Films


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  • Tendaberry Film Image
    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 Film Poster
    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 Film Poster
    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 Film Poster
    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 Want Everything I Want to Be Film Poster
    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 Poster
    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 Film Poster
    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 Film Poster
    Bambi
    Directed by James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, and David Hand
    (USA, 1942, 69 minutes, in English)
    Lynn Wyatt 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.
  • All About My Mother Film Poster
    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 Film Poster
    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 Film Poster
    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.

Coming Soon

  • British Arrows 2024
    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 Film Poster
    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 Film Poster
    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.
  • Pufferfish Film Image
    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.
  • Head In The Clouds Film Image
    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 8 and up.

    Thursday, December 26, 2024
    2 p.m.
    Thursday, January 2, 2025
    2 p.m.
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