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  1. Stories of Contemporary India on Screen

    Also related to FotoFest is the MFAH exhibition Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir Singh Photographs. This selection of films set in modern India responds to the 2018 FotoFest Biennial INDIA: Contemporary Photography and New Media Art. 

  2. Virtual Cinema | Houston Jewish Film Festival | February 28–March 11

    Feb 17, 2021 - Hollywood and World War IICourage and the desire to document the truth led four Hollywood directors to make films for the U.S. War Office during World War II. Unique and compelling, it's a story about having the courage to live one’s dreams and find meaning in life at any age. Your ticket includes a live musical performance and Q&A following the movie! The MFAH has partnered with this annual festival for many years and expects to return as an in-person venue in 2022. Film curator Marian Luntz recommends a few of her favorites from this year’s lineup.

  3. Virtual Cinema | See Critically Acclaimed Films This Winter

    Dec 7, 2020 - The Museum continues to offer new documentaries, features, and special compilations—something for everyone. Many of the films remain available to watch for a few weeks after they open. Two critically celebrated dramas in our virtual theater may have additional honors to come. Here are a few recommendations from the film department for you to check out from the comfort of your couch.

  4. Virtual Cinema Goes Dystopian with “The Hole”

    Oct 6, 2020 - The neighbors are well-supplied with essentials, choosing to hunker down in blatant disregard of official warnings to leave immediately. “The woman downstairs” is a chic career woman who arrives home from work to discover a leak in her ceiling, caused by a hole in floor of the apartment where “the man upstairs” lives. The disease, possibly spread by cockroaches, causes victims to experience flu-like symptoms—and over the course of the film, people who are infected also take on bizarre, bug-like behavior.

  5. Virtual Cinema “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life” Honors Rock-Star Neurologist

    Sep 25, 2020 - He was determined to come to grips with what his life meant, and what it means to be “a sentient being on this beautiful planet.” With only a few months to live, he sat down for series of interviews. The film also draws on unique access to the extensive archives of the Oliver Sacks Foundation.

  6. “Pre-Code” Films Explained: 3 Questions

    Jul 13, 2019 - As the Museum’s summer repertory film series Cracking the (Pre) Code heats up, we pose some burning questions to our guest programmer, Bruce Goldstein. 1) What’s your elevator speech to explain the “Pre-Code” period in Hollywood They were intended to be seen with an audience and are timed for audience reactions. The films just don’t have the same effect when seen at home. An actor I urge people to discover is Warren William (Employees’ Entrance, Gold Diggers of 1933, Three on a Match). We call William “the King of Pre-Code,” because he specialized in cads and philanderers.

  7. Claude Cahun: “La Garçonne” in the Hirsch Library

    Mar 29, 2018 - La Garçonne Modern women, known in France as les garçonnes (a feminized spelling of the French word for “boys”), grew in numbers with such a force that campaigns began to encourage women to return to the hearth, marry, procreate One of the artists featured in the Hirsch Library’s exhibition Written with the Body, Claude Cahun has only recently started to become as well known as she should have been in her lifetime. Paving the Way A forerunner of American photographers Cindy Sherman and Francesca Woodman, Cahun invented and performed a variety of personas in her work, in addition to creating and photographing staged scenarios with dolls

  8. What is Abstract Expressionism?

    Sep 30, 2015 - “Abstract Expressionism” refers to the art movement that flourished in New York in the 1940s and 1950s. Despite their different styles, the Abstract Expressionists stressed the importance of directness in painting and shared a strong belief in the power of abstraction to convey timeless meaning. You might be surprised to find that many Abstract Expressionists started out as figurative painters—that is, they painted in a more naturalistic tradition, including figures, still-life subjects, and cityscapes.

  9. Tackling Taiwan: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien

    Feb 24, 2015 - At the Museum (March 6–8), see A Time to Live and a Time to Die on Friday, Dust in the Wind on Saturday, and The Puppetmaster on Sunday. Reflecting the widespread appreciation of Hou’s importance, the Also Like Life series makes stops at prominent venues in 22 cities, from New York to London to Tokyo. So what’s the attraction of Hou’s films? In his home country, Hou has influenced every important filmmaker since his ascension to prominence during the Taiwanese New Wave movement of the 1980s.

  10. Late Fridays: Music in the Galleries | Mercury Chamber Orchestra

    In 2013, Mercury rebranded and expanded its repertoire to include works outside of the Baroque period while continuing to bring inspiring music to people across Houston and beyond. Looking for more to do during Late Friday? Enjoy a drink at Happy Hour Friday or join a guided tour of the galleries. The orchestra’s mission is to serve the Houston community and beyond by celebrating the power of music through teaching, sharing, and performing with passion, intimacy, and excellence.