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Graveyard Shift: PUMPKINHEAD (West Oaks)

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Graveyard Shift: PUMPKINHEAD (West Oaks)

05-26-2012 - 05-26-2012

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks - West Oaks Mall #429 Houston TX 77082

Admission: $500 Age Policy 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent guardian No children under the age of 6 will be allowed

281-920-9211

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Start Time(s): 7:30pm

Join Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks for Graveyard Shift: PUMPKINHEAD Welcome to the Graveyard Shift — where night owls come together to enjoy some of the best horror movies ever made From the classics to unknown gems, every month the Alamo Drafthouse will pick out a favorite from the vault for your enjoyment The Graveyard Shift isn’t just a simple screening, though — it’s an event Once a month we’ll bring you games, giveaways and surprises of all shapes and sizes If you’re a horror fan living in Houston, the third Saturday of the month is reserved for the Graveyard Shift This month: PUMPKINHEAD This May, Graveyard Shift continues a month celebrating genre film hero Lance Henriksen with a 35mm screening of PUMPKINHEAD Director Stan Winston Year 1988 Starring Lance Henriksen, Jeff East and John D'Aquino Rating R Run Time 86min “Keep away from Pumpkinhead, unless you’re tired of living His enemies are mostly dead, he’s mean and unforgiving” In the movie that proved once and for all that motorbikes and hillbillies don’t mix, Henriksen stars as a grieving father who takes revenge on the sexed up, beer-drenched city kids who killed his son by summoning the nastiest demon he can dig up from a local haunted pumpkin patch Special effects guru Stan Winston made his directorial debut on this 1988 film that kept things focused on a very simple rule — monsters are scary and they enjoy killing scared teenagers Don’t miss this special 35mm screening of a genuine horror classic that’ll have you leave you thinking twice before you piss off any more single dads

River Oaks Theatre Weekend Midnight Movies: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

River Oaks Theatre Weekend Midnight Movies: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

05-25-2012 - 05-26-2012

Landmark Theatres

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Houston/Houston_Frameset.htm

River Oaks Theatre - 2009 West Gray Houston TX 77019

Admission: General Admission $1000 Children(-12)/Seniors (62+) $700 Students $800

(713) 866-8881

https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=238

Start Time(s): 11:55pm

Every Friday and Saturday night at 11:55pm, it's another Midnight Movie Classic at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre Friday-Saturday, May 25-26: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles A live-action version of the popular animated TV series Due to radiation exposure, the four superturtles have mutated into teenagers; now, they live in the New York City sewers, where they eat pizza, talk jive, and learn the tricks of a ninja from their guru, Splinter the Rat When a group of juvenile delinquents called the Foot Gang start wreaking havoc in the city, our heroes on the half-shell join forces with an intrepid girl reporter to put an end to the gang's evil ways Director: Steve Barron Cast: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, David Forman, Michael Turney, Jay Patterson, Raymond Gerra, James Saito, Toshishiro Obata MPAA Rating: PG Run Time: 1hr 33mins Release Year: 1990 Country Of Origin: USA

MFAH Film Revivals: Reality Bites

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film Revivals: Reality Bites

05-25-2012 - 05-27-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID Please note: The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Fri, May 25 at 7:00 PM Sat, May 26 at 7:00 PM Sun, May 27 at 5:00 PM

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Revivals Enjoy these classics from world cinema on the big screen in Brown Auditorium Theater! Reality Bites Directed by Ben Stiller 1994 USA 99 minutes Written by Houstonian Helen Childress and filmed in Houston, Reality Bites was the first “Gen X” comedy based on recent graduates facing life and love after college Winona Ryder stars as a valedictorian searching for a meaningful job and relationship while bouncing between two interested men (Ben Stiller and Ethan Hawke), and her group of friends including Steve Zahn and Janeane Garofalo

Six in Paris

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Six in Paris

05-26-2012 - 05-27-2012

14 Pews

http://14pews.org/

14 Pews - 800 Aurora Street Houston TX 77009

Admission: Admission: $10 non-members and FREE to members

2818889677

info@14pews.com

http://14pews.org/

Start Time(s): Saturday May 26 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM doors open at 6:45PM Sunday May 27 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM doors open at 3:45PM

14 Pews presents Six in Paris In 1965 six French New Wave directors took a Paris neighborhood and concocted a short sketch around it The results sometimes favor character and story, and sometimes local flavor, but almost all are engaging in their own right Jean Douchet and Jean-Luc Godard (repsectively) offer gloriously French slices of romantic comedy in the sexually open 1960s with "Saint Germain des Prés" and "Montparnasse et Levallois" Jean Rouch's "Gare du Nord" is slight of substance but beautifully explores the neighborhood in a gorgeous tracking shot Jean-Daniel Pollet's "Rue Saint-Denis" offers two delicious characters in a witty comedy of a mousy dishwasher who brings a brassy streetwalker to his dumpy apartment Eric Rohmer's "Place de l'Étoile," a sometimes silly but deftly managed little comedy of a man who strikes a panhandler and is terrified he killed him, displays a giddy goofiness unseen in his later work Claude Chabrol's shiver-inducing slice of urban life "La Muette" ventures outside the oppressive hallways and tiny rooms only once, at the end, as if to celebrate the escape of the rebellious boy from his bickering parents The strongest of a solid collection, Chabrol's chilly view of dead-end relationships in a splintered upper class family concludes the otherwise lighthearted collection on a devastating, dark note Released in France under the more evocative title Paris Vu Par (Paris Seen By), this is one of the strongest and most entertaining anthology films to emerge from the 1960s --Sean Axmaker REVIEWS: "Six short stories acted, produced, directed and colored in high style A full entertainment" THE NEW YORK POST "AmusingBeautiful" THE OBSERVER "Affectionately drawn Funny and Real" THE NEW YORK TIMES

Tamil Nadu Foundation 37th National Convention Houston

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Tamil Nadu Foundation 37th National Convention Houston

05-26-2012 - 05-27-2012

Bharathi Kalai Manram

http://tnfconvention.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=34&Itemid=1

Hilton Houston North - 12400 Greenspoint Drive Houston TX 77060

Admission: Registration for both days ($160) May 26th, 2012 - Saturday Reg only($90) May 27th, 2012 - Sunday Reg only ($90) May 26th, 2012 - Saturday Evening Music Show only ($40, Dinner NOT Included) May 27th, 2012 - Sunday Evening Music Show only ($40, Dinner NOT Included)

832-377-1863

http://tnfconvention.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171&Itemid=135

Start Time(s): 9 AM to 11 PM Schedule details

Bharathi Kalai Manram presents the Tamil Nadu Foundation 37th National Convention - May 26-27, 2012 Tamil Nadu foundation (TNF) is the only organization in the world that is entirely devoted to the promotion of economic and social welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu Since its inception in 1974, TNF has implemented about 600 humanitarian projects all over Tamil Nadu What makes TNF unique is its ability to monitor, audit and execute projects anywhere in Tamil Nadu under the guidance and supervision of TNF’s Chennai Chapter Our Chennai Chapter has paid full-time employees and a full-fledged office in its own building in Kilpauk to administer the projects funded from the US and other international donors TNF’s Houston will be hosting the 37th National Convention in Houston during the Memorial Day Weekend We are working with Dallas, Austin & San Anatonio to bring all the Tamils together for a great cause It is very appropriate that the Convention will be held in Houston, TX to give voice for the educational freedom of underprivileged rural Tamil children TNF has adopted “School Dropouts Project” as its main focus project with the intent of minimizing school dropouts among Tamil children Please join us in Houston to learn more about our initiatives and to enjoy the charity, cultural and literary festival We are looking forward to seeing you in Houston during the Memorial Day weekend CLICK HERE FOR A PDF SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

MFAH Film Premieres: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film Premieres: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

05-28-2012 - 05-28-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Mon, Apr 23 5:00 PM Mon, Apr 23 7:00 PM Mon, May 28 1:00 PM Mon, May 28 3:00 PM

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! El Bulli: Cooking in Progress Directed by Gereon Wetzel 2011, in Catalan and French with English subtitles Germany 108 minutes Back by popular demand after drawing capacity crowds at the MFAH in February, this documentary chronicles the unique methodology of the brilliant and audacious Spanish chef, Ferran Adrià His restaurant, El Bulli (which closed in July 2011) was a Michelin three-star restaurant in Roses, Spain that nightly served a tasting menu of 30 courses to a single seating of up to 50 guests Chef Adrià took over the restaurant in 1987 and became a leading inspiration for avant-garde cuisine worldwide, alternately referred to as a mad scientist or Salvador Dalí of the kitchen An elegant, cinematic study of food as avant-garde art, El Bulli: Cooking in Progress is a rare inside look at some of the world's most innovative and exciting cooking

70s Classic Kung-Fu Movie Night (Tuesdays)

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

70s Classic Kung-Fu Movie Night (Tuesdays)

03-27-2012 - 05-29-2012

Jenni's Noodle House

http://noodlesrule.com/

Admission: Free event

(713) 621-4200

jenni@noodlesrule.com

Start Time(s): 7pm Tuesdays

Jenni’s Noodle House on Post Oak presents 70s Classic Kung-Fu Movie Night, every Tuesday at 7pm Love classic kung-fu? Then this could be the start of a beautiful friendship Every Tuesday, Jenni’s Noodle House on Post Oak kicks off a night of martial arts cinema Order some noodles, bring the beer and/or wine of your choice and settle in to watch And if you want show off your Jet Li moves, they won’t stop you Jenni’s Noodle House Kung Fu Line Up: 3-27 Thunderbolt 4-3 New Legend of Shaolin 4-10 Iron Monkey 4-17 Kick Ass!!!!!!! 4-24 Jet Li's Fearless 5-1 Fist of Legend 5-8 Supercop 5-15 The One 5-22 Rush Hour 2 5-29 Kiss of the Dragon

