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MFAH Films Calendar
January - February 2009

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16th Iranian Film Festival

The popular annual showcase of the best in Iranian cinema returns! The selections were chosen by Bo Smith of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and additional films screen February 6—8 at Rice Cinema (www.ricecinema.rice.edu).

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Artists on Film

See two documentaries depicting artists´ lives on film. In Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine, learn about the first woman honored with a retrospective at New York´s Museum of Modern Art. The classic Painters Painting has never been released on DVD and has been restored for the big screen.

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CAMH Teen Council Presents

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Teen Council extends its outreach across the street to the MFAH. The students on the council programmed the films and will be on hand to introduce the screenings.

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Movies Houstonians Love

Each year, the museum invites notable Houstonians from different walks of life to present a favorite film. Past participants include Lauren Anderson, Bun B, Barbara Bush, Larry Dierker, Dr. John Lienhard, and Mayor Bill White.

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Passionate Encounters: The Cinema of David Lean

The year 2008 marked the centenary of David Lean (1908—1991), a giant among British directors with a career that spanned war films, literary adaptations, domestic melodramas, and international epics. The David Lean Foundation generously funded the British Film Institute´s National Archive to restore a number of Lean´s films made in Britain; this touring series features films from the 1940s.

The series presents what critic David Thomson calls Lean´s greatest achievements: "[The films of this period] are lively, stirring, and an inspiration—they make you want to go out and make movies, they are so in love with the screen´s power."

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Premieres

This winter features Momma´s Man, a critically-acclaimed film from Azazel Jacobs, son of legendary avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs; a new documentary on Houston´s Buffalo Soldier Mutiny in 1917; and a well-received French documentary on the plane crash that stranded the 1972 Uruguay rugby team in the Andes.

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Target Free First Sundays: Family Flicks

Target presents free admission to the MFAH on the first Sunday of every month, along with family-friendly programs that include musical performances, artist workshops, films, and more.

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Upcoming Screenings:



Blithe Spirit
1945
Sun, Jan 11 7:00 PM



In Which We Serve
1942
Fri, Jan 9 7:00 PM
Sat, Jan 10 7:00 PM



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MFAH Films: Interview with executive producer Ashok Rao

MFAH curator Marian Luntz interviews Ashok Rao: executive producer of Before the Rains.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

So that we may be of better service and to allow as many people as possible to enjoy MFAH films, it may be necessary to refrain from printing tickets for multiple film days and/or times within an hour of a posted film screening.

You may obtain film tickets at any ticket desk in the museum lobbies when the desks are open.

Thank you in advance for
your cooperation on this matter.



Be sure to check back for additional screenings or changes in the Films schedule. You can also contact us with questions about future films at film@mfah.org.





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