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 Celebrates 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 Features the 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 Presents 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.

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  Virtual Cinema “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life” Honors Rock-Star Neurologist September 25, 2020

  This new documentary tells the story of legendary neurologist Oliver Sacks, who served as the inspiration for the doctor portrayed by Robin Williams in Awakenings.

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  Virtual Cinema “Sibyl” and “A Thousand Cuts” September 21, 2020

  The MFAH presents two gripping virtual features: a stylish French thriller, and a highly relevant documentary about the fight for free speech.

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  Virtual Cinema “My Dog Stupid” September 16, 2020

  In new dramedy My Dog Stupid, a French novelist with writer’s block develops an unlikely companionship with an unruly, massive bullmastiff.

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  Vincent van Gogh & the MFAH September 16, 2020

  Travel to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam via the film Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing, a cinematic parallel to the landmark MFAH exhibition Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art.