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5 6 7 8 9 10 11 New Releases Armchair Travel Jazz on Film Jazz on Film Pictured: Matisse, Rembrandt, Munch, Renoir, Vermeer Aferim! Rembrandt from The Jazz Loft According Lady Be Good: 5:00 p.m. The National to W. Eugene Smith Instrumental Armchair Travel: Old Master Exhibition on Screen Gallery, and 7:00 p.m. Women in Jazz Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. This summer, marvel and delight at the work of six of the greatest painters in the history of art by experiencing their recent exhibitions 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 at museums around the world. Each film explores the process of putting the exhibition together, and includes commentary Armchair Travel New Releases Jazz on Film Jazz on Film Rembrandt from The All Night Long with curators and leading art historians, plus a revealing biography of the artist. National Gallery, London and Here Come the The Case of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Videofreex Three Sided Dream 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. REMBRANDT FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON AND MUNCH FROM THE MUNCH MUSEUM New Releases Aferim! RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM AND NATIONAL MUSEUM OSLO 5:00 p.m. Thursday, June 9, 3:00 p.m. Thursday, July 28, 3:00 p.m. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Sunday, June 12, 3:00 p.m. Sunday, July 31, 3:00 p.m. New Releases Armchair Travel Jazz on Film New Releases Here Come the Goya: Visions of Flesh The Amazing Eva Hesse Videofreex and Blood 7:00 p.m. GOYA: VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD MATISSE FROM MOMA AND TATE MODERN 5:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 23, 3:00 p.m. Thursday, August 11, 3:00 p.m. Sunday, June 26, 3:00 p.m. Sunday, August 14, 3:00 p.m. 26 27 28 29 30 Armchair Travel Goya: Visions of Flesh VERMEER FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON RENOIR: REVERED AND REVILED and Blood Thursday, July 7, 3:00 p.m. Thursday, August 25, 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Sunday, July 10, 3:00 p.m. Sunday, August 28, 3:00 p.m. New Releases Centennial Eva Hesse JUNE–AUGUST 2016 5:00 p.m. General admission $9. Museum members, seniors (65+), and students with ID receive $2 discount. Film Information Line: 713-639-7515 Visit mfah.org/film for program changes and more detailed film descriptions.

JULY The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1001 Bissonnet Street COMING ATTRACTIONS SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Houston, Texas 77005 1 2 Olivia de Havilland Olivia de Havilland MFAH STAFF The Adventures of A Midsummer Gary Tinterow, Director Robin Hood Night’s Dream Glassell Pictured: Junior 7:00 p.m. 12:00 noon Malcolm Daniel, Gus & Lyndall Wortham School To Each His Own The Adventures of Robin Hood Curator of Photography 7:00 p.m. Marian Luntz, Curator, Film and Video Lillie & Hugh Roy Cullen 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tracy Stephenson, Coordinator, Film and Video Sculpture Garden Olivia de Havilland Ray Gomez, Assistant for Community Outreach New Releases New Releases Armchair Travel New Releases Rams Rams Vermeer from Hockney Gone with the Wind and Administration 5:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. The National 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. MariAlice Grimes, A/V Manager Gallery, London Ralph Kaethner, Omar Al-Bochi, 3:00 p.m. and Kirston Otis, Projectionists Parking 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 MFAH Visitors Armchair Travel Olivia de Havilland Olivia de Havilland RECORDED FILM INFORMATION LINE Center & Parking Garage Named one of the 100 best films of all time by Time Vermeer from The National Princess O’Rourke 713-639-7515 Gallery, London 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. magazine, King Hu's 1971 magnum opus A Touch of Zen 3:00 p.m. is at once a sprawling epic drama of religious proportions New Releases MFAH CALL CENTER 713-639-7771 Hockney and an anthology of brilliant action set pieces. A huge 5:00 p.m. Go to mfah.org/film for updated influence on Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 schedules and additional details. Hu's three-hour epic weds glorious