Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)

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

Directed by Akira Kurosawa (Japan, 1954, 207 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, digital restoration) Saturday, August 10, 5:00 p.m. (B) Sunday, August 11, 2:00 p.m. (B) 70th Anniversary! One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors […]

$7 – $9

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)

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

Directed by Akira Kurosawa (Japan, 1954, 207 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, digital restoration) Saturday, August 10, 5:00 p.m. (B) Sunday, August 11, 2:00 p.m. (B) 70th Anniversary! One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors […]

$7 – $9

Pictures of Ghosts (Retratos Fantasmas)

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

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil, 2023, 93 min., in Portuguese with English subtitles, digital) Friday, August 9, 7:00 p.m. BROWN The latest from celebrated director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau) delves into the coastal city of Recife’s historical and human fabric, focusing on its iconic movie theaters that once served as hubs of social interaction […]

$7 – $9

The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)

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

Directed by Kon Ichikawa (Japan, 1983, 140 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, 35mm) Sundays, July 28 & August 4, 5:00 p.m. (B) Adapted from the 1948 literary classic by Junichiro Tanizaki, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business, in the years leading up […]

$7 – $9

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)

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

Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Japan, 2023, 106 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, digital) Thursday-Saturday, August 1-3, 7:00 p.m. (W) Widower Takumi and his daughter live in Mizubiki Village, a place of bucolic serenity near Tokyo that is threatened by urban developers planning a glamping site. Takumi lives with his daughter Hana among the locals […]

$7 – $9

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)

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

Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Japan, 2023, 106 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, digital) Thursday-Saturday, August 1-3, 7:00 p.m. (W) Widower Takumi and his daughter live in Mizubiki Village, a place of bucolic serenity near Tokyo that is threatened by urban developers planning a glamping site. Takumi lives with his daughter Hana among the locals […]

$7 – $9

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)

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

Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Japan, 2023, 106 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, digital) Thursday-Saturday, August 1-3, 7:00 p.m. (W) Widower Takumi and his daughter live in Mizubiki Village, a place of bucolic serenity near Tokyo that is threatened by urban developers planning a glamping site. Takumi lives with his daughter Hana among the locals […]

$7 – $9

The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)

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

Directed by Kon Ichikawa (Japan, 1983, 140 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, 35mm) Sundays, July 28 & August 4, 5:00 p.m. (B) Adapted from the 1948 literary classic by Junichiro Tanizaki, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business, in the years leading up […]

$7 – $9

Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet)

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

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 to make it up to her. Linda immediately asks for a meal of chicken with peppers, which […]

$7 – $9

Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet)

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

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 to make it up to her. Linda immediately asks for a meal of chicken with peppers, which […]

$7 – $9
Event Series Le samouraï

Le samouraï

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

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville (France, 1967, 105 min., in French with English subtitles, digital restoration) Saturday, July 20, 7:00 p.m. (B) Sunday, July 21, 5:00 p.m. (B) In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, he finds himself caught between a persistent police […]

$7 – $9
Event Series Le samouraï

Le Samouraï

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

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 samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, he finds himself caught between a persistent […]

$7 – $9