Films


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  • Conversations In Vermont Film Image
    Conversations in Vermont
    Directed by Robert Frank
    (USA, 1969, 26 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

    Robert Frank’s relationship with his children Pablo (1951–1994) and Andrea (1953–1974) is explored in his first overtly autobiographical film.

    Friday, December 8, 2023
    2 p.m.
  • Life Dances On Film Image
    Life Dances On
    Directed by Robert Frank
    (USA, 1980, 30 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

    Life Dances On is composed of delicately balanced, intuitive moments that merge Frank’s mourning of the loss of two people very close to him with filmed portraits of others who share his life, including his family and people on the street in New York City. 

    Friday, December 8, 2023
    2:30 p.m.
  • 2023 British Arrows
    2023 British Arrows
    Directed by Various Directors
    (UK, 2023, 74 minutes)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, Lynn Wyatt Theater

    With brilliant creativity, wry wit, and emotional twists and turns, the British Arrows Awards celebrate the latest creative trends in moving-image advertising. 

    Friday, December 8, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • The Right Stuff Film Poster
    The Right Stuff
    Directed by Philip Kaufman
    (USA, 1983, 193 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

    “Movies Houstonians Love” Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, and Sam Shepard star in this Oscar-winning epic about the race to put the first man on the moon.

    Saturday, December 9, 2023
    5 p.m.
  • Four Daughters Film Poster
    Four Daughters (Les filles d’Olfa)
    Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
    (France/Tunisia/Germany/Saudi Arabia, 2023, 107 minutes, in Arabic with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater, digital

    Tunisia’s submission to the Academy Awards is a riveting exploration of rebellion, memory, and sisterhood that reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters. 

    Friday, December 15, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, December 16, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Sunday, December 17, 2023
    2 p.m.
  • Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros Film Poster
    Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
    Directed by Frederick Wiseman
    (France/USA, 2023, 240 minutes, in English and French with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

    Acclaimed filmmaker Frederick Wiseman explores the daily lives of the family running renowned French restaurant La Maison Troisgros—which has held three Michelin stars for the past five decades.

    Saturday, December 23, 2023
    2 p.m.
    Saturday, January 6, 2024
    2 p.m.
  • Up Film Poster
    Up
    Directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
    (USA, 2009, 96 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

    Revisit an acclaimed family film this holiday season—the exciting, funny, and poignant animated Pixar adventure Up.

    Wednesday, December 27, 2023
    2 p.m.
    Friday, December 29, 2023
    2 p.m.
  • 2023 Kid Flicks 1 Film Image 1
    Kid Flicks 1
    Directed by Various Directors
    (International, 2023, 63 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. Kid Flicks 1 is designed for ages 5 to 10.

    Thursday, December 28, 2023
    11:30 a.m.
    Thursday, January 4, 2024
    11:30 a.m.
  • 2023 Kid Flicks 2 Film Image 2
    Kid Flicks 2
    Directed by Various Directors
    (International, 2023, 82 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. Kid Flicks 2 is designed for ages 8 to 13.

    Thursday, December 28, 2023
    1 p.m.
    Thursday, January 4, 2024
    1 p.m.
  • Fallen Leaves Film Poster
    Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet lehdet)
    Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
    (Finland/Germany, 2023, 81 minutes, in Finnish with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

    Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki makes a masterful return with this timeless, hopeful, and ultimately satisfying love story about the path to happiness of two lonely souls and the numerous hurdles they encounter.

    Friday, December 29, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, December 30, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Sunday, December 31, 2023
    2 p.m.
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