action sequences New Releases QFest QFest QFest with insightful philosophy and a cinematic grace that Vita Activa TBA 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. @mfahfilms remains unmatched to this day. Profoundly entertaining, QFest A Touch of Zen is required viewing for any serious fan Next to Me “Go and see My Love, Don’t Cross That River : fb.com/mfahfilms of martial arts cinema. A 4K digital restoration of the 7:30 p.m. complete masterpiece screens during the upcoming 24 Q F e s t 25 26 27 28 29 30 Women He’s Undressed Armchair Travel exhibition The Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from 3:00 p.m. Olivia de Havilland Olivia de Havilland the National Palace Museum, Taipei , on view Uncle Howard Munch from The To Each His Own The Dark Mirror if, by its ending, it hasn’t moved you to your core, you 5:00 p.m. Munch Museum and 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. October 23, 2016, through January 22, 2017. National Museum Oslo 31 A r m c h a ir T r a v e l Restorations & Revivals Munch from The Munch River of Grass 3:00 p.m. Museum and National 5:00 p.m. have an invulnerable heart.” Museum Oslo , 3:00 p.m. - FILMINK () Film Information Line: 713-639-7515 Visit mfah.org/film for program changes and more detailed film descriptions.

AUGUST SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Olivia de Havilland Centennial Tribute: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Restorations & Revivals Olivia de Havilland A Clockwork Orange The Heiress 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Pictured: HOCKNEY JULY 1 –AUGUST 13 Dying of the Light

NOW PLAYING FILM BUFFS Additional generous support is provided 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 This summer, the Museum proudly honors the legendary actress Olivia de Havilland on the New Releases On the cover: The Heiress Film Buffs is the Museum’s membership group by L'Alliance Française de Houston; Olivia de Havilland Armchair Travel Olivia de Havilland Aurora Boot Camp Premiere for movie lovers. Call 713-639-7550 for information Chao Center for Asian Studies; occasion of her 100th birthday on July 1. The actress personally selected the twelve films that The Snake Pit Matisse from MoMA My Cousin Rachel 11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. and Tate Modern 7:00 p.m. Olivia de Havilland SCREENINGS or visit mfah.org/films/film-buffs for more Turkish Cultural Foundation; and additional will be screened, including two for which she won and another three that 3:00 p.m. Light in the Piazza 5:00 p.m. Screenings are held in the Brown Auditorium Theater, information. Dues start at $85 and benefits supporters of the Film Department. earned her nominations. The tribute features 35mm studio prints, along with digital restorations. Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte designed by noted Bauhaus architect Ludwig Mies include free passes to sneak preview screenings 7:00 p.m. van der Rohe. Please enter the Caroline Wiess Law of new films, discounted admission to MFAH Official Media Partner: Special thanks to Ms. de Havilland and her daughter Gisele Chulack, who is an Honorary Trustee 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 of the Museum, for their active participation in the planning of this tribute. Armchair Travel New Releases New Films from Asia New Films from Asia Building from Main Street (see map on back cover). Films, and more! Museum members are eligible Matisse from MoMA Dying of the Light My Love, Don’t Cross Sweet Bean Refreshments are not permitted in the theater. for a discount on the annual dues. and Tate Modern 7:00 p.m. That River 7:00 p.m. The daughter of a British businessman and a choir teacher, Olivia de Havilland arrived in at the age 3:00 p.m. Audience members are kindly requested to silence 7:00 p.m. of three. The actress made her screen debut in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935) and was signed to a New Releases all electronic devices once the film begins. Many SUPPORT Dying of the Light seven-year contract with Warner Brothers. She played romantic heroines paired with many of the top male stars, 5:00 p.m. films are unrated and may not be appropriate for Underwriting for the Film Department is provided but her breakout performance came as