Films Week of Monday, January 17, 2022-Sunday, January 23, 2022
Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography Through Autumn 2024
The annual Eye on Houston exhibition documents and celebrates Houston’s diverse neighborhoods through a collaboration between the MFAH and Houston Independent School District.
17 May Fri / 2024
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The (Ex)perience of Love (Le syndrome des amours passées)
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Rémy (Lazare Gousseau) and Sandra (Lucie Debay) are unable to conceive a child because they suffer from “Past Love Syndrome,” according to their doctor. In order to be cured, they must sleep once again with each of their former lovers.
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Our Tiny Little Wedding (Notre tout petit petit mariage)
9:15 p.m.—10:45 p.m.Happy couple Lou and Max badly want to adopt a baby. Family, friends, and even the adoption agent show up to take part in an explosion of utterly incredible zaniness.
18 May Sat / 2024
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Mr. Putifar’s Wacky Plan (Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard)
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.As a middle-school teacher, Robert Putifar was teased by students during his entire career. After 37 years of torment, a bitter Putifar finally retires in the home he still shares with his mother. Deep in his secret man cave, the former teacher plots revenge on the first kids who made his life miserable 20 years ago.
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The Madness Express (Veuillez nous excuser pour la gêne occasionnée)
9:15 p.m.—10:45 p.m.Railroad ticket controller Sébastien gets promoted and plans to move with his pregnant fiancée. Sébastien must pass a performance evaluation on his last day on the job, but he learns the inspector is the one known as “crazy.”
19 May Sun / 2024
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The Crime Is Mine (Mon crime)
5 p.m.—6:45 p.m.After a struggling actress stands trial for the murder of a lascivious producer in 1930s Paris, she ascends to scandalous stardom. A new life of fame, wealth, and tabloid celebrity awaits—until the truth comes out. Isabelle Huppert appears as a fading silent-film star in François Ozon’s frothy story of murder, romance, blackmail, girl power, and a bit of French film history.