TUTS Film Series: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas: The Movie at Sundance Cinemas

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

TUTS Film Series: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas: The Movie at Sundance Cinemas

05-29-2012 - 05-29-2012

Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS)

http://www.tuts.com/

Sundance Cinemas Houston - 510 Texas Street Bayou Place Houston TX 77002

Admission: Free screening

(713) 558-TUTS (8887)

Start Time(s): 7pm

Join Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) Tuesday, May 29 at 7 pm at the Sundance Cinemas inside Bayou Place when Theatre Under The Stars celebrates its production of The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas with TUTS Film Series: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas: The Movie at Sundance Cinemas TUTS partners with Sundance Cinemas Houston for a special screening of the movie The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas Join TUTS for a FREE screening of the classic movie starring Dolly Parton! In this filmization of the hit Broadway musical, a popular brothel is threatened with a shutdown by Texas authorities Burt Reynolds plays the Sheriff, while Dolly Parton portrays the Chicken Ranch madam The film also features Noah Beery, Jr, Jim Nabors, Charles Durning, Dom DeLuise, Robert Mandan, Lois Nettleton, Theresa Merritt, Barry Corbin, Mary Jo Catlett, and Mary Louise Wilson Durning was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the Texas governor Golden Globe nominations went to the film for Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) and Parton for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)

Horror Remix: SHOPPING (West Oaks)

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Horror Remix: SHOPPING (West Oaks)

05-30-2012 - 05-30-2012

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks - West Oaks Mall #429 Houston TX 77082

Admission: Free event! 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent guardian No children under the age of 6 will be allowed

281-920-9211

Start Time(s): 10pm

Join Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks for Horror Remix: SHOPPING If you're a fan of bad horror films, then you've wasted a lot of your life You've sat through lame red herrings, endless chase scenes, shower scenes with NO nudity (it happens more than you think) and all the talking and talking and talking A Horror Remix is taking a bad horror film, cutting out all the filler and condensing the central plot, gore, cheese and nudity into approx 30-40 minutes George A Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) was the first film to draw parallels between the American consumer and modern zombie The plot of zombies invading a shopping mall delivers a subversive attack on American consumer capitalism Thirty years later, DAWN is still just as relevant and regarded as a masterpiece However, what more can be written or said regarding the importance of DAWN? There are already essays and websites written by much smarter people than me So, I’ll focus this on what I know best: teens being brutally murdered at the mall The shopping mall does make for a great setting in the slasher genre A claustrophobic building scenario (later perfected by DIE HARD), plus tons of resources for hiding places, escape routes and tools for creative kills Plus, the shopping mall and horror genre make great companions Both pander to teenagers with disposable income and are notorious for peddling cheap commodities Each of the three films featured in HORROR REMIX: SHOPPING make some veiled attempts to be satire, invoking consumerism, security, technology and progress However, the half-hearted rhetoric is squeezed in to make the films more than they really are Bottom line, the “trapped-in-the-mall” scenario is ripe for slicing and dicing teens in the 80s (similar to “lost-in-the-woods” in the 70s) Let’s leave the groundbreaking allegory to the rest, because slashers at the mall are the best! Featuring THE INITIATION (1984), HIDE AND GO SHRIEK (1988) and CHOPPING MALL (1986) So, bring your friends and GET THERE EARLY because this FREE show is first come first serve! Finally, don’t forget, lots of fun extras, shorts and your puppet MCs, Cheesecake and Thunderclap SO BAD… IT’S GOOD! For more info go to horrorremixcom

MFAH Film Special Presentation: Houston Public Library Reel Teen Film Festival 2012

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film Special Presentation: Houston Public Library Reel Teen Film Festival 2012

05-31-2012 - 05-31-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free event!

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 5:30pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Special Presentation Enjoy these unique programs at MFAH Films Thursday, May 31 at 5:30pm featuring the Houston Public Library Reel Teen Film Festival 2012 Many of the award winners from this annual contest will be screened, with filmmakers in attendance HPL annually solicits entries from teens throughout the greater Houston area, with work submitted in categories including narrative, documentary, animation and teen health, among others Turn out and support these talented young auteurs!

The New Force Five!

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The New Force Five!

01-05-2011 - 05-31-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here to see updated schedule

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents The New Force Five! Feel the Fury! Get ready to take cover when you see nature go "Force Five", from Houston Museum of Natural Science and Rice University A hurricane in 3-D without special glasses - 'Force 5' planetarium experience updated for Ike anniversary! Rice University's planetarium show detailing the natural forces that form hurricanes, tornadoes and solar storms has been updated with footage from Ike and Katrina that gives viewers the chance to experience the full fury of a monster hurricane The new version of "Force 5" is playing at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's (HMNS) Burke Baker Planetarium, 5555 Hermann Park Drive Producer Patricia Reiff, a Rice professor of physics and astronomy, said the new "Force 5" is 3-D without special glasses, as the domed screen wraps the weather around the audience "Force 5 is the label scientists use for the most powerful and destructive storms," Reiff said "We include almost 17 minutes (of the 22-minute production) of footage through which the audience actually experiences nature's fury" Key sequences focus on the approach of Ike in 2008 and a recreation of the unnamed 1900 hurricane, the deadliest in United States history, which destroyed Galveston "Force 5" debuted in 2001 and proved a popular attraction at planetariums around the world, Reiff said But the show sorely needed updating in light of recent events, especially so close to home "We liked the title, but back then we were computer-challenged in creating immersive Force 5 experiences on the dome," said Carolyn Sumners, director of astronomy at HMNS and an adjunct professor of physics and astronomy at Rice "But our computers have improved dramatically, and we can now put our audiences in the center of wind, rain, hail and rising water so realistic that you can almost feel the pelting hail, crashing ocean waves and howling wind all surrounding you" The new "Force 5" also portrays the cause and effect of tornadoes and solar storms "We're showing the release of energy in dramatic events extends beyond the Earth's atmosphere," Sumners said "The audience shares the adventure with real people – in a hurricane-hunter plane and in a Hummer storm spotting on a nearby tornado" The show also demonstrates the dramatic effects of "space weather" from the vantage point of a spacecraft far above Earth's North Pole, a research topic Reiff and others specialize in at Rice Reiff herself is heard in the production as ham radio operator W5TAR during the tornado sequence It's an example of art imitating life; for many years she has led the Rice Ham Radio Club and is presently teaching a course on the physics of ham radio The show is the final production to result from a $32 million grant from NASA, through its Immersive Earth Cooperative Agreement, and additional funding from the NASA Cluster and MMS Missions, to Rice and HMNS

Girlie Night: PRETTY WOMAN (West Oaks)

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Girlie Night: PRETTY WOMAN (West Oaks)

05-31-2012 - 05-31-2012

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks - West Oaks Mall #429 Houston TX 77082

Admission: General Admission $600 Age Policy - 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent guardian No children under the age of 6 will be allowed

281-920-9211

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Start Time(s): 7:35pm

The Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks presents Girlie Night: PRETTY WOMAN Girlie Night celebrates the much-loved but often neglected genre of Slumber Party Movies You know, the ones where you rewind an awesome kiss and watch it five times while sighing deeply or squeal with your friends when the boy and girl finally get together like you NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN (even though you've seen the movie a thousand times) At Girlie Night, you can squee without shame Honestly, if you need me to convince you to come see this movie, I'm not sure what to say Except for maybe um IT'S PRETTY WOMAN COME ON It's the film that made me (and the rest of America) fall in love with Julia Roberts! It's the movie that actually makes Richard Gere, not to mention the profession of prostitution, seem really attractive! And, most important of all, it features the best shopping montage EVER, ending with one of my favorite cinematic eff you's of all time ("Big mistake HUGE") Is there anything PRETTY WOMAN can't do? It's the movie we turn to when we need a reminder that not all guys are jerkfaces, that even when we're down on our luck, selling ourselves on the streets, there is still hope that one day, we'll get to take a huge bubble bath and then jump on the bed in a hotel penthouse In other words, PRETTY WOMAN is therapy, and when you combine it with cocktails and a theater full of people singing along to Prince's "Kiss," it's potentially life-changing So hopefully I've convinced you to join me for Girlie Night, but if not, here's one more reason: Jason Alexander is in it! Ha ha, just kidding The actual reason is IT'S PRETTY WOMAN (Sarah Pitre)

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: Boy

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: Boy

05-25-2012 - 05-31-2012

Sundance Cinemas

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Sundance Cinemas Houston - 510 Texas Street Bayou Place Houston TX 77002

Admission: Adult Matinee $750 Child $750 Senior $750 Adult Evening $1050 Child $750 Senior $750 Additional amenity fees apply to most ticket purchases All seats for all shows are reserved An Amenity Fee, if applicable, will show up in the transaction process Free Validated Parking available at the Theatre District Parking garage

713-223-3456

SundanceHouston@sundancecinemas.net

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Start Time(s): Call or visit the website for times

Sundance Cinemas continues with their Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston, located at Bayou Place in Downtown Houston Joining the success of the Screening Room Calendars at other Sundance locations, the programming team culls their choices from national and international film festivals for the best independent movies available in distribution Every eight weeks a new calendar will be unveiled with new critically acclaimed and hard to see films May 25 - May 31 Boy In a rural Maori community in New Zealand, an eleven year-old "Boy" is an adolescent obsessed with American pop culture, and prone to vivid fantasies about his long-absent father whom he imagines as an adventurous world traveler The year is 1984, and on the rural East Coast of New Zealand “Thriller” is changing kids’ lives Inspired by the Oscar nominated Two Cars, One Night, BOY is the hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale about heroes, magic and Michael Jackson BOY is a dreamer who loves Michael Jackson He lives with his brother ROCKY, a tribe of deserted cousins and his Nan Boy’s other hero, his father, ALAMEIN, is the subject of Boy’s fantasies, and he imagines him as a deep sea diver, war hero and a close relation of Michael Jackson (he can even dance like him) In reality he’s “in the can for robbery” When Alamein returns home after 7 years away, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered, find his own potential and learn to get along without the hero he had been hoping for For more information on Sundance Cinemas, please visit our website at wwwsundancecinemascom