Melanie in Gone w ith the Wind (1939), when Warner Brothers loaned her 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 younger viewers. Call 713-639-7531 with questions. by Tenaris; Gensler; and Salle and James Vaughn. General admission to the MFAH is free on to David O. Selznick for the role in the MGM film. After rebelling for better roles at Warner Brothers, de Havilland was New Films from Asia New Films from Asia Armchair Travel L.A. Noir L.A. Noir Thursdays, courtesy of Shell. Sweet Bean My Love, Don’t Cross Renoir: Revered Private Property Too Late Generous funding is provided by suspended, and was not released from her contract at the end of her seven-year term. She sued the studio and 5:00 p.m. That River and Reviled 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. ADMISSION Nina and Michael Zilkha; The ILEX Foundation; won in a landmark case that set the limit for a studio-player contract to expire at the end of seven years (including 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Except where otherwise indicated, general James V. Derrick; Franci Neely; suspensions). She won Oscars for To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949) and received accolades for Too Late 8:30 p.m. admissi on is $9. Museum members, and Lynn S. Wyatt. her roles in Hold Back the Dawn (1941) and The Snake Pit (1948), becoming one of ’s leading dramatic students with ID, and seniors (65+) actresses. In the , she moved to France, where she still resides, continuing to take movie roles that appealed 28 29 30 31 receive a $2 discount . No other discounts Armchair Travel to her. Her comedic adventures Every Frenchman Has One (a liver, not a mistress) recollects her adaptation to life Renoir: Revered and Reviled apply. Children 5 and under are admitted free. in Paris. Earlier this year, de Havilland accepted, in good humor, the “Oldie of the Year” honor from the satirical 3:00 p.m. British magazine The Oldie . L.A. Noir The MFAH Films box office accepts payment Private Property by cash, check, and credit card. Purchase tickets This program is presented with generous support from the Vaughn Foundation. 5:00 p.m. in advance at mfah.org/film, in the Museum lobbies, or at the auditorium box office. Pictured: Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own Film Information Line: 713-639-7515 Visit mfah.org/film for program changes and more detailed film descriptions. FILM INFORMATION EVA HESSE DYING OF THE LIGHT PRINCESS O’ROURKE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA WOMEN HE’S UNDRESSED Directed by Marcie Begleiter Directed by Peter Flynn Directed by Directed by Guy Green Directed by Gillian Armstrong NEW FILMS FROM ASIA (USA/, 2016, 108 min.) (USA, 2015, 94 min.) (USA, 1943, 94 min.) (USA, 1962, 102 min.) (Australia, 2015, 95 min.) The screening schedule is subject to change. Please Saturday, June 25, 7:00 p.m. – Introduced by Sunday, August 14, 5:00 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, August 13, 5:00 p.m. Sunday, July 24, 3:00 p.m. MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER follow MFAH Films on social media and subscribe to Linda Shearer, art historian Thursday, August 18, 7:00 p.m. Directed by Mo-young Jin the weekly film e-newsletter to stay updated. All films Sunday, June 26, 5:00 p.m. De Havilland plays Princess Maria, living in exile in New De Havilland plays Margaret Johnson, who is on an Movie costume designer Orry-Kelly (1897–1964) (South Korea, 2014, 86 min., in Korean are presented in their original languages with English Dying of the Light explores the history and craft of 35mm York during World War II. Fearing for her safety, her Uncle extended holiday in with her beautiful daughter contributed to some of the most magical moments with English subtitles) subtitles, except where noted. The talented artist Eva Hesse (1936–1970) tragically died reel-to-reel motion-picture presentation through the stories Holman () flies Maria to San Francisco Clara (Yvette Mimieux). Due to a childhood head injury, in cinema history. He designed for an astonishing 282 Friday, August 19, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 23, 2:00 p.m. Information line: 713-639-7515 of a brain tumor, but her pioneering sculptures using latex, of career projectionists. Their candid reflections on life