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Although his reputation as an auteur wouldn’t materialize until much later in his career, director Douglas Sirk’s early Hollywood career contained some interesting efforts. Although it didn’t have the box-office success of Rebecca, Suspicion, or Gasligh...

Cited by Jonathan Rosenbaum as one of the 100 greatest American films ever made, Barbara Loden’s neorealist gem centers on her brilliant performance as a rural Pennsylvanian housewife embarked upon a flight to nowhere, traveling through an American landsca...

Vitaphone technology was an early method of syncing recorded sound to film via 16” shellac discs. Film critics were astounded that vocal and musical reproductions could sound so “natural.” Of course, the silent cinema was never truly silent, as at the...

Following the great success of 1934’s Cleopatra, Cecil B. DeMille lost no time arranging another thundering epic to confirm his supremacy at Paramount Pictures. The Crusades posits a takeover of Jerusalem by Islamic warrior Saladin, and the pan-European re...

Beckett’s Film is in essence a chase film – arguably the craziest committed to celluloid. It’s a chase between camera and pursued image that finds dread embedded in the very apparatus. The link to cinema’s essence is evident in the casting, as the ch...

Introduced by Julie Kohner, daughter of Holocaust survivor Hanna Bloch KohnerThe TV series This Is Your Life, hosted by Ralph Edwards, paid tribute to notable people and aired on NBC from 1952 to 1961. Not only movie and television stars received the This Is...

Through the lens of exploration and colonization, see how disparate parts of the MFAH collection are connected on this 45-minute gallery talk....

Every Sunday is ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On July 8, 15, 22, and 29, look for signs in the lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators: sketch a work of art, sit on a pill...

RembrandtPresented by Peter C. Sutton, director, the Susan E. Lynch Executive Director, The Bruce MuseumLectures are open to the public and free with general museum admission. Museum members always receive free admission. Seating is limited. A reception and...

During the summer, the Thursday MFAH Art Detectives program gives families the chance to discover a new work of art each week—alternating between Gallery Investigations + Studio and Gallery Investigations + Sketching programs.Make Your Mark: Investigating a...

Every Sunday is ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On July 8, 15, 22, and 29, look for signs in the lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators: sketch a work of art, sit on a pill...

Every Sunday is ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On July 8, 15, 22, and 29, look for signs in the lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators: sketch a work of art, sit on a pillo...

Many of the award winners from this annual contest will be screened, with filmmakers in attendance. Houston Public Library annually solicits entries from teens throughout the greater Houston area, with work submitted in categories including narrative, documen...

Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On August 12, 19, 26, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow and read, s...

Sir Joshua Reynolds and the Creation of the Grand Style in English PaintingPresented by David E. Brauer, senior lecturer, Glassell School of Art, MFAHLectures are open to the public and free with general museum admission. Museum members always receive free a...