Inside the MFAH

“Inside the MFAH” provides perspectives, conversations, and opinions from insiders at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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  Virtual Cinema | New Documentary “Capturing Lee Miller” Reveals the Story of a Remarkable Photographer December 27, 2020

  The engrossing Capturing Lee Miller profiles one of the world’s most intriguing female photographers.

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  Virtual Cinema | An Inventive Documentary on Autism: “The Reason I Jump” December 11, 2020

  Creative filmmaking and first-person accounts tell the stories of remarkable young people with autism.

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  Virtual Cinema | Immersive Documentary “City Hall” Reveals Human Stories in an American Metropolis November 4, 2020

  The MFAH continues one of its film programming traditions: premiering the latest documentary by veteran filmmaker Frederick Wiseman.

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  Virtual Cinema | Saluting Federico Fellini and His Masterpiece: “La Strada” November 2, 2020

  To celebrate the centennial anniversary of Federico Fellini’s birth, the MFAH presents a new 4K digital restoration of La Strada.

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  Virtual Cinema | Celebrate Halloween with a Surrealistic “Faust” October 27, 2020

  This interpretation of the legend about a man who sells his soul to the devil is an eerie combination of dreamy subconscious fantasies and surrealistic images.

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  Virtual Cinema | Long-Lost Documentary “Nationtime” October 18, 2020

  In 1972, politicians, activists, and artists from every state gathered at the National Black Political Convention to forge a national unity platform in advance of the presidential conventions.

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  Virtual Cinema | The Compelling Drama “Beau Travail” October 17, 2020

  An intense character study set amid the French Foreign Legion, Beau Travail features magnificent cinematography, a sweeping musical score, and one of the most unexpected endings of any film.

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  Virtual Cinema Goes Dystopian with “The Hole” October 6, 2020

  “Quarantine Cinema,” anyone? One of the most original films of the 1990s, The Hole is set in Taiwan at the dawn of the new millennium.

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  Virtual Cinema: New Restoration of Richard Wright’s “Native Son” October 4, 2020

  See the film adaptation of Richard Wright’s controversial 1940 novel Native Son, restored to its original vision. 

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  Virtual Cinema Presents Two Compelling Dramas: “Ghost Tropic” and “Song without a Name” September 27, 2020

  Opening this week in Virtual Cinema: two absorbing dramas with compelling central performances.