in under an assumed name, where she begins dating a , Clara has not developed mentally, but she is charming motion pictures, including costumes for Errol Flynn, Bette Museum Call Center: 713-639-7771 fiberglass, and plastics helped establish the post-minimalist the booth reveal the mysteries of a world that has largely Eddie O’Rourke (Robert Cummings), without revealing her and cheerful. A handsome Florentine (George Hamilton) Davis, , and in films movement. This new documentary traces her life and gone unnoticed. The result is a loving tribute to the art and identity. After many plot twists, the story culminates in a falls in love with Clara and wants to marry her, introducing ranging from Casablanca to Some Like It Hot . Talented, Director Mo-young Jin's camera captures a romance of Updates: mfah.org/film an elderly couple nearing the end of life painted through Like us on Facebook: fb.com/MFAHfilms challenges through journals, her correspondence with romance of the movies—and to the unseen people who wedding that takes place in the presence of the President! her to his warm and welcoming family. This romantic daring, brash, and bold, Orry-Kelly was the first mentor Sol LeWitt, and interviews with family members brought the light to our screens. De Havilland delivers a charming performance in this film, based on a story in The New Yorker , was shot on Australian to win three Academy Awards. simple gestures and partnering on life’s daily routines. Follow us on Twitter: @mfahfilms THE CASE OF THE THREE-SIDED DREAM The honest and tender feelings emoted by this husband Sign up for weekly e-mails: mfah.org/enews and fellow artists. patriotic romantic comedy filmed during wartime. location in and , including scenes in the Directed by Adam Kahan Uffizi Gallery. and wife are all that is needed to tell a story of enduring (USA, 2014, 88 min.) Community partner: The Menil Collection TO EACH HIS OWN love. Bring your tissues! JAZZ ON FILM Friday, June 17, 7:00 p.m. OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Directed by HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE Dorthaan Kirk scheduled to attend (USA, 1946, 122 min.) Directed by Community Partner: Korean American Society of Houston CENTENNIAL (KASH) Named “Best Film Festival 2015” by the Houston Press ! Friday, July 29, 7:00 p.m. (USA, 1964, 133 min.) Jazz visionary Rahsaan Roland Kirk was not only an Peter Lucas, an independent film curator, artist, writer, Saturday, August 13, 7:00 p.m. otherworldly performer, but he was also a tireless warrior This celebration of the 100th birthday of the legendary and filmmaker, again lends his programming talents to De Havilland won her first Academy Award in the role of against racial injustice and a campaigner for a wider actress on July 1 showcases films she selected as her the 4th annual edition of this popular series. Josephine Norris, a businesswoman who reflects on her Charlotte (), an aging, reclusive Southern appreciation of jazz, which he termed Black Classical Music. personal favorites. past while serving as an air raid observer in London during belle, finally learns the truth about her lover’s (Bruce Dern) Blinded at a young age, he saw the world through sound, World War II. Flashbacks reveal that as a young woman, murder when the case is reopened decades later by her and reimagined it through dreams. Electrifying archival THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD Josephine fell in love with a dashing pilot () and cousin (de Havilland) in an elaborate scheme to drive her performance footage, inspired animated sequences, and Directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley became pregnant before her lover was killed in action. mad. Longtime friends Davis and de Havilland tackled intimate interviews celebrate Kirk’s persistence in the face (USA, 1938, 102 min.) To avoid scandal, she allowed her son to be adopted. their roles with relish, giving indelible performances that of adversity, and his legacy of musical innovation. Friday–Saturday, July 1–2, 7:00 p.m. Years later, her son is now a pilot like his father and she made this film a cult favorite. “ Charlotte was a delicate UNCLE HOWARD prepares to meet him and reveal the truth. tight-rope walking assignment. Aldrich gave it a very Directed by Aaron Brookner