Movie Screening: Forgive me, Sergei

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Movie Screening: Forgive me, Sergei

05-31-2012 - 05-31-2012

Russian Cultural Center Our Texas

http://ourtx.org/blog/2012/01/movie-screenings/

Russian Cultural Center Our Texas - 2337 Bissonnet Houston TX 77005

Admission: Admission: $8, $6 – for RCC members

713-395-3301

Start Time(s): 7:30pm

Russian Cultural Center Our Texas presents a Movie Screening: Forgive me, Sergei Director: Damian Wojciechowski , co-producer: Caroline Walker Russia, 2004 Thursday, May 31, at 7:30pm In September 1971 a 20-year-old Soviet sailor Sergei Kourdakov jumped off his ship near the coast of Canada and swam ashore to start a new life Two years later he died under strange circumstances Not long before his death Sergey wrote a memoir “Forgive Me, Natasha “ (also known as “The Persecutor”) Although largely accepted, “The Persecutor” has been met with varied criticism regarding its authorship and accuracy This excellent film follows the story of Caroline Walker, a Christian journalist, who believed God had called her to make a film about the life of Sergey until her encounters with his friends, relatives and colleagues in Russia made her question key elements of the memoir The movie has earned awards at international festivals: Semi-Finalist, Angelus Awards, Hollywood, 2005; Finalist – International Student Documentary Competition, Columbia College Chicago, 2005; 2006 Jury Award for Best Documentary at the TriMedia Film Festival in Fort Collins, Colorado; Silver “Remi” Award, Documentary Category, Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, 2006 The duration of screening: 53 min Language: English, Russian with English subtitles

A Touring Taste of Dance Salad Festival 2011: Film Screening @ The Photobooth on Montrose

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

A Touring Taste of Dance Salad Festival 2011: Film Screening @ The Photobooth on Montrose

06-01-2012 - 06-01-2012

Dance Salad Festival/Houston International Dance Coalition

http://www.dancesalad.org/

The Photobooth on Montrose - 2710 Montrose Houston TX 77006

Admission: ADMISSION IS FREE Please share with your performing arts loving friends! PLEASE RSVP to dsfassist@aolcom as space is limited

713-621-1461

dsfassist@aol.com

Start Time(s): 8pm

Dance Salad Festival/Houston International Dance Coalition presents A Touring Taste of Dance Salad Festival 2011: Film Screening @ The Photobooth on Montrose, Friday, June 1, 2012, at 8pm British photographer Simon Gentry shares his open photo/art studio, "The Photobooth on Montrose" to screen the film highlights of some of world's best contemporary dance that took place in Dance Salad Festival 2011 performances at Cullen Theater, Wortham Center As part of the Touring Taste of DSF, this film screening gives you a unique opportunity to explore Houston's major international dance festival or relive your favorite choreographic masterpieces presented by such outstanding companies as the Ballet National de Marseille (pictured, France), Beijing Dance LDTX (China), Staatsballet Berlin (Germany), BJM Dance Montreal (Canada), Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Eastman (Belgium), National Ballet of Canada, Royal Ballet of Flanders (Belgium), Jasmin Vardimon Company(UK), Zoran Marcovic and Masa Kolar (Serbia/Croatia) and Nai Ni Chen Dance Company and the Ahn Trio (New York) Meet and talk with Nancy Henderek, Producer and Artistic Director of DSF and enjoy her love and dedication for the art of dance ADMISSION IS FREE Please share with your performing arts loving friends! PLEASE RSVP to dsfassist@aolcom as space is limited DSF VOTED THE BEST ARTS FESTIVAL IN HOUSTON 2011 by Houston Press "…Dance Salad consistently offers Houstonians a glimpse of works that would otherwise require a passport and a plane ticket to see" - Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle "Houston’s famous Dance Salad:…There isn’t anything on the planet quite like Nancy Henderek’s Dance Salad" - Maggie Foyer, Dance Europe, London, May 2010 "Skip going to Europe this spring and go to Houston instead to see some of the most interesting companies from the Continent The boldly enterprising Dance Salad Festival brings a dazzling array of work to Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater…" - Dance Magazine, New York, April 2009 Film project is funded by grant from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - On the Vitaphone: 192730

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - On the Vitaphone: 192730

06-01-2012 - 06-01-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 7:00pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the UCLA Festival of Preservation The historical sweep and technical wizardry of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's preservation projects – from early silent films and Golden Age classics, to fascinating rarities and contemporary gems – are showcased in the biennial UCLA Festivals of Preservation Audiences celebrate an entire century’s worth of moving images with feature films, television and newsreel programs, and shorts The event is not only an established part of the Los Angeles cultural landscape, but also a preeminent film event worldwide All films from UCLA Film and Television Archive Friday, June 1 at 7:00pm On the Vitaphone: 1927–30 Directed by Various directors 1927-30, USA, B/W 104 minutes 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 very least live musical accompaniment was featured with every performance However, the idea of synchronized sound, with both the image and the voice seemingly originating from the same human form, had long captured the imagination of movie audiences and producers alike From 1926 to 1931, Warner Bros produced over 1000 Vitaphone shorts Since its inception, the UCLA Film & Television Archive has been committed to preserving as many of these as possible as they represent a significant achievement in the development of sound film – UCLA THE RANGERS in “After the Round-Up” (Vitaphone #2900, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 8 min MITCHELL LEWIS in “The Death Ship” (Vitaphone #2234, 1927) Cast: Mitchell Lewis, Jason Robards, Elizabeth Page 35mm, b/w, 9 min GLADYS BROCKWELL in “Hollywood Bound” (Vitaphone #2235, 1928) Scr: Hugh Herbert, Murray Roth Cast: Gladys Brockwell, Neely Edwards, James Bradbury 35mm, b/w, 9 min VAL HARRIS with ANN HOWE in “The Wild Westerner” (Vitaphone #2759, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 8 min JACK WALDRON in “A Breath of Broadway” (Vitaphone #2691, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 8 min FLORENCE BRADY in “A Cycle of Songs” (Vitaphone #2699, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 8 min VAL & ERNIE STANTON in “Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake” (Vitaphone #2586, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 8 min EDDIE WHITE in “I Thank You” (Vitaphone #2689, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 9 min ROBERT EMMETT KEANE in “Gossip” (Vitaphone #2849-2850, 1928) Cast: Robert Emmett Keane, John Miljan, Claire Whitney 35mm, b/w, 21 min JOE FRISCO in “The Song Plugger (Vitaphone #1019-1020, 1930) Cast: Joe Frisco, Leo Donnelly, Sid Garry 35mm, b/w, 15 min

SUMMER OF 82 At The Alamo: POLTERGEIST (West Oaks & Mason Park)

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

SUMMER OF 82 At The Alamo: POLTERGEIST (West Oaks & Mason Park)

06-01-2012 - 06-01-2012

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: $900

281-920-9211 or 281-492-6900

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Start Time(s): West Oaks 7:30pm Mason Park 10:00pm Locations: Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks West Oaks Mall #429 Houston, TX 77082 Alamo Drafthouse Mason (Katy) 531 South Mason Road Katy, TX 77450

Alamo Drafthouse is recreating the Summer of 1982 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the greatest summer of movies… ever! From May through July, the theater will replicate 1982’s earth-shaking release schedule, screening eight of the biggest genre classics on the same weekends they were released exactly 30 years ago These gargantuas include CONAN THE BARBARIAN, THE ROAD WARRIOR, ROCKY III, POLTERGEIST, STARTREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, ET, THE THING and TRON, all presented in 35mm (unfortunately, Alamo Drafthouse was not granted permission to screen the sci-fi opus BLADE RUNNER) The unprecedented super-tornado of Hollywood magic in 1982 did not stop with those films, however, and the Alamo Drafthouse is expanding the lineup to include additional gems from that year, including CLASS OF 1984, THE DARK CRYSTAL, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, THE SECRET OF NIMH, VICE SQUAD, PINK FLOYD: THE WALL and more Friday, June 1: POLTERGEIST: co-hosted by Aint It Cool News This creative collision between Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Tobe Hooper is the real estate horror film of all time Starring Craig T Nelson as a patriarch of a haunted household and featuring some of the creepiest supporting characters of the '80s (wee blondie Heather O'Rourke as Carol Anne, the incredible Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina Barrons), POLTERGEIST is The Great Ghost Story for this and all future generations, hitching up the Indian burial ground angle with a more current medium – the spectral jerks come through the TV! The film that made us all afraid to watch the tube will give you bumps on your arms and static on your set Make sure to unplug your TV and dig all the corpses out of your back yard before you come to this show!! (Zack Carlson) “A mother's loving smile Looking down at the top of your father's head as he carries you on his shoulders Seeing the mound of presents waiting for you Christmas Morning These are all typical first memories of normal, well-adjusted people Want to know what my first memory is? Coffins pushing themselves up out of the earth, leathery skeletons exposed, as Craig T Nelson looks on screaming in abject terror Poltergeist made its mark on me when I was but 3 years old and I've been obsessed/in-love/creeped-out by it ever since Short psychics, vagina closet portals to the other side, pot-smoking parents, face-ripping geeks, killer trees, an amazing Jerry Goldsmith score and the scariest combination of horrors ever committed to celluloid… a clown doll This movie has it all!” (Eric Vespe, AINT IT COOL NEWS)

