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3 Women

Directed by Robert Altman
(USA, 1977, 124 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Shelley Duvall won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her role of Millie, the vain chatterbox roommate to naive teenage coworker Pinky (Sissy Spacek), with whom she appears to exchange identities. Janice Rule also stars.

Saturday, October 26, 2024

7 p.m.
The Shining

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
(UK/USA, 1980, 144 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

In Stanley Kubrick’s terrifying adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado. He settles in along with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and his psychic son (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by horrific premonitions.

Sunday, October 27, 2024

5 p.m.
Exhuma (Pamyo)

Directed by Jang Jae-hyun
(South Korea, 2024, 134 minutes, in Korean with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

A wealthy family hires a renowned shaman and her protégé to investigate the disturbing supernatural illness affecting only the firstborn of each generation. They soon trace the affliction to a long-hidden family grave on sacred ground. This K-horror film is perfect for Halloween!

Thursday, October 31, 2024

7 p.m.
Black Gospel

Directed by Hismt Ministry
(South Korea, 2013, 93 minutes, in English and Korean with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Post-film Q&A with actor Yang Dong-geun. Actors and real-life friends Yang Dong Geun, Jung Joon, and Kim Yoo Mi join members of Heritage, a musical ensemble whose members co-founded the Heritage Mass Choir on a trip to Harlem in New York City.

Friday, November 1, 2024

7 p.m.
Fighter in the Wind (Baramui paiteo)

Directed by Yun-ho Yang
(South Korea, 2004, 120 minutes, in Japanese, English, and Korean with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, digital

Post-film Q&A with actor Yang Dong-geun. Yang Dong-geun stars as real-life Korean-born Choi Yeong-eui as he arrives in 1938 Japan, hoping to become a fighter pilot, but ending up on a different path.

Saturday, November 2, 2024

1 p.m.
Handsome Guys (Haenseomgaijeu)

Directed by Nam Dong-hyup
(South Korea, 2024, 101 minutes, in Korean with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Misunderstood friends Jae-pil and Sang-gu appear to be tough guys, but are more often clueless. When they achieve their dream of buying a fixer-upper and living in the country, they come to the aid of a drowning girl yet are mistaken for kidnappers. The town is searching for the girl, police get involved, and a dark, ancient spirit is awakened in the men’s basement!

Saturday, November 2, 2024

7 p.m.
By the Stream (Suyoocheon)

Directed by Hong Sangsoo
(South Korea, 2024, 111 minutes, in Korean with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Jeonim, an artist teaching at a Seoul university, invites her uncle—a former actor with a controversial past—to direct a student play. He becomes involved with an academic administrator who is improbably a super-fan, causing drama for everyone around them.

Sunday, November 3, 2024

2 p.m.
Save the Green Planet! (Jigureul jikyeora!)

Directed by Joon-Hwan Jang
(South Korea, 2003, 118 minutes, in Korean with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Ahead of its time in 2003, Save the Green Planet! is now a cult favorite thanks to the popularity of the Korean New Wave. Byeong-gu (Shin Ha-kyun) believes the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and he sets out to save planet Earth.

Sunday, November 3, 2024

5:30 p.m.
Tendaberry

Directed by Haley Elizabeth Anderson
(USA, 2024, 115 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Houston Cinema Arts Festival

The opening-night selection is a kinetic portrait of Dakota (Kota Johan), a twentysomething New York City transplant adrift in post-pandemic Brooklyn. When her boyfriend (Yuri Pleskun) is called back to his native Ukraine to care for his ailing father, Dakota is forced to navigate the city and its hardships alone and pregnant.

Thursday, November 7, 2024

7:30 p.m.
Candy Mountain

Directed by Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer
(USA, 1987, 91 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mm

Houston Cinema Arts Festival

The criminally under-seen rock ’n’ roll road movie from Robert Frank and longtime collaborator Rudy Wurlitzer sees Kevin O’Connor as a down-on-his-luck musician looking to strike it rich by locating elusive guitar-maker Elmore Silk, whose creations turn a major profit in the music scene.

Saturday, November 9, 2024

2:30 p.m.
Basquiat in B/W

Directed by Julian Schnabel
(USA, 1996, 107 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, digital 4K restoration

Houston Cinema Arts Festival

From visual artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel comes an evocative personal rendering of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, told in a series of vignettes tracing his turn from street kid graffiti artist to one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.

Saturday, November 9, 2024

7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 15, 2024

7:30 p.m.
Bird

Directed by Andrea Arnold
(USA, 2024, 119 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Houston Cinema Arts Festival

A striking coming-of-age tale that hides its magic in plain sight, Bird follows 12-year-old Bailey, who lives with her single father, Bug, and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug struggles to find time for his children, leading Bailey to seek adventure elsewhere. Leaving the squat, she meets Bird, an eccentric dreamer who dares Bailey to spread her wings.

