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As the Museum’s summer repertory film series “Cracking the (Pre) Code” heats up, we pose some burning questions to our guest programmer.

See a lineup of exciting and provocative films from the “Pre-Code” era of Hollywood.

Mark your calendars! It’s time for one of the Museum’s most popular annual festivals, Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America. The 14th edition takes place Thursday to Sunday, May 2 to 5, with 11 films on the big screen in Brown Auditorium Theater.

 In this interview inspired by the exhibition Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol, actress Tilda Swinton shares her thoughts on royal subjects with Museum director Gary Tinterow.

MFAH Films salutes Project Row Houses for 25 years of serving Houston’s historic Third Ward! To celebrate, the Museum hosts a weekend of films from July 13 to 15, with selections that highlight the themes of family, community, and identity.

A natural complement to the exhibition Paint the Revolution, MFAH Films’ summer series Mexican Modernism: The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema highlights classic comedies, melodramas, epics, and other classics of Mexican film.

Revisiting the career highlights of Alec Guinness is a treat! Learn more about the actor before you join us for a summer series celebrating some of his most memorable roles.

In the new French film The Death of Louis XIV (La mort de Louis XIV), director Albert Serra invites the audience to witness the very last moments of King Louis XIV’s life in 1715 France.

Today’s audiences may be surprised to learn that more than a century ago, one of the most highly acclaimed powerhouses of the film industry—entrusted to head the largest production that Universal had ever attempted—was a woman filmmaker. Director Lois Weber was tapped to bring a well-known and loved opera to the big screen, which was as artistically ambitious as it was risky. In celebration of …