River Oaks Theatre Weekend Midnight Movies: A Clockwork Orange

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

River Oaks Theatre Weekend Midnight Movies: A Clockwork Orange

06-01-2012 - 06-02-2012

Landmark Theatres

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Houston/Houston_Frameset.htm

River Oaks Theatre - 2009 West Gray Houston TX 77019

Admission: General Admission $1000 Children(-12)/Seniors (62+) $700 Students $800

(713) 866-8881

https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=238

Start Time(s): 11:55pm

Every Friday and Saturday night at 11:55pm, it's another Midnight Movie Classic at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre Friday-Saturday, June 1-2: A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick's nightmarish, satiric horror show has lost none of its power to shock Malcolm McDowell portrays Alex, a Beethoven-loving, head-bashing punk who leads his gang of "droogs" on ultra-violent assaults—until he is captured by authorities and subjected to nasty behavior-modification therapy Based on Anthony Burgess's novel Got milk? Director: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Adrienne Corri, Aubrey Morris, James Marcus, Steven Berkoff, David Prowse MPAA Rating: R Run Time: 2hrs 17mins Release Year: 1971 Country Of Origin: Great Britain

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Sleep, My Love

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Sleep, My Love

06-02-2012 - 06-02-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 7:00pm

Bill Cunningham New York

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Bill Cunningham New York

06-02-2012 - 06-02-2012

14 Pews

http://14pews.org/

14 Pews - 800 Aurora Street Houston TX 77009

Admission: Admission: $10 non-members and FREE to members free parking on street

2818889677

info@14pews.com

http://14pews.org/

Start Time(s): Saturday Jun 2 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM doors open at 6:45PM

14 Pews presents Bill Cunningham New York June 2nd -- back by popular demand “We all get dressed for Bill,” says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour The “Bill” in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours” Documenting uptown fixtures (Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller—who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Samuel Beckett's Film

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Samuel Beckett's Film

06-03-2012 - 06-03-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 5:00pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the UCLA Festival of Preservation The historical sweep and technical wizardry of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's preservation projects – from early silent films and Golden Age classics, to fascinating rarities and contemporary gems – are showcased in the biennial UCLA Festivals of Preservation Audiences celebrate an entire century’s worth of moving images with feature films, television and newsreel programs, and shorts The event is not only an established part of the Los Angeles cultural landscape, but also a preeminent film event worldwide All films from UCLA Film and Television Archive Sunday, June 3 at 5:00pm Samuel Beckett's Film Directed by Alan Schneider 1965 USA, B/W 122 minutes total program running time 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 chased object is none other than an aged Buster Keaton, who was befuddled at Beckett’s imperative that he keep his face hidden from the camera’s gaze Preservation Funded by The Film Foundation and administered by the National Film Preservation Foundation Followed by Play of the Week: Waiting for Godot (directed by Alan Schneider, USA, 1961, 102 min) Premiering in 1959 on WNTA-TV in New York, the ambitious experiment Play of the Week presented an eclectic mix of plays that, according to series producer Lewis Freedman, “no one else would touch” As an independently produced series, Play of the Week was not subject to the same McCarthy-inspired scrutiny as network television programs of the era Thanks to progressive casting decisions by producers such as David Susskind, actor Zero Mostel, who suffered years of unemployment for refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, enjoyed a comeback after being selected for Samuel Beckett’s absurdist masterpiece, Waiting for Godot Mostel and Burgess Meredith are keen existential partners in this wry drama of deferred desire and stymied reward No fan of the tube, Beckett once wrote, "My play wasn't written for this box My play was written for small men locked in a big space” Nevertheless, the (fifty-year) wait is over for this small production that’s big on meaning

SUMMER OF 82 At The Alamo: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (West Oaks & Mason Park)

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

SUMMER OF 82 At The Alamo: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (West Oaks & Mason Park)

06-03-2012 - 06-03-2012

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: $900

281-920-9211 or 281-492-6900

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Start Time(s): West Oaks 7:30pm Mason Park 5:00pm Locations: Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks West Oaks Mall #429 Houston, TX 77082 Alamo Drafthouse Mason (Katy) 531 South Mason Road Katy, TX 77450

Alamo Drafthouse is recreating the Summer of 1982 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the greatest summer of movies… ever! From May through July, the theater will replicate 1982’s earth-shaking release schedule, screening eight of the biggest genre classics on the same weekends they were released exactly 30 years ago These gargantuas include CONAN THE BARBARIAN, THE ROAD WARRIOR, ROCKY III, POLTERGEIST, STARTREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, ET, THE THING and TRON, all presented in 35mm (unfortunately, Alamo Drafthouse was not granted permission to screen the sci-fi opus BLADE RUNNER) The unprecedented super-tornado of Hollywood magic in 1982 did not stop with those films, however, and the Alamo Drafthouse is expanding the lineup to include additional gems from that year, including CLASS OF 1984, THE DARK CRYSTAL, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, THE SECRET OF NIMH, VICE SQUAD, PINK FLOYD: THE WALL and more Sunday, June 3: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN: co-hosted by Badass Digest It’s been said that a movie is only as good as its villain If that’s the case, then STAR TREK II is the best movie ever made Ricardo Montalban chews a big, ragged hole in the universe as the vengeful intergalactic exile Khan, a more or less forgotten enemy of the Starship Enterprise crew But after decades of burning hatred, he’s armed with the secrets of life, some very unconventional alien weaponry, and a rabid desire to wipe out Kirk, Spock and company once and for all Because as Khan often says: “Revenge is a dish best served cold And it’s very cold…in SPAAAACCCCE!” (Zack Carlson) “I grew up watching Star Trek every day on WPIX in New York City, often staying up until midnight to catch an episode The crew of the Starship Enterprise were my heroes Walking into Wrath of Khan I had heard rumors about what was to come, but I never expected something with so much weight, so much impact I still remember driving home in the back of my mom’s Corolla, feeling a weird mixture of grief, anger and elation These kinds of movies were supposed to be fun or exciting, but STAR TREK II had the nerve to be complex as well To this day I think Wrath of Khan is the pinnacle to which all summer movies should aspire: heavy in thrilling action, rich in character and filled with earned emotion And involving bugs that burrow in your ears” (Devin Faraci, BADASS DIGEST)

Examined Life

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Examined Life

06-03-2012 - 06-03-2012

14 Pews

http://14pews.org/

14 Pews - 800 Aurora Street Houston TX 77009

Admission: Admission: $10 non-members and FREE to members Free parking on street

2818889677

info@14pews.com

http://14pews.org/

Start Time(s):

14 Pews presents Examined Life Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas Peter Singer's thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified against the backdrop of Fifth Avenue's posh boutiques Michael Hardt ponders the nature of revolution while surrounded by symbols of wealth and leisure Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West - perhaps America's best-known public intellectual - compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it

National Theatre of London Live on the Big Screen: Frankenstein Encore Screenings (Saturday & Monday)

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

National Theatre of London Live on the Big Screen: Frankenstein Encore Screenings (Saturday & Monday)

06-02-2012 - 06-04-2012

Sundance Cinemas

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Sundance Cinemas Houston - 510 Texas Street Bayou Place Houston TX 77002

Admission: Tickets $2000 Free Validated Parking available at the Theatre District Parking garage

713-223-3456

SundanceHouston@sundancecinemas.net

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/alt_programming.html

Start Time(s): June 2 at 1230 pm (Creature Miller) - June 4 at 7pm (Creature Cumberbatch)

National Theatre of London - Captured Live - Sundance is bringing it back to Houston! Next up - Frankenstein Encore Screenings, Saturday, June 2 at 1230 pm (Creature Miller) and Monday, June 4 at 7pm (Creature Cumberbatch) Danny Boyle's smash hit stage production will be returning to cinema screens worldwide for a limited season Frankenstein, a new play by Nick Dear based on the novel by Mary Shelley, enjoyed a sell-out run at the National Theatre, and went on to win awards including the 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller First broadcast to cinemas in 2011, don't miss this second chance to catch Danny Boyle's electrifying stage production as encore screenings take place across the UK and around the world from June 2012 Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch alternated the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature throughout the show's run at the National Theatre Many cinemas will offer the chance to see both of these versions Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire) returned to the theatre to direct this visionary production with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale 5 STARS ‘A theatrical coup' The Times 'A thrill The most viscerally exciting and stunning show in town' Daily Telegraph 'The actors complement each other perfectly' Guardian 'A memorable production will doubtless be spoken of for years to come' Daily Mail 'A monster hit' Time Out Suitable only for 15yrs+ Performance Running Time: Approximately 2 hours (no interval)

Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow: Big Movie Classics at the Majestic Metro - Some Like It Hot

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow: Big Movie Classics at the Majestic Metro - Some Like It Hot

06-05-2012 - 06-05-2012

Houston Downtown Management District

http://www.downtownhouston.org/calendar/valentines-day-film-breakfast-tiffanys/11045/

The Majestic Metro - 911 Preston St Houston TX 77002

Admission: Tickets are $10 per person and include movie, a sno-cone ticket for Sweet Ride Food Truck & signature cocktails from Dripping Springs Vodka All proceeds go toward event programming at Market Square Park Seating is first come, first served Metered parking is free after 6 pm

7136503022 or 512-219-5408

http://somelikeithothouston.eventbrite.com/?utm_source=Downtown+Happenings&utm_campaign=5d0cf997f9-Downtown_This_Week_11_03_1111_3_2011&utm_medium=email

Start Time(s): 7:30 - 8:15 pm - Enjoy complimentary sno-cones and Italian ices from Sweet Ride 7:30 pm - Doors open for summer cocktails from Dripping Springs Vodka 8:15 pm - Some Like It Hot begins!