ALL NIGHT LONG This swashbuckler is one of eight movies special style, a kind of dark, glittering style which fasci - (UK/USA, 2016, 96 min.) Directed by RAMS (HRÚTAR) costarring de Havilland and Errol Flynn. It’s set in England nated me,” reflected de Havilland. Sunday, July 24, 5:00 p.m. (UK, 1962, 91 min.) Directed by Grímur Hákonarson during the Crusades, after King Richard the Lionhearted Saturday, June 18, 7:00 p.m. (Iceland/Denmark/Norway/Poland, 2015, 93 min., is taken captive and his duplicitous brother Prince John Howard Brookner was many things: gay, an Ivy League SWEET BEAN in Icelandic with English subtitles) () seizes power. Robin Hood (Flynn) leads graduate, seedy-nightlife lover, and maker of cult docu - Directed by Naomi Kawase British director Basil Dearden’s psychodrama is a modern Sunday, July 3, 5:00 p.m. his Sherwood Forest merry men in an action-packed QFEST mentaries. To director Aaron Brookner, he was a loving and (Japan/France/Germany, 2015, 113 min., in Japanese update of Othello , which translates the tale of betrayal to Monday, July 4, 1:00 p.m. adventure to restore order. Robin Hood charms Lady inspirational uncle who died of AIDS when Aaron was only SHADOWS one evening in the smoky, mod jazz scene of early sixties Marian of Fitzwalter (de Havilland), who risks her life to with English subtitles) Directed by The Museum proudly hosts screenings in the 20th seven. Uncle Howard is a nephew’s personal journey to London. Paul Harris and Marti Stevens star as a married help him. De Havilland remembers, “I was astounded by Saturday, August 20, 7:00p.m. (USA, 1959, 87 min.) Winner of the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes, Rams edition of QFest, Houston’s international glbtq film festival. di scover his uncle’s films and establish his legacy. bandleader and singer celebrating their anniversary, Robin Hood ’s vitality, its effervescence. I thought it was Sunday, August 21, 5:00 p.m. Friday, June 3, 7:00 p.m. tells the tale of two sheep farmers whose decades-long Programmed by Kristian Salinas, selections include a as a wealthy jazz aficionado hosting feud is interrupted by a contagious disease threatening simply wonderful.” tribute to noted Italian filmmaker . Visit Sweet red bean paste is the central ingredient in the Maverick filmmaker John Cassavetes’s directorial debut the celebration, and Patrick McGoohan as a drummer their flock. With keen observation and gently sardonic mfah.org to learn the opening night film on July 21. who attempts to tear the interracial couple apart. All Night humor, Rams is warm-hearted, funny, and distinctively A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM RESTORATIONS & REVIVALS dorayaki pancakes that Sentaro (Masatoshi Nagase) presented a raw slice of Beat-era bohemia. Shot on loca - sells from his bakery. Melancholy Sentaro cooks tion in Manhattan with a nonprofessional cast and crew, Long features music and great on-screen performances Scandinavian. Directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle THE SKIN (LA PELLE) by a number of American and musicians, (USA, 1935, 133 min.) THE DARK MIRROR Directed by Liliana Cavani without enthusiasm until the elderly Tokue (Kirin Kiki) Shadows centers on struggling singer Hugh, his brooding responds to his ad for an assistant. Tokue, cheerful including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus. HOCKNEY Saturday, July 2, 12:00 noon Directed by Robert Siodmak (Italy/France, 1981, 131 min., in Italian with English subtitles) brother Benny, and their sister Lelia. The film’s improvisa - yet mysterious, shares her special recipe and Directed by Randall Wright (USA, 1946, 85 min.) Friday, July 22, 7:00 p.m. tional tone and stark visual style are complemented by Sentaro's business thrives. musical interludes featuring bassist Charles Mingus, tenor THE AMAZING NINA SIMONE (UK, 2014, 112 min.) Stage producer Max Reinhardt resolved that Shakespeare’s Saturday, July 30, 7:00 p.m. Never released in the U.S., Liliana Cavani’s adaptation saxophonist Shafi Hadi, and drummer Dannie Richmond. Directed by Jeff Lieberman Friday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. A Midsummer Night’s Dream , with its visual imagery and of ’s 1949 memoir features Marcello Community Partner: Japan American Society of