Inside the MFAH Posts tagged #movie
“Inside the MFAH” provides perspectives, conversations, and opinions from insiders at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Virtual Cinema: Heading West with “The Grey Fox” and “Thousand Pieces of Gold” June 10, 2020
Saddle up for two revisionist westerns that originally premiered in art houses & are now available for streaming at your house via MFAH Films.
“Armchair Travel” Brings World-Class Art to Your Living Room June 3, 2020
Get ready for an art-filled summer—from your home. Tour exhibitions around the word in stunning high-definition and find out more about the artists’ lives.
Virtual Cinema “Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy” and “On a Magical Night” May 25, 2020
Travel to Michoacán for a lesson in Mexican cuisine with Diana Kennedy, and then to Paris for a delightful fantasy starring Chiara Mastroianni.
Virtual Cinema “Corpus Christi” and “Someone Somewhere” May 17, 2020
The characters in this week’s Virtual Cinema films find connection in unexpected ways.
Movie Night with MFAH Films “Bull” and “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” April 27, 2020
This week, “Movie Night” features two premieres: a drama filmed in the Houston area, and a provocative documentary about 21st-century society.
Following the Road to “Aferim!” June 1, 2016
The films we show at the Museum give audiences the opportunity to see movies on the big screen, and we work with many film distributors who share that goal.
Challenge the Monotony! See This Film August 4, 2015
Attention film fanatics and cinephiles! I invite you to join us for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, screening on August 14, 15, and 16. • Houston PremiereDo you enjoy the whims of Terry Gilliam, but prefer the aesthetics of Wes Anderson? Are you bored with Hollywood’s dogmatic formula? Have you ever questioned your position relative to your fellow human beings—nay—relative …
Walk Away Renee October 31, 2012
Filmmaker and Houston native Jonathan Caouette visits the MFAH to present his new release, Walk Away Renee, on November 3. Emilia Duno, a senior in the International Baccalaureate Film Program at Lamar High School, chatted with Caouette (born 1972), about the movie, growing up in Houston, and the local film scene. When did your interest in film begin?JC: When I was 8 years old, my grandfather, …
Weekend getaway to France: Bertrand Blier directs Gérard Depardieu October 21, 2012
This weekend, the museum presents a revival of three French movie classics from the 1970s and 1980s. The film series Blier/Depardieu celebrates the collaboration between the much-lauded writer-director Bertrand Blier (whose latest film, 2010's The Clink of Ice, stars Jean Dujardin from The Artist) and actor Gérard Depardieu. Blier and Depardieu have worked together eight times, and Depardieu …
Man on a Mission October 16, 2012
Brady Dial is the Austin-based producer of the inspiring documentary Man on a Mission. Emilia Duno, a senior at Lamar High School in the International Baccalaureate Film Program, chatted with Dial about the movie, his opinions on private space travel, and the Houston film scene. How did you first hear about Richard Garriott and his self-financed space adventure?BD: Mike [Woolf, the director] and …