Join us for a Sizzlin' Summer Night! Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow and the Downtown District are bringing Some Like It Hot to the historic Majestic Metro on Tuesday, June 5 at Big Movie Classics at the Majestic Metro - Some Like It Hot Bring your sweetheart or come with friends to hang with Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis for this cross-dressing comedy! The launching pad for Billy Wilder's comedy classic was a rusty old German farce, Fanfares of Love, whose two main characters were male musicians so desperate to get a job that they disguise themselves as women and play with an all-girl band in gangster-dominated 1929 Chicago In this version, musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) lose their jobs when a speakeasy owned by mob boss Spats Columbo (George Raft) is raided by prohibition agent Mulligan (Pat O'Brien) Several weeks later, on February 14th, Joe and Jerry get a job perfroming in Urbana and end up witnessing a gangland massacre in a parking garage Fearing that they will be next on the mobsters' hit lists, Joe devises an ingenious plan for disguising their identities Soon they are all dolled up and performing as Josephine and Daphne in Sweet Sue's all-girl orchestra En route to Florida by train with Sweet Sue's band, the boys (girls?) make the acquaintance of Sue's lead singer Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe, in what may be her best performance) Joe and Jerry immediately fall in love, though of course their new feminine identities prevent them from acting on their desires Still, they are determined to woo her, and they enact an elaborate series of gender-bending ruses complicated by the fact that flirtatious millionaire Osgood Fielding (Joe E Brown) has fallen in love with "Daphne" The plot gets even thicker when Spats Columbo and his boys show up in Florida Nominated for several Oscars, Some Like It Hot ended up the biggest moneymaking comedy up to 1959 Full of hilarious set pieces and movie in-jokes, it has not tarnished with time and in fact seems to get better with each passing year, as its cross-dressing humor keeps it only more and more up-to-date Hal Erickson, Rovi All proceeds go toward event programming at Market Square Park

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: We Have a Pope

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: We Have a Pope

06-01-2012 - 06-07-2012

Sundance Cinemas

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Sundance Cinemas Houston - 510 Texas Street Bayou Place Houston TX 77002

713-223-3456

SundanceHouston@sundancecinemas.net

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Start Time(s): Call or visit the website for times

Sundance Cinemas continues with their Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston, located at Bayou Place in Downtown Houston Joining the success of the Screening Room Calendars at other Sundance locations, the programming team culls their choices from national and international film festivals for the best independent movies available in distribution Every eight weeks a new calendar will be unveiled with new critically acclaimed and hard to see films June 1 - June 7 We Have a Pope Nanni Moretti joins forces with the great French actor Michel Piccoli to tell the story of Melville, a cardinal who suddenly finds himself elected as the next Pope Never the front runner and completely caught off guard, he panics as he's presented to the faithful in St Peter's Square To prevent a world wide crisis, the Vatican's spokesman calls in an unlikely psychiatrist who is neither religious or all that committed, played by Moretti, to find out what is wrong with the new Pope As the world nervously waits outside, inside the therapist tries to find a solution But Cardinal Melville is adamant: he does not want the job, or at least needs time to think it over What follows is a marvelous insight into the concept of a human being existing behind the title of God's representative on Earth -- (C) IFC With subtitles For more information on Sundance Cinemas, please visit our website at wwwsundancecinemascom

Friday Night Films at Whole Foods Market Montrose: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Friday Night Films at Whole Foods Market Montrose: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

06-08-2012 - 06-08-2012

Whole Foods Market

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/

Whole Foods Market - Montrose - 701 Waugh Drive Houston TX 77019

Admission: Friday Night Films are free to attend, however there will be concessions for sale during the shows

713-284-1260

Start Time(s): Each show is scheduled to start at Twilight

Looking for an activity for the family to start the weekend off right? Join Whole Foods Market Montrose, 701 Waugh Drive, the 2nd and 4th Friday during the months of April, May, and June for Friday Night Films at Whole Foods Market Montrose Whole Foods Market and Alamo Draft House Cinema have partnered together to bring you some great classic films Come out to Whole Foods Market-Montrose for an evening under the stars…with the stars - movies right here in our very own parking lot All you need to do is bring your lawn chair Concessions will be available for purchase during the film Tonight’s film is The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Four siblings -- Edmund (Skandar Keynes), Lucy (Georgie Henley), Peter (William Moseley), and Susan (Anna Popplewell) -- are sent from their London home to the country estate of an eccentric professor in order to ensure their safety during World War II The house is very dull, except for a large, ornate wardrobe discovered by young Lucy during a game of hide-and-seek Venturing inside of it in the hopes of finding a hiding place, Lucy is transported to a snowy alternate universe: a magical world called Narnia The land is populated by talking animals and ruled over by the benevolent lion god Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson), but sadly, the world is also in a state of perpetual winter The white witch Jadis (Tilda Swinton), lustful for power and governed by narcissism, has cursed Narnia with a tyrannical decree that it will always be winter but never Christmas Now, the children must fight alongside Aslan for the salvation of Narnia, but one of them, seduced by the charisma of the white witch, may choose to fight on the wrong side Cammila Albertson, Rovi With first-rate special effects and compelling storytelling, this adaptation stays faithful to its source material and will please moviegoers of all ages Make sure to get here early Seating is first come first serve Enjoy a little live music while we wait for the sun to set and the feature to begin So grab your friends, family, and your lawn chairs and join us in the parking lot under the stars…with the stars… for Friday Night Films!

River Oaks Theatre Friday Midnight Movie: The Room

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

River Oaks Theatre Friday Midnight Movie: The Room

06-08-2012 - 06-08-2012

Landmark Theatres

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Houston/Houston_Frameset.htm

River Oaks Theatre - 2009 West Gray Houston TX 77019

Admission: General Admission $1000 Children(-12)/Seniors (62+) $700 Students $800

(713) 866-8881

https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=238

Start Time(s): 11:55pm

Every Friday and Saturday night at 11:55pm, it's another Midnight Movie Classic at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre Friday, June 8: The Room The Room is an electrifying American black comedy about love, passion, betrayal and lies, starring writer/director Tommy Wiseau as a successful banker with a great respect for—and dedication to—the people in his life, especially his future wife Lisa (Juliette Danielle) As the film depicts friendships and relationships in the lives of its five major characters, it raises life's real and most-asked question: "Can you really trust anyone?" A midnight cult sensation, this quirky black comedy has been running for over 6 years in Los Angeles and is ready to take the rest of the country by storm You'll want to be there for the devastation it will leave in its wake! Official Web Site Director: Tommy Wiseau Cast: Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero, Philip Haldiman, Carolyn Minnott, Juliette Danielle MPAA Rating: R Run Time: 1hr 39mins Release Year: 2003 Country Of Origin: USA

District D Movie Night at Miller: Joyful Noise

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

District D Movie Night at Miller: Joyful Noise

06-08-2012 - 06-08-2012

Miller Theatre Advisory Board

http://milleroutdoortheatre.com/events/265/

Miller Outdoor Theatre - 6000 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: This is a free event and open to the public Seating under the covered awning is available on a first come, first served basis Blankets and lawn chairs are welcome on the hill

281-FREE-FUN (373-3386)

http://www.milleroutdoortheatre.com

Start Time(s): 8:00 pm

On June 8 at 8pm, join District D Council Member Wanda Adams and Magic 102 for District D Movie Night at Miller featuring Joyful Noise, the 2012 hit starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton This film is the story of a small town choir out to win a national competition despite overwhelming odds A story of faith and determination by the choir leaders and the young talent who give their all to win God's praise and beat the competition for the grand prize Presented by City of Houston District D and Miller Outdoor Theatre

SUMMER OF 82 At The Alamo: ET (West Oaks & Mason Park)

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

SUMMER OF 82 At The Alamo: ET (West Oaks & Mason Park)

06-08-2012 - 06-08-2012

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: $900

281-920-9211 or 281-492-6900

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Alamo Drafthouse is recreating the Summer of 1982 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the greatest summer of movies… ever! From May through July, the theater will replicate 1982’s earth-shaking release schedule, screening eight of the biggest genre classics on the same weekends they were released exactly 30 years ago These gargantuas include CONAN THE BARBARIAN, THE ROAD WARRIOR, ROCKY III, POLTERGEIST, STARTREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, ET, THE THING and TRON, all presented in 35mm (unfortunately, Alamo Drafthouse was not granted permission to screen the sci-fi opus BLADE RUNNER) The unprecedented super-tornado of Hollywood magic in 1982 did not stop with those films, however, and the Alamo Drafthouse is expanding the lineup to include additional gems from that year, including CLASS OF 1984, THE DARK CRYSTAL, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, THE SECRET OF NIMH, VICE SQUAD, PINK FLOYD: THE WALL and more Friday, June 8: ET: co-hosted by Slashfilm Why did we EVER love ET? When he first showed up in the cornfield, he scared the hell out of us Then later, when he was sick in that creek bed, he made us cry like little sissy babies Plus he looks like something that fell off of Danny DeVito But something about that gnarled little spud spoke to every tender-hearted moviegoer in the country, filling us with an interplanetary sense of love and wonder Times have changed, science fiction movies have exploded into a bold new era of inflated budgets and computerized effects…and no spaceborne adventure has ever recaptured the undisputed magic of Spielberg’s incredible, original boy-and-his-alien masterpiece (Zack Carlson) “In ET, I found the first character with whom I could strongly identify That’s significant because, at the time, the existence of such a thing had never even occurred to me Nearly ten, already entranced by LucasFilm productions, I was excited to see this new movie about a stranded alien I got more than expected The intensity of Steven Spielberg's stylized storytelling, and his faceless, shadowy authority figures, were nearly overwhelming But in Elliott I found a near-mirror image: small, almost an outsider in a California suburb, dug into a burrow of a room that was a riot of Star Wars toys and space imagery I wanted to be Luke Skywalker, but I thought I was Elliott Crucial difference Identification doesn’t make a movie, but seeing the person I thought I was on screen, and seeing him face the unknown with eyes wide open, was more inspiring than watching any hero save the day “ (Russ Fischer, SLASHFILM)

I Can Do Anything!

