Films
Now Playing
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Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos)
Directed by Victor Erice
(Spain/Argentina, 2023, 165 minutes, in Spanish, Catalan, English, French, and Chinese with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalAn aging Spanish filmmaker is asked about his final film, during which the lead actor disappeared, leaving a mystery that would haunt the lives of everyone associated with the production.
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With Peter Bradley
Directed by Alex Rappoport
(USA, 2023, 85 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterFilmmaker Alex Rappoport profiles his neighbor in upstate New York: abstract artist Peter Bradley. When the two met in 2020, Bradley had neither sold many paintings nor had a major show in more than four decades. The film captures Bradley on the cusp of gaining well-deserved recognition.
- Saturday, September 21, 2024
- 7 p.m.
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Manhattan Short Film Festival 2024
(2024, 162 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalVote for your favorite during this popular compilation of short films. Audiences around the world unite during the same week to see the work of the next generation of international filmmakers.
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“Sherlock, Jr.” and “Filibus: The Mysterious Air Pirate”
(121 minutes)
Brown Auditorium TheaterOn Silent Movie Day, the MFAH joins theaters across the United States to celebrate the early pioneers of the motion-picture industry. See new restorations of a classic Buster Keaton comedy and an Italian feminist adventure.
- Sunday, September 29, 2024
- 4 p.m.
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Directed by David Hinton
(UK, 2024, 131 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt Theater and Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalIn this new documentary, director Martin Scorsese celebrates his lifelong love affair with legendary filmmaking team Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Scorsese explores their collaboration and describes how deeply their films have influenced his own work.
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The Red Shoes
Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
(UK, 1948, 135 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalThis iconic melodrama, inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen tale, focuses on a young ballerina cast by an obsessive Russian impresario to star in his ballet The Red Shoes.
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Ratatouille
Directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava
(USA, 2007, 111 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mmPresented by Chris Shepherd, chef and restaurateur
In one of Paris’s finest restaurants, Remy, a determined young rat, dreams of becoming a renowned French chef. Remy and his pal Linguini set in motion a hilarious chain of events, turning the City of Lights upside down.- Saturday, October 12, 2024
- 7 p.m.
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The Small Back Room
Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
(UK, 1949, 107 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 4K digital restorationThis gripping character study tells of a neurotic and alcoholic munitions expert during World War II. The story’s climax—a long, tense scene of bomb disposal—is a virtuoso suspense sequence.
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Brewster McCloud
Directed by Robert Altman
(USA, 1970, 105 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mmIn her first feature film, Shelley Duvall is “unlike anyone seen onscreen before.” Bud Cort plays Brewster, an intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter within the Astrodome.
- Sunday, October 20, 2024
- 5 p.m.
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3 Women
Directed by Robert Altman
(USA, 1977, 124 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalShelley 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.
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The Shining
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
(UK/USA, 1980, 144 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalIn 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.
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Exhuma (Pamyo)
Directed by Jang Jae-hyun
(South Korea, 2024, 134 minutes, in Korean with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalA 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.
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