in advance to avoid sellouts! Nominees will be listed here after they are announced. Tickets […]

Event Series Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos)

Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Over three decades after the release of his previous film, revered Spanish auteur Víctor Erice (The Spirit of the Beehive) returns with a haunting meditation on memory, absence, and the enduring resonance of the moving image. An aging Spanish filmmaker is asked to recount his memories of working on his final and still unfinished film. […]

New Releases: With Peter Bradley

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Post-film Q&A with filmmaker Alex Rappoport For his debut documentary, filmmaker Alex Rappoport profiles his neighbor in upstate New York: abstract artist Peter Bradley (b. 1940). 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 him on the cusp […]

Event Series Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos)

Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Over three decades after the release of his previous film, revered Spanish auteur Víctor Erice (The Spirit of the Beehive) returns with a haunting meditation on memory, absence, and the enduring resonance of the moving image. An aging Spanish filmmaker is asked to recount his memories of working on his final and still unfinished film. […]

Event Series Sundance Shorts

Sundance Shorts

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a theatrical program of new shorts from the 2024 Festival edition, including three of this year’s award winners. Driven by innovation and experimentation, the festival’s short film program has long been established as a place to discover original new voices in independent film, over the years […]

Event Series Sundance Shorts

Sundance Shorts

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a theatrical program of new shorts from the 2024 Festival edition, including three of this year’s award winners. Driven by innovation and experimentation, the festival’s short film program has long been established as a place to discover original new voices in independent film, over the years […]

Projectionist’s Choice: A Boy And His Dog

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Introduced by Kirston Otis, Lead Audio-Visual Technician The year is 2024. The world is still recovering from a worldwide catastrophe, watching films outside, with women’s rights under siege and leaders that are totalitarian weirdos. Oh, and dogs are telepathic. If this sounds familiar, you might be Don Johnson from Miami Vice. Or you might be […]