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Coming to MFAH Films This Fall: Cool Documentaries

Aug 21, 2017 - On top of the pressure to be prepared for a death when they never can be, the writers get only 500 words to “enchant the reader with a once-only chance for the dead to live again.”

MFA Shop Trunk Show | Ariana Boussard-Reifel

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• MFA Shop Trunk Show | Erika Novak

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  • Tower

    Sunday, August 2: Post-film discussion with director Keith Maitland and director of photography/executive producer Sarah Wilson   On August 1, 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas

  • Claude Monet: On Your Screen and in the MFAH Galleries

    Aug 5, 2020 - As you enjoy a virtual trip to top museums and famed locations around the world through the summer film series Armchair Travel: “Exhibition on Screen” don’t miss your stop in Europe to visit some of the very spots Claude Monet

  • Spotlight on the Iranian Film Festival

    Jan 2, 2020 - Left to right: Cold Sweat (January 25) / Orange Days (January 19) / When the Moon Was Full (January 25) Inside the Criminal Justice System Thrillers like Just 6.5 and The Warden, recipients of top prizes at the annual Iran

  • MFAH Films: Hollywood’s “Pre-Code” Era

    Jul 7, 2019 - Top 3 Rules of the Code But what are some of the rules outlined in the Motion Picture Production Code of 1934? And how were these guidelines ignored in the films you’ll see at the MFAH?

  • The Shining

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    • Olivia de Havilland Centennial Tribute

      She played romantic heroines paired with many top male stars, but her breakout performance came as Melanie in Gone with the Wind (1939), when Warner Brothers loaned her to David O. Selznick for the role in the MGM film.

    • Ima Hogg: “Like a Rock Star”

      Apr 19, 2016 - One thing she loved was grapefruit wedges on top of cooked spinach; my reaction was “ugh” (to that and another one of her favorites, tomato aspic), but I ate it anyway. My grandmother seemed to brush butter on the top of everything before it was served to Miss Ima. Also, we all ate whatever was being prepared. No one fixed their own meal.