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

I Can Do Anything!

06-08-2012 - 06-08-2012

Aurora Picture Show

http://aurorapictureshow.org/

Discovery Green - Labranch at Lamar Houston TX 77010

Admission: FREE Admission

713-868-2101

aurora@aurorapictureshow.org

Start Time(s): 7pm

Aurora Picture Show presents I Can Do Anything! With a performance by GRCH (Girls Rock Camp Houston) Camper All-Star Band Curated by Sarah Gish Friday, June 8, at 7PM Location: Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney Street Free Admission The I Can Do Anything! screening of film shorts by, about, and for kids celebrates children who truly can do anything because they still know how to dream! You’ll get to see a vintage 1972 “Fat Albert” clip – the first cartoon with an all black cast -- as well as the dreamy skydiving film, Chute, by French filmmaker Mathias Lachal Other treats include funny films about babies and the story of elementary school students who turned their concrete playground into a garden paradise Before the screening as the sun sets, please join us for a special performance by Girls Rock Camp of Houston All Star Band ABOUT SARAH GISH Sarah Gish loves to play the harmonica and drive her stick shift art car, HUBBA HUBBA, which has 1,961 bottle hand-painted bottle caps and 7 orange hubcaps! She’s a cultural champion who ignites people’s lives through her personal, family, and business enrichment company, Gish Creative Sarah uncovers the cool in Houston on wwwtwittercom/sarahgish, wwwfacebookcom/gishpicks and through her blog, Gish Picks: A Guide To Cultural Activities For Families, and her annual book, The Summer Book®: A Guide To Summer Days Camps and Classes for Kids and Teens ABOUT GIRLS ROCK CAMP HOUSTON Girls Rock Camp Houston is dedicated to empowering girls and women of all backgrounds and abilities through musical education and creative expression Girls Rock Camp Houston is a one-week summer day camp formed in October 2009 to offer girls music and art based workshops For more information, visit http://wwwgirlsrockhoustonorg/ Screening to start at dark Special thanks to Discovery Green and Girls Rock Camp of Houston for their support of this program

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Wanda

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Wanda

06-08-2012 - 06-08-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 7:00pm

IKEA Houston Screen on the Green: The Muppets

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

IKEA Houston Screen on the Green: The Muppets

06-09-2012 - 06-09-2012

Discovery Green

http://www.discoverygreen.com/

Discovery Green - Labranch at Lamar Houston TX 77010

Admission: Free event! Parking is available in a variety of locations around the park for varying prices Most street parking is free after 6 pm

(713) 400-7336

Start Time(s): 9:00 pm

Discovery Green, and IKEA present IKEA Houston Screen on the Green Catch a free flick in the shadow of Houston’s skyline and get the best seat in the house, thanks to IKEA Houston! This week's movie: The Muppets, (PG) 2011, 103 min With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate -- (C) Walt Disney

River Oaks Saturday Midnight Movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (with live shadow cast The Royal Mystic Order of Chaos!)

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

River Oaks Saturday Midnight Movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (with live shadow cast The Royal Mystic Order of Chaos!)

06-09-2012 - 06-09-2012

Landmark Theatres

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Houston/Houston_Frameset.htm

River Oaks Theatre - 2009 West Gray Houston TX 77019

Admission: General Admission $1000 Children(-12)/Seniors (62+) $700 Students $800

(713) 866-8881

https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=238

Start Time(s): 11:55pm

Every Friday and Saturday night at 11:55pm, it's another Midnight Movie Classic at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre Saturday, June 9: The Rocky Horror Picture Show The longest-running midnight movie of all time stars Tim Curry as the kinky yet endearing “transsexual from Transylvania” Dr Frank N Furter, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick as his hapless guests Brad and Janet, Meat Loaf as motorcycle-riding rough trade and author Richard O’Brien as the hunchbacked butler Riff Raff It’s harmless musical fun—a delightful spoof of Hollywood horror movies and Old Dark House melodramas All of our engagements feature live casts who perform scenes during the movie, and the audience is always welcome to respond to the on-screen action The Rocky Horror Picture was the first—and is still the best—interactive movie experience! Official Web Site Director: Jim Sharman Cast: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Jonathan Adams, Nell Campbell, Peter Hinwood, Patricia Quinn, Meat Loaf, Charles Gray , Jeremy Newson, Hilary LaBow, Frank Lester, Mark Johnson, & Koo Stark MPAA Rating: R Run Time: 1hr 40mins Release Year: 1975

Youth Stop Motion Animation Workshop: Popcorn Kids Visit Whole Foods Market Montrose

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Youth Stop Motion Animation Workshop: Popcorn Kids Visit Whole Foods Market Montrose

06-09-2012 - 06-09-2012

Aurora Picture Show

http://aurorapictureshow.org/

Admission: Free Admission with Advance Registration

713-868-2101

gonzalez@aurorapictureshow.org

http://aurorapictureshow.org/calendar.asp?pageid=83&calid=731

Start Time(s): 12pm-3pm (see times above)

Saturday, June 9, 12:00-3:00PM, Aurora Picture Show presents Youth Stop Motion Animation Workshop: Popcorn Kids Visit Whole Foods Market Montrose Location: Whole Foods Market Montrose, 701 Waugh Drive Free Admission with Advance Registration Aurora’s stop-animation workshop teaches children a form of animation in which still photographs and objects are filmed and manipulated in ways that make them appear to move on their own Youth will use fruits and vegetables from Whole Foods Market to create short films that spread the message of environmental responsibility or healthy habits Aurora Picture Show volunteers will help participants create their story and local filmmakers will help bring them to life Special thanks to Whole Foods Market for their support of Popcorn Kids Mobile Media Literacy programs in the community TIMES: 12:00 pm, 12:20 pm, 12:40 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:20pm, 1:40 pm, 2:00 pm, 2:20 pm, 2:40 pm

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - The Crusades

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - The Crusades

06-09-2012 - 06-09-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 7:00pm

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Strangers in the Night

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Strangers in the Night

06-10-2012 - 06-10-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 5:00pm

Life in the Universe

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Life in the Universe

12-22-2011 - 06-11-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule

Life in the universe - where is it hiding? Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Life in the Universe 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the first experiment to search for extraterrestrial intelligence In 1960, astronomer Frank Drake used a radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia to listen to two nearby stars He heard nothing interesting, but the idea of searching for life beyond Earth was born Fifty years of searching for signals and the occasional broadcasting of messages has not detected any transmissions that require intelligent alien authors Either intelligent life is much more rare or short-lived than we expected or we are not looking in the right places with the right tools Life in the Universe takes a fresh look at this fifty-year-old question, looking forward from the Big Bang, in search of those special places that might harbor life, including all of the planets in our solar system It’s a beautiful scenic tour of our universe through the eyes of astronomers looking for clues about the origin of life and the development of intelligence The vistas are breathtaking – from stellar birth clouds like the Orion and Trifid Nebulas to the death throes of Eta Carinae and the mysterious surfaces of nearby planets, their moons and rings Join the search and enjoy the adventure The show is partially funded though a NASA public outreach grant directed by Dr George Fox, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston

Met Summer Encore: Anna Bolena

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Met Summer Encore: Anna Bolena

06-13-2012 - 06-13-2012

Fathom/National CineMedia

http://www.fathomevents.com/

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: Prices may vary by location Check theaters above for ticket prices

See theater list above

http://www.fathomevents.com/performingarts/event/annabolena2012.aspx?d=6/13/2012

Start Time(s): Wednesday, June 13, 2012 (6:30 PM local time) Expected Running Time: 3 hours and 10 minutes

This summer, enjoy select encore performances from the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series The Met: Live in HD The presentations will occur on Wednesdays throughout the summer months beginning in June Don’t miss this opportunity to experience these exciting performances, captured live from the stage of the Met Featured performances: Donizetti’s Anna Bolena – Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Rossini’s Le Comte Ory – Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Mozart’s Don Giovanni – Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor – Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier – Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Fathom/National CineMedia and the Metropolitan Opera present Met Summer Encore: Anna Bolena An encore performance of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena will be shown in select theatres on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at 6:30 PM (and at 1:00 PM in select locations) in all time zones Anna Netrebko opened the Met’s 2011-12 season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king, singing one of opera's greatest mad scenes David McVicar’s Met premiere production also stars Ekaterina Gubanova as her rival, Jane Seymour, and Ildar Abdrazakov as Henry VIII Marco Armiliato conducts Production: David McVicar Conductor: Marco Armiliato Cast: Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Tamara Mumford, Stephen Costello, Ildar Abdrazakov Houston Area Theaters for this event: Houston Marq*E Stadium 22 plus IMAX 7620 KATY FWY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-263-7843 Memorial City Mall 310 MEMORIAL CITY WAY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-467-9749 Cy-Fair Town Center 25720 NW FREEWAY CYPRESS, TX 77429 281-256-7652 Cinemark 18 Webster 20915 GULF FWY WEBSTER, TX 77598 281-332-0951 Cinemark at Market Street 9595 SIX PINES DR STE 8200 SPRING, TX 77380 281-419-9639 Cinemark 19 1030 N GRAND PKWY KATY, TX 77449 281-371-6008 Tinseltown Movies 17 1600 LAKE ROBBINS DR THE WOODLANDS, TX 77380 281-362-4340