Houston Critic Amos Vogel called it “a compassionate, violent (USA, 2015, 108 min.) Sunday, July 10, 5:00 p.m. fantasy elements, would make a delightful film. De Havilland When witnesses claim to see a woman (de Havilland) Mastroianni as the famed writer. At the time of the U.S. (JASH) portrayal of pickups and brawls, loneliness, casual affairs, Friday, June 24, 7:00 p.m. appeared as Hermia in a local production of the play that leaving a murder victim’s apartment, authorities learn that invasion of Italy he was serving as an Italian liaison officer and search for identity.” Opinionated British artist David Hockney (born 1937) Reinhardt saw, and he insisted that she be his screen version she has a twin sister. A psychologist (Lew Ayres) and a Nina Simone (1933–2003) was one of America’s most pursued art studies in London, became a fixture in the of the same character—in her feature film debut—casting detective () struggle to determine which for the controversial General Clark (), whose TOO LATE BLUES overlooked musical geniuses. The Amazing Nina Simone Swinging 60s, and moved to where his career her opposite as Lysander. Others cast in the extra- sister committed the crime. “The technical problems conquest of Rome was heavily criticized. and Ken Marshall are also featured in this unflinching look L.A. NOIR Directed by John Cassavetes examines her music and life story through archival footage and personal life flourished. This intimate portrait of the vagant rendition of the popular Shakespeare tale include involved in playing a dual role were extremely difficult at life during the American occupation of during (USA, 1961, 103 min.) and interviews, tracing her life and career from the segre - bespectacled artist includes candid interviews with his as Bottom and as Puck. to solve, and that monstrously evil [woman] I had to play PRIVATE PROPERTY World War II. Saturday, June 4, 7:00 p.m. gated South of the and the fight for civil rights, to family and close friends, photos and home movies from in that picture haunts me to this day.” Directed by her navigations through the worlds of classical, jazz, and his personal archive, and a survey of the vivid paintings THE NIGHT PORTER (IL PORTIERE DI NOTTE) (USA, 1960, 79 min.) Following the critical success of his independently pop music. Comments her brother, Sam Waymon: “This he has created over decades. The 35mm preservation print courtesy of UCLA Film & RIVER OF GRASS Friday, August 26, 7:00 p.m. Directed by Liliana Cavani produced Shadows , Cassavetes’s rarely seen second docu mentary honors Nina's true accomplishments: her Television Archive. Directed by Kelly Reichhardt Sunday, August 28, 5:00 p.m. film was made within the studio system. Too Late Blues beautiful music, bold statements, brave stances, unique (Italy/USA, 1974, 118 min.) (USA, 1994, 76 min.) Saturday, July 23, 5:00 p.m. stars as jazz pianist John “Ghost” Wakefield, style and her unrelenting quest for freedom.” THE HEIRESS Sunday, July 31, 5:00 p.m. Drifters Boots and Duke (played to creepy perfection by Everett Chambers as the musician’s predatory agent Directed by William Wyler Warren Oates and Corey Allen) wander into the pristine In this unsettling drama, a concentration camp survivor Benny, and as aspiring singer Jess. Ghost (USA, 1952, 115 min.) Kelly Reichardt’s darkly funny debut feature—screening Beverly Hills home of unhappy housewife Ann (Kate () discovers her former torturer and leads a jazz ensemble, and struggles to stay true to him - Saturday, August 6, 7:00 p.m. in a new digital restoration—is set in southern Florida, Manx). Oates delivers his first great screen performance, lover () working as a porter at a hotel in self while pursuing fame and romance. Among the best CONTEMPORARY CINEMA: where she grew up. Shot on 16mm, the story follows before he emerged as one of the finest character actors postwar . When the couple attempt to re-create of Hollywood’s jazz films, its music was composed by Based on Henry James’s novel Washington Square , de the misadventures of disaffected housewife Cozy of his generation. A rediscovery for noir and NEW RELEASES their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS com - David Raksin and features some of the greatest West Havilland plays Catherine, the plain, reclusive daughter of (Lisa