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Virtual Cinema | Movie Guide


#MFAHatHome Virtual Experience

Spring 2020–Summer 2021
Virtual Cinema at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents films every week that you can stream at home. Some movies are available for only a limited time, but many of them remain online longer. Browse the lists below for the complete selection. Virtual Cinema FAQs

Reference List

Spring 2020–Summer 2021

Acasă, My Home
Directed by Radu Ciorniciuc
(2020, Romania/Germany/Finland)

Adam
Directed by Maryam Touzani
(2019, Morocco/France, Subtitled)

Against the Current
Directed by Óskar Páll Sveinsson
(2020, Iceland, Subtitled)

Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly
Directed by Cheryl Haines
(2019, USA, Subtitled) (CC)

And Then We Danced
Directed by Levan Akin
(2019, Sweden/Georgia/France, Subtitled)

Asia
Directed by Ruthy Pribar
(2020, Israel, Subtitled)

At the Video Store
Directed by James Westby
(2019, USA)

The Audition
Directed by Ina Weisse
(2019, Germany/France, Subtitled)

Bacurau
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
(2019, Brazil/France, Subtitled)

Balloon
Directed by Michael Bully Herbig
(2018, Germany/France/USA, Subtitled)

Beanpole
Directed by Kantemir Balagov
(2019, Russia, Subtitled)

Beau Travail
Directed by Claire Denis
(1999, France, Subtitled)

Better Days
Directed by Kwok Cheung Tsang
(2019, China/Hong Kong, Subtitled)

Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint
Directed by Halina Dyrschka
(2019, Germany/Sweden/Switzerland/UK, Subtitled)

Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts
Directed by Jeffrey Wolf
(2020, USA)

Bless Their Little Hearts
Directed by Billy Woodberry
(1983, USA)
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

The Booksellers
Directed by D.W. Young
(2019, USA)

British Arrows
Various Directors
(1976–2020, Various Countries)

Bull
Directed by Annie Silverstein
(2019, USA)

Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and “D-Man in the Waters”
Directed by Rosalynde LeBlanc and Tom Hurwitz
(2020, USA)

Cane River
Directed by Horace B. Jenkins
(1982, USA) (CC)
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

Capital in the 21st Century
Directed by Justin Pemberton
(2019, USA)

Capturing Lee Miller
Directed by Teresa Griffiths
(2020, UK)

CatVideoFest
Various Directors
(2020, Various Countries)

Center Stage
Directed by Stanley Kwan
(1991, Hong Kong, Subtitled)

The Changin’ Times of Ike White
Directed by Daniel Vernon
(2019, UK)

Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed
Directed by Shola Lynch
(2004, USA)
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power                    

Cinetracts ’20
Various Directors
(2019–2020, Various Countries)

Citizens of the World
Directed by Gianni Di Gregorio
(2019, Italy/France, Subtitled)

City Hall
Directed by Frederick Wiseman
(2020, USA)

Coded Bias
Directed by Shalini Kantayya
(2020, USA/China/UK)

Corpus Christi
Directed by Jan Komasa
(2019, Poland, Subtitled)

The County
Directed by Grímur Hákonarson 
(2019, Iceland/Denmark/Germany/France, Subtitled)

Crock of Gold
Directed by Julien Temple
(2020, UK)

Days of the Whale
Directed by Catalina Arroyave Restrepo
(2020, Colombia, Subtitled)

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy
Directed by Elizabeth Carroll
(2020, USA/Mexico)

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Directed by Leslie Woodhead
(2019, USA)
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

Exile 
Directed by Visar Morina
(2020, Germany/Belgium/Kosovo, Subtitled)

Faust
Directed by Jan Švankmajer
(1994, Czech Republic, Subtitled)

Festival of Films from Iran
Various Directors
(2019 & 2020)

Film About a Father Who
Directed by Lynne Sachs
(2020, USA)

Five
Various Directors
(2021, Various Countries, Subtitled)

Fourteen
Directed by Dan Sallitt
(2019, USA)

French Film Festival
Various Directors
(2018–20, France, Subtitled)

A Girl Missing
Directed by Koji Fukada
(2019, Japan)

Ghost Tropic
Directed by Bas Devos
(2019, Belgium/Netherlands, Subtitled)

The Grey Fox
Directed by Phillip Borsos
(1982, Canada)

Heartworn Highways
Directed by James Szalapski
(1976, USA)

The Hole
Directed by Tsai Ming-Liang
(Taiwan/France, 1998, Subtitled)

Hope
Directed by Maria Sødahl
(2019, Norway, Subtitled)

“Hot Water” | Silent-Film Concert
Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor
(1924, USA)
Livestream accompanied by pianist Ben Model

House of Hummingbird
Directed by Bora Kim
(2018, South Korea, Subtitled)

I Was I Am I Will Be 
Directed by Ilker Çatak
(2019, Germany/France, Subtitled)

Identifying Features
Directed by Fernanda Valadez
(2020, Mexico/Spain, Subtitled)

Ikarie XB 1
Directed by Jindřich Polák
(1963, Czechoslovakia, Subtitled)

Jazz on a Summer’s Day
Directed by Aram Avakian and Bert Stern
(1959, USA)

John Lewis: Good Trouble
Directed by Dawn Porter
(2020, USA) (CC)
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

Kid Flicks
Various Directors
(2020, Various Countries, Subtitled)
Kid Flicks One / Kid Flicks Two / ¡Viva Kid Flicks! 