Sunday, November 10, 2024

5:30 p.m.
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (Jeste nejsem, kým chci být)

Directed by Klára Tasovská
(Czech Republic/Slovakia/Austria, 2024, 90 minutes, in Czech with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Houston Cinema Arts Festival

In the last decades of the Soviet Union, a young, queer female photographer breaks free from the constraints of the repressive Czechoslovakian regime and embraces the underground hedonism of the times on a wild journey to freedom and self-acceptance.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

7:30 p.m.
gOD-Talk

Directed by Kim Moir
(USA, 2023, 115 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater

Presented to complement the exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples, this screening and discussion explore the spiritual lives of Black Millennials.

Thursday, November 14, 2024

6 p.m.
Dory Previn: On My Way to Where

Directed by Dianna Dilworth and Julia Greenberg
(USA, 2024, 79 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Houston Cinema Arts Festival

Archival footage, interviews, animation, and Dory Previn’s own journal entries and lyrics combine in a refreshing documentary that avoids the often-expected redemption arc to tell the more powerful story of a woman who dared to confront her own complexity.

Saturday, November 16, 2024

2:15 p.m.
Bambi

Directed by James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, and David Hand
(USA, 1942, 69 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mm

Houston Cinema Arts Festival

In the heart of the forest, Bambi takes his first wobbly steps and sets out to explore his new world with his friends: a lovable rabbit called Thumper and a bashful skunk named Flower.

Sunday, November 17, 2024

1 p.m.

Coming Soon

All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
(Spain/France, 1999, 101 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, All About My Mother tells the story of Manuela (Cecilia Roth) coping with a tragic loss that leads her back to a home she left.

Friday, November 22, 2024

7 p.m.
La cocina

Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios
(Mexico/USA, 2024, 139 minutes, in English and Spanish with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Mexican filmmaker Alonso Ruizpalacios sets his first American film in the heart of a bustling restaurant in New York's Times Square. Rooney Mara and Raúl Briones lead a large ensemble cast of kitchen workers chasing the elusive American dream.

Saturday, November 23, 2024

7 p.m.

Sunday, November 24, 2024

5 p.m.
Mr. Klein

Directed by Joseph Losey
(France/Italy, 1976, 123 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Robert Klein (Alain Delon) is an amoral art dealer leveraging his position and status in 1942 Vichy France. Guided by pure self-interest, he exploits the desperate situation of French Jews to separate them from their valuable works of art passed on from generation to generation.

Friday, November 29, 2024

7 p.m.

Saturday, November 30, 2024

7 p.m.

Sunday, December 1, 2024

5 p.m.
2024 British Arrows

Directed by Various Directors
(UK, 2024, 75 minutes)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, digital

The British Arrows presentation highlights award-winning advertisements from the UK. Be prepared for a roller coaster of emotions during this rapid-fire compilation through three award levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold in numerous categories—many with celebrity cameo appearances.

Friday, December 6, 2024

7 p.m.

Saturday, December 7, 2024

7 p.m.

Thursday, December 12, 2024

7 p.m.
All We Imagine as Light

Directed by Payal Kapadia
(France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg/Italy, 2024, 110 minutes, in Malayalam, Hindi, and Marathi with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, digital

An illuminating portrait of the transformative power of friendship and sisterhood, All We Imagine as Light focuses on three women whose lives overlap in the vast metropolis that is Mumbai. This sensitive drama won the Grand Prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Friday, December 13, 2024

7 p.m.

Saturday, December 14, 2024

7 p.m.

Sunday, December 15, 2024

5 p.m.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg)

Directed by Jacques Demy
(France, 1964, 92 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through the lilting songs of the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.

Friday, December 20, 2024

7 p.m.

Saturday, December 21, 2024

7 p.m.

Sunday, December 22, 2024

2 p.m.
Little Kid Flicks

Directed by Various
(International, 2024, 67 minutes, in Original languages with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

See a compilation of highlights from the New York International Children’s Film Festival. Little Kid Flicks is designed for ages 5 to 10.

Thursday, December 26, 2024

11:30 a.m.

Thursday, January 2, 2025

11:30 a.m.
Big Kid Flicks

Directed by Various
(International, 2024, 62 minutes, in Original languages with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

See a compilation of highlights from the New York International Children’s Film Festival. “Big Kid Flicks” is designed for ages 5 to 10.

Thursday, December 26, 2024

2 p.m.

Thursday, January 2, 2025

2 p.m.