Bowman) and the aimless layabout Lee (Larry crime fans, Private Property was considered completely rades begin to stalk them. Operatic and disturbing, Coast players of the era, including Benny Carter and the wealthy and tyrannical Dr. Sloper (). Fessenden). With its deadpan humor and “funky tenor . . . lost until recently, and is presented in a new 4K AFERIM! The Night Porter deftly examines the lasting social . Montgomery Clift is the handsome and cunning Morris the film is a wry, appealingly raggedy look at the digital restoration. Directed by Radu Jude GONE WITH THE WIND Townsend who courts Catherine, although her father and psychological effects of the Nazi regime. impossibility of conjuring up excitement from boredom.” THE JAZZ LOFT ACCORDING TO (Romania/Bulgaria/Czech Republic/France, 2015, Directed by Victor Fleming considers him a fortune-seeking scoundrel. The couple – Slant magazine W. EUGENE SMITH 108 min., in Romanian with English subtitles) (USA, 1939, 238 min., plus intermission) reunites after her father dies, and the film’s final scene is NEXT TO ME (PORED MENE) Directed by Sara Fishko Sunday, June 5, 5:00 p.m. VITA ACTIVA: THE SPIRIT OF Saturday, July 9, 3:00 p.m. chilling and memorable. Her powerful, nuanced perform - Directed by Stevan Filipovic (USA, 2015, 87 min.) Sunday, June 12, 5:00 p.m. HANNAH ARENDT ance earned de Havilland her second Academy Award. (Serbia, 2015, 95 min, in Serbian with English subtitles) Friday, June 10, 7:00 p.m. Directed by Ada Ushpiz The classic Civil War and Reconstruction-era drama, Saturday, July 23, 7:30 p.m. This 19th-century Romanian road movie follows (Israel/Canada, 2015, 125 min., in English, German, and winner of 10 Academy Awards, is well worth experiencing THE SNAKE PIT In 1957, photo essayist W. Eugene Smith moved into an Costandin and his son across a barren landscape, Hebrew with English subtitles) on the big screen. While most actresses vied to play Directed by Anatole Litvak Olja, a Belgrade high school teacher, is married to a old building in Manhattan’s Flower District. Populated in search of a slave who has run away and Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m. Scarlett O’Hara, de Havilland made up her mind that she (USA, 1948, 108 min.) painter whose latest exhibition has prompted criticism. is suspected of having an affair with a nobleman's wife. by painters, photographers, and composers, the building Museum Houston’s Mary Lee Webek leads a wanted the part of Melanie Hamilton after reading Margaret Sunday, August 7, 5:00 p.m. Olja is attacked one night, and suspects her students’ While the unflappable Costandin comments on every became a gathering spot for New York’s best jazz musi - post-film discussion. Mitchell’s novel. ’s strident Scarlett may domi - involvement when she finds them watching the attack cians. Smith took thousands of photographs of musicians situation with a cheery aphorism, his son takes a more nate the epic, yet de Havilland’s performance as the gentle The Snake Pit is one of the first films to compassionately on YouTube. Unable to learn the names of the culprits, at the “Jazz Loft” and wired the building with micro - contemplative view of the world. Compared to films as The German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt caused and moral Melanie is equally memorable. Among her explore mental illness and its treatment. Following an she takes harsh measures, with surprising results. Named diverse as The Searchers, The Last Detail , and Pulp phones, recording jam sessions. This new documentary an uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept most favorite roles, de Havilland claimed that the tender, emotional collapse, Virginia Cunningham (de Havilland) Best Film at the Pula Film Festival, the jury praised this TOO LATE Fiction , this richly entertaining epic won the Best compassionate Melanie “is the woman I wish I could be.” “courageous portrayal of the new generation, haunted unearths a treasure trove of his photos and tapes to create of the "Banality of Evil" while covering the trial of Adolph is placed in a mental institution by her husband. A sympa - Directed by Dennis Hauck a portrait of Smith and the unbelievable nexus of musical Director prize at the International Film Festival . Eichmann for The New Yorker . Romantically involved with thetic tries different treatments, including psycho - by the ghosts of old ideologies.” A CLOCKWORK ORANGE HOLD BACK THE DAWN (USA, 2015, 107 min.) activity around him, including Thelonious Monk and Hall German philosopher Martin Heidegger, Arendt remains a analysis, to encourage her recovery. To research this role Directed by Stanley Kubrick Friday, August 26, 8:30 p.m. HERE COME THE VIDEOFREEX Directed by Mitchell Leisen Overton preparing for Monk’s famed 1959 Town Hall concert. topic of ongoing debate, as reflected in this new documentary. de Havilland visited patients at a psychiatric institution. (UK/USA, 1971, 136 min.) Saturday, August 27, 7:00 p.m. Directed by Jon Nealon and Jenny Raskin (USA, 1941, 116 min.) Friday, August 5, 7:00 p.m. LADY BE GOOD: INSTRUMENTAL (USA, 2015, 79 min.) Community partner: Holocaust Museum Houston Friday, July 15, 7:00 p.m. MY COUSIN RACHEL Thursday, June 16, 7:00 p.m. –Introduced by Shot on 35mm in five scenes, this feature debut reveals WOMEN IN JAZZ Directed by Henry Koster Stanley Kubrick adapted Anthony Burgess's futuristic in nonlinear fashion the tangled relationship between a Tish Stringer, filmmaker and activist De Havilland was Oscar-nominated for her role as Emmy Directed by Kay D. Ray (USA, 1952, 98 min.) novel, set in London where gangs of teenagers commit troubled private investigator (John Hawkes) and the miss - Sunday, June 19, 5:00 p.m. AURORA BOOT CAMP WORLD PREMIERE Brown, a naive teacher wooed by Georges (), (USA, 2014, 80 min.) Friday, August 12, 7:00 p.m. acts of violence, while an iron-fisted state exerts power. ing woman (Crystal Reed) he’s hired to find. Too Late takes Saturday August 13, 11:00 a.m. a suave European stuck in . He runs into an old Saturday, June 11, 7:00 p.m. When vicious yet charismatic Alex DeLarge (Malcolm the spine of the classic private eye genre and tears it to In the 1960s and 1970s, a group of renegade journalists, Free admission friend () who tells him that she gained In ’s gothic romance, de Havilland is McDowell) is sentenced to prison, he becomes a guinea pieces, weaving it back together into a tapestry of southern Lady Be Good highlights the contributions of American the Videofreex, democratized the media, using handheld her U.S. citizenship by marrying an American and later Rachel, the beautiful, enigmatic young widow returning pig in an experimental aversion therapy designed to California and the menagerie of eccentric personalities and women instrumentalists in jazz between the 1920s– video cameras to record the world around them. This film Expect the unexpected in this popular annual showcase of dumped him. Georges meets and romances Emmy, taps into a treasure chest of restored tapes shot by the to her husband’s mansion in 19th-century Cornwall. Her recondition him. lost souls who inhabit it. Each scene is an uninterrupted 1960s. Musician Patrice Rushen guides us through the new short films presented by the tweens and teens from convincing her to marry him. Later learning of the scheme, Freex, including interviews with activists Fred Hampton husband’s cousin Philip () suspects Rachel shot lasting the length of a reel of film (22 minutes). The triumphs and struggles of musicians including Lil Hardin Aurora Picture Show’s summer camps. Emmy has a near-fatal car accident. Georges rushes to and Abbie Hoffman. These innovators changed the nature poisoned him. But Philip soon finds himself falling in love Presented as part of the “Summer of Kubrick,” cast resembles a ensemble involved in a Armstrong, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the her hospital bedside and confesses that he loves her, of journalism, forging a legacy that has evolved into with her, and grants Rachel a handsome allowance when organized by Brazos Bookstore. “roiling mystery that will come to an explosive, supremely Syncoettes, among others. Their stories are told through giving her the will to live. today’s all-access media environment. he is named heir to the estate. Doubts about Rachel’s tense conclusion.” – Nerdist.com rare recordings, photos, and film footage as well as inter - innocence continue to plague Philip and eventually lead views with Marian McPartland, , and others. Community partner: Southwest Alternate Media Project to tragedy. (SWAMP)