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: Polisse

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: Polisse

06-08-2012 - 06-14-2012

Sundance Cinemas

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Sundance Cinemas Houston - 510 Texas Street Bayou Place Houston TX 77002

713-223-3456

SundanceHouston@sundancecinemas.net

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Start Time(s): Call or visit the website for times

Sundance Cinemas continues with their Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston, located at Bayou Place in Downtown Houston Joining the success of the Screening Room Calendars at other Sundance locations, the programming team culls their choices from national and international film festivals for the best independent movies available in distribution Every eight weeks a new calendar will be unveiled with new critically acclaimed and hard to see films June 8 - June 14 Polisse Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for 13 César Awards, this smash hit from France follows the daily lives of a tight-knit team of men and women working in the Child Protection Unit of the Parisian police Basing her richly textured script on real child investigation cases, writer-director-actor Maïwenn has gathered an accomplished ensemble cast of French actors—including Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, co-writer Emmanuelle Bercot, Nicolas Duvauchelle, and rapper-turned-actor Joeystarr—who convey the emotional strain of the unit's work with gritty realism (the director herself plays the role of a photographer embedded with the unit) They not only deal with the stress of their jobs but the inevitable fall-out in their personal lives—breakdowns, divorce and adulterous relations within the force In between, there are frequent flashes of humor as the team attempts to diffuse daily realities As the cases, confessions and interrogations pile up, the squad members have only each other as support as they face an uphill battle against both criminals and bureaucracy With subtitles For more information on Sundance Cinemas, please visit our website at wwwsundancecinemascom

RAW Houston: SOLSTICE

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

RAW Houston: SOLSTICE

06-14-2012 - 06-14-2012

RAW: natural born artists

http://www.RAWartists.org/houston/solstice

Numbers Nightclub - 300 Wetheimer Houston TX 77006

Admission: $10 pre-sale/$15 at the door

512-200-2819

meghanhouston@RAWartists.org

http://www.RAWartists.org/houston/solstice

Start Time(s): 8 pm - 2 am

RAW Houston presents SOLSTICE, 8 pm - 2 am, Thursday, June 14 at Numbers What is RAW? RAW:natural born artists is an independent arts organization that hand-selects and spotlights independent creatives in visual art, film, fashion, music, hair & makeup artistry, photography, models and performing art RAW's mission is to provide up-and-coming artists of all creative realms with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate creativity so that they might be seen, heard and loved RAW educates, connects and exposes emerging artists in 22 artistic communities nationwide through monthly showcase events Join us in celebrating the work of these artists What Can I Expect? RAW events are multi-faceted artistic showcases Each event features a film screening, musical performance, fashion show, art gallery, performance art and a featured hairstylist and makeup artist These artists are all local, hand-picked talent who have been chosen to feature at RAW RAW events feature a cash bar for cocktails while you enjoy the night Dress code is cocktail attire, so dress the occasion and get ready for an artistic circus of creativity!

Cinema Bomar 16mm Movie Night

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Cinema Bomar 16mm Movie Night

06-15-2012 - 06-15-2012

Domy Books

http://www.domystore.com/

Domy Books - 1709 Westheimer Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free Admission

713-523-DOMY (3669)

Start Time(s): 8:30pm-10pm

Domy Books, in association with Cinema Bomar, is pleased to present, 16mm Movie Nights, curated by Cinema Bomar CinemaBomar puts on on showings of 16mm industrial, educational and ephemeral films from our personal collection Our mission is to give people the experience of seeing these films, most of which were never intended to survive to the present, in their original format with all the damage that time has wrought Friday, June 15, 2012: Film schedule TBA

River Oaks Theatre Weekend Midnight Movies: An American in Paris

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

River Oaks Theatre Weekend Midnight Movies: An American in Paris

06-15-2012 - 06-16-2012

Landmark Theatres

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Houston/Houston_Frameset.htm

River Oaks Theatre - 2009 West Gray Houston TX 77019

Admission: General Admission $1000 Children(-12)/Seniors (62+) $700 Students $800

(713) 866-8881

https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=238

Start Time(s): 11:55pm

Every Friday and Saturday night at 11:55pm, it's another Midnight Movie Classic at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre Friday-Saturday, June 15-16: An American in Paris An American soldier stays in Paris after World War II to paint and falls in love with a French beauty Gene Kelly does his patented Pal Joey bit as Jerry Mulligan, an opportunistic American painter living in Paris' "starving artists" colony He is discovered by wealthy Milo Roberts (Nina Foch), who becomes Jerry's patroness in more ways than one Meanwhile, Jerry plays hookey on this setup by romancing waif-like Lise Bouvier (Leslie Caron) -- who, unbeknownst to him, is the object of the affections of his close friend Henri (Georges Guetary), a popular nightclub performer (The film was supposed to make Guetary into "the New Chevalier" It didn't) The thinnish plot is held together by the superlative production numbers and by the recycling of several vintage George Gershwin tunes, including "I Got Rhythm," "'S Wonderful," and "Our Love Is Here to Stay" Highlights include Guetary's rendition of "Stairway to Paradise"; Oscar Levant's fantasy of conducting and performing Gershwin's "Concerto in F" (Levant also appears as every member of the orchestra); and the closing 17-minute "American in Paris" ballet, in which Kelly and Caron dance before lavish backgrounds based on the works of famed French artists Hal Erickson, Rovi The plot may be problematic, but such concerns are rendered superfluous by Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron's star power, the Gershwins' classic songs, and Vincente Minnelli's colorful, sympathetic direction Director: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, Nina Foch, Eugene Borden, Martha Barnattre, Ann Codee, George Davis, Hayden Rorke Paul Maxey, Dick Wessel MPAA Rating: NR Run Time: 1hr 53mins Release Year: 1951 Country Of Origin: United States

Director's Cuts: Films Created by Direct-Filmmaking Methods

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Director's Cuts: Films Created by Direct-Filmmaking Methods

06-16-2012 - 06-16-2012

Aurora Picture Show

http://aurorapictureshow.org/

Admission: Aurora Members Free, Non-members $15

713-868-2101

aurora@aurorapictureshow.org

Start Time(s): 8pm

Aurora Picture Show presents Director's Cuts: Films Created by Direct-Filmmaking Methods Curated by Steve Cossman of Mono No Aware Saturday, June 16, AT 8PM Location: Aurora Picture Show (new location), 2442 Bartlett Street Working the surface of the celluloid, these films have been physically cut, scratched, taped, dyed, bleached, and optically printed to create a moving image on screen All films presented are film prints on 16mm Included in this program is Steve Cossman's work on film TUSSLEMUSCLE (still pictured), assembled from over 7,000 individual view-master reel cells Hand-spliced together into a linear film strip over the course of three years, the film transforms Kodachrome flora from musical and numerical pattern into visual rhythm MONO NO AWARE is an international exhibition of contemporary artists and filmmakers open to any person or group of persons making work that incorporates Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm or altered light projections as part of a live performance or installation

!Women Art Revolution

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

!Women Art Revolution

06-16-2012 - 06-16-2012

14 Pews

http://14pews.org/

14 Pews - 800 Aurora Street Houston TX 77009

Admission: Admission: $10 non-members and FREE to members Free parking on street

2818889677

info@14pews.com

http://14pews.org/

Start Time(s):

14 Pews presents !Women Art Revolution An entertaining and revelatory “secret history” of Feminist Art, !Women Art Revolution deftly illuminates this under-explored movement through conversations, observations, archival footage and works of visionary artists, historians, curators and critics Starting from its roots in 1960s antiwar and civil rights protests, the film details major developments in women?s art through the 1970s and explores how the tenacity and courage of these pioneering artists resulted in what is now widely regarded as the most significant art movement of the late 20th century For more than forty years, filmmaker and artist Lynn Hershman Leeson (Teknolust, Strange Culture) has collected a plethora of interviews with her contemporaries—and shaped them into an intimate portrayal of their fight to break down barriers facing women both in the art world and society at large With a rousing score by Sleater-Kinney?s Carrie Brownstein, !WAR features Miranda July, The Guerilla Girls, Yvonne Rainer, Judy Chicago, Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono, Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, B Ruby Rich, Ingrid Sischy, Carolee Schneemann, Miriam Schapiro, Marcia Tucker and countless other groundbreaking figures

MR MOM - Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

MR MOM - Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow

06-17-2012 - 06-17-2012

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

http://www.drafthouse.com/

Downtown Houston - Main Street/Market Square Historic District - Travis St at Congress Ave Houston TX 77002

Admission: Free and open to the public There is an abundance of on-street parking in downtown Metered on-street parking is available Monday-Saturday and is free after 6 pm and all day Sunday Make sure you feed the meter when applicable and always pay close attention to City signage Never park at a red meter or if the street has red markings Milam and Travis streets along the park are also considered mobility lanes so you cannot park there from 7-9 am or 4-6 pm NOTE: Alcohol is not allowed to be brought into the park; it can only be bought at the café

