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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

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

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

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 (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

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

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.
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.
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 (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.