Killer of Sheep | When It Rains
Directed by Charles Burnett
(1978, USA)
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

Korean Film Days
Various Directors
(2019 & 2020)

Losing Ground
Directed by Kathleen Collins
(1982, USA)
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

Lucky Grandma
Directed by Sasie Sealy
(2019, USA, English/Mandarin/Cantonese, Subtitled)

M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
Directed by Robin Lutz
(2019, Netherlands, Subtitled)

Małni – Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore
Directed by Sky Hopinka
(2020, USA, Subtitled)

The Man Who Sold His Skin
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
(2020, Tunisia/France/Belgium/Germany/Sweden/Turkey, Subtitled)

Martin Eden
Directed by Pietro Marcello
(2019, Italy, Subtitled)

Mr. Soul!
Directed by Melissa Haizlip and Sam Pollard
(2018, USA)

My Darling Supermarket
Directed by Tali Yankelevich
(2019, Brazil/Denmark, Subtitled)

My Darling Vivian
Directed by Matt Riddlehoover
(2020, USA)

My Dog Stupid
Directed by Yvan Attal
(2019, France/Belgium, Subtitled)

My Rembrandt
Directed by Oeke Hoogendijk
(2020, Netherlands, Subtitled)

My Wonderful Wanda
Directed by Bettina Oberli
(2020, Switzerland, Subtitled)

Nationtime
Directed by William Greaves
(1972, USA)

Native Son
Directed by Pierre Chenal
(1951, Argentina/USA)

Never Gonna Snow Again
Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert
(2020, Poland/Germany, Subtitled)

The New Bauhaus
Directed by Alysa Nahmias
(2019, USA)

New French Shorts 2020
Various Directors
(2020, France, Subtitled)

New French Shorts 2021
Various Directors
(2021, France, Subtitled)

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Directed by Ric Burns 
(2019, USA)

On a Magical Night
Directed by Christophe Honoré
(2019, France, Subtitled)

One Small Step
Various Directors
(2019, Animation, Various Countries, Subtitled)

Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation, Documentary & Live Action
Various Directors
(2020, Various Countries)

Our Time Machine
Directed by Yang Sun and S. Leo Chiang
(2019, China/USA, Subtitled)

Papicha
Directed by Mounia Meddour
(2019, France/Algeria, Subtitled)

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Directed by Lili Horvát
(2020, Hungary, Subtitled)

Proud
Directed by Philippe Faucon
(2018, France, Subtitled)

RBG
Directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West
(2018, USA)

The Reason I Jump
Directed by Jerry Rothwell
(2020, USA/UK)

Rififi
Directed by Jules Dassin
(1955, France, Subtitled)

Sibyl 
Directed by Justine Triet 
(2019, France/Belgium, Subtitled)

Silent-Film Concert
Comedy shorts, accompanied by pianist Ben Model
(1916–26, USA)

Someone Somewhere
Directed by Cédric Klapisch
(2019, France/Belgium, Subtitled)

Song without a Name
Directed by Melina León
(2019, Peru/Spain/USA, Subtitled)

Sorry We Missed You
Directed by Ken Loach
(2019, UK)

The Story of a Three-Day Pass
Directed by Mario Van Peebles
(1968, France, English & French, Subtitled)

La Strada
Directed by Federico Fellini
(1954, Italy, Subtitled)

Stray
Directed by Elizabeth Lo
(2020, USA)

Sun Children
Directed by Majid Majidi
(2020, Iran, Subtitled)

Test Pattern
Directed by Shatara Michelle Ford
(2019, USA)

A Thousand Cuts
Directed by Ramona S. Diaz
(2020, USA)

Thousand Pieces of Gold
Directed by Nancy Kelly
(1990, USA)

The Times of Bill Cunningham
Directed by Mark Bozek
(2018, USA)

There Is No Evil
Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
(2020, Germany/Iran/Czech Republic, Subtitled)

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland
(2020, USA)

Two of Us
Directed by Filippo Meneghetti
(2021, France/Luxembourg/Belgium, Subtitled)

Up from the Streets—New Orleans: The City of Music
Directed by Michael Murphy
(2019, USA)

Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own
Directed by Daniel Traub
(2019, USA/Italy)

Vitalina Varela
Directed by Pedro Costa
(2019, Portugal, Subtitled)

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Directed by Rob Garver
(2018, USA)

The Whistlers
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
(2019, Romania/France/Germany/Sweden, Subtitled)

Wojnarowicz
Directed by Chris McKim
(2021, USA)

The Wolf House
Directed by Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León
(2018, Chile/Germany, Subtitled)

World of Wong Kar-Wai
Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
(1988–2004, Hong Kong, Subtitled)

Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris and the Vaughn Foundation. Generous funding is provided by Nina and Michael Zilkha; The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Lois Chiles Foundation; ILEX Foundation; L’Alliance Française de Houston; and The Foundation for Independent Media Arts.