7136503022 or 512-219-5408

Start Time(s): 8pm

Spring is here and it is a great time to enjoy the great outdoors and watch a movie For city dwellers who want to stay within the city limits and have a fun outdoor experience, Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow along with Houston's historic Market Square Park presents FREE Movies at Market Square Park There is nothing quite like enjoying your favorite “quirky classics” under the stars for free! Bring your family, friends a few blankets and a picnic to enjoy a great movie under the stars! From now until July, enjoy a quirky classic outside at Market Square Park each month starting at 8 pm Here is the lineup through July showing at the park: Friday, March 23rd 300 Friday, April 6th THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN Wednesday, April 25th THE GODFATHER PART I Wednesday, May 16th AIRPLANE Sunday, June 17th MR MOM Wednesday, July 11th NATIONAL LAMPOONS VACATION Jack Butler (Michael Keaton) is a Detroit automobile engineer unjustly fired by his boss Jack's wife Caroline (Teri Garr) is compelled to get a job to make ends meet, and is soon hired on as an advertising executive in a firm run by the shifty Ron Richardson (Martin Mull) This leaves Jack at home doing the housework and taking care of the kids, which he discovers is a lot more complicated than he ever imagined Moving from breadwinner to househusband doesn't do much for his self-esteem, and he bides his time playing poker for 10-cents-off coupons with a gaggle of neighborhood housewifes and pondering infidelity with dedicated homewrecker Joan (Ann Jillian) Among Keaton's fish-out-of-water bits: trying to maneuver a shopping cart with the inevitable wobbly wheels; and imagining a soap opera-cum-film noir episode in which he gives in to Joan's advances, only to be found out by Caroline Hal Erickson, Rovi

MFAH Film Premieres: Payback

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film Premieres: Payback

06-15-2012 - 06-17-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Fri, Jun 15 at 7 pm Sat, Jun 16 at 7 pm Sun, Jun 17 at 5 pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! Payback Directed by Jennifer Baichwal 2012, in English, Spanish, and Albanian Canada 86 minutes Margaret Atwood regaled Houston audiences in January with her spirited reading and repartee at the Inprint Brown Reading Series Her visionary work Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth is the basis for this riveting and poetic documentary on “debt” in its various forms—societal, personal, environmental, spiritual, criminal, and of course, economic Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes) strikingly interweaves these (sometimes surprising) debtor/creditor relationships: two families in a years-long Albanian blood feud; the BP oil spill vs the environment; mistreated Florida tomato farm workers and their bosses; imprisoned media mogul Conrad Black and the US justice system With stunning cinematography and insightful commentary from renowned thinkers Raj Patel, Louise Arbour, and Margaret Atwood herself, Payback is a brilliant, game-changing rumination on the subject Community partners: Inprint Houston, The Progressive Forum, and the Houston Cinema Arts Society

Met Summer Encore: Le Comte Ory

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Met Summer Encore: Le Comte Ory

06-20-2012 - 06-20-2012

Fathom/National CineMedia

http://www.fathomevents.com/

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: Prices may vary by location Check theaters above for ticket prices

See theater list above

http://www.fathomevents.com/performingarts/event/lecomteory2012.aspx?d=6/20/2012

Start Time(s): Wednesday, June 20, 2012 (6:30 PM local time) Expected Running Time: 2 hours 25 minutes

This summer, enjoy select encore performances from the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series The Met: Live in HD The presentations will occur on Wednesdays throughout the summer months beginning in June Don’t miss this opportunity to experience these exciting performances, captured live from the stage of the Met Featured performances: Donizetti’s Anna Bolena – Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Rossini’s Le Comte Ory – Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Mozart’s Don Giovanni – Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor – Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier – Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Fathom/National CineMedia and the Metropolitan Opera present Met Summer Encore: Le Comte Ory An encore performance of Rossini’s Le Comte Ory will be shown in select theatres on Wednesday, June, 20, 2012, at 6:30 PM (and at 1:00 PM in select locations) in all time zones Bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez sings the title role of this vocally dazzling comedy, in Bartlett Sher’s Met premiere production Joyce DiDonato stars in the trouser role of the page Isolier, who vies with Count Ory for the love of Countess Adèle, sung by Diana Damrau Production: Bartlett Sher Conductor: Maurizio Benini Cast: Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi Houston Area Theaters for this event: Houston Marq*E Stadium 22 plus IMAX 7620 KATY FWY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-263-7843 Memorial City Mall 310 MEMORIAL CITY WAY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-467-9749 Cy-Fair Town Center 25720 NW FREEWAY CYPRESS, TX 77429 281-256-7652 Cinemark 18 Webster 20915 GULF FWY WEBSTER, TX 77598 281-332-0951 Cinemark at Market Street 9595 SIX PINES DR STE 8200 SPRING, TX 77380 281-419-9639 Cinemark 19 1030 N GRAND PKWY KATY, TX 77449 281-371-6008 Tinseltown Movies 17 1600 LAKE ROBBINS DR THE WOODLANDS, TX 77380 281-362-4340

2012 Summer Israeli Film Showcase -Three Servings of Funny: Little Simicos Big Fantasy (HaFantazia HaGdola Shel Simico HaKatan)

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

2012 Summer Israeli Film Showcase -Three Servings of Funny: Little Simicos Big Fantasy (HaFantazia HaGdola Shel Simico HaKatan)

06-20-2012 - 06-20-2012

Jewish Communitiy Center of Houston (Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston)

http://www.erjcchouston.org/

Jewish Community Center of Houston (Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center) - 5601 S Braeswood Houston TX 77096

Admission: $8 ERJCC Member, Patron of the Arts / $10 Public ($1 Senior / Student Discount) Special - Buy Two Tickets, Get One Free! Once online purchasing ceases, tickets will still be available at the door

713-551-7255 or 713-729-3200

http://www.erjcchouston.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Summer%20Israeli%20Film%20Series

Start Time(s): 7:30pm (The Box Office will open 45 minutes prior to each screening)

Presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest and the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center it's the 2012 Summer Israeli Film Showcase -Three Servings of Funny During the summer months this Film Series showcases outstanding Israeli films that weren't presented at the Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair and Houston Jewish Film Festival They are shown on a monthly basis June 20, July 19, and August 23 at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center Wednesday, June 20 7:30 PM Little Simico’s Big Fantasy (HaFantazia HaGdola Shel Simico HaKatan) Directed by Arik Lubetzky Israel, 2011, 91 min Hebrew with English subtitles Simico is a thirty-year-old, friendly romantic, beloved by all He makes a living working at Jackie's Hummus Place and is engaged to Mazzi who dreams of a big, white wedding with all the trimmings Then Simico completes a photography class at the local community center and becomes obsessed with the idea of making a film on the fascinating subject of strippers Simico recruits the entire neighborhood to help make this fantasy come true and finds himself carried away on the adventure of a lifetime Trailer: http://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=5m4iWNltQ4I&feature=plcp Review: http://wwwisraelfilmcenterorg/connect-now/news/nudnik-with-a-movie-camera

Parents Night Out with The Happiest Baby/Toddler Starring Dr Harvey Karp

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Parents Night Out with The Happiest Baby/Toddler Starring Dr Harvey Karp

06-21-2012 - 06-21-2012

Fathom/National CineMedia

http://www.fathomevents.com/

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: Prices may vary by location Check theaters above for ticket prices

See theater list above

http://www.fathomevents.com/originals/event/happiestbaby.aspx?d=6/21/2012

Start Time(s): Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 PM (local time)

NCM Fathom, Happiest Baby on the Block and BabyCenter are excited to bring America’s top pediatrician, Dr Harvey Karp, and his revolutionary parenting techniques to movie theaters nationwide in a Live One Night Event on Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 PM (local time) in Parents Night Out with The Happiest Baby and The Happiest Toddler Starring Dr Harvey Karp This LIVE theatrical event will be hosted by Ali Landry, actress, entrepreneur (founder of Spokesmomscom) and mom of 2 and founder Ali and Dr Karp will bring to life Dr Karp’s best-selling parenting guides - The Happiest Baby on the Block and The Happiest Toddler on the Block And, that’s not all! Dr Karp will share many surprising new solutions to #1 complaint new parents have – exhaustion – from his highly-anticipated new book The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep (coming June 12th) Weaving modern science and ancient wisdom, Dr Harvey Karp reveals stunningly simple, super-effective tips to help new families get the rest they need …and raise happy, patient, cooperative children Woven with live demonstrations, footage of techniques in action and a hot-topic Parenting Q&A, the event is sure to make thousands of parents the Happiest Family on their Block! Parents Night Out with The Happiest Baby and The Happiest Toddler Starring Dr Harvey Karp on Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 PM (local time) is an extraordinary opportunity to learn the parenting tips and tricks and wise insights that have helped guide millions of parents, from regular moms to superstars like Madonna! Join thousands of parents nationwide in movie theaters for this exclusive, one night event! Houston Area Theaters for this event: Houston Marq*E Stadium 22 plus IMAX 7620 KATY FWY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-263-7843 Memorial City Mall 310 MEMORIAL CITY WAY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-467-9749 AMC Willowbrook 24 17145 STATE HIGHWAY 249 HOUSTON, TX 77064 281-970-9604 AMC Deerbrook 24 20131 HIGHWAY 59 N STE 8000 HUMBLE, TX 77338 281-540-8736 AMC Gulf Pointe 30 11801 S SAM HOUSTON PKWY E HOUSTON, TX 77089 281-464-8801 AMC First Colony 24 3301 TOWN CENTER BLVD S SUGAR LAND, TX 77479 281-277-5858 Cy-Fair Town Center 25720 NW FREEWAY CYPRESS, TX 77429 281-256-7652 Cinemark 18 Webster 20915 GULF FWY WEBSTER, TX 77598 281-332-0951 Cinemark at Market Street 9595 SIX PINES DR STE 8200 SPRING, TX 77380 281-419-9639 Cinemark 19 1030 N GRAND PKWY KATY, TX 77449 281-371-6008

MFAH Film Premieres: Gerhard Richter Painting

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film Premieres: Gerhard Richter Painting

06-03-2012 - 06-21-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Sun, Jun 3 at 2 pm Sun, Jun 10 at 2 pm Sun, Jun 17 at 2 pm Thu, Jun 21 at 7 pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! Gerhard Richter Painting Directed by Corinna Belz 2011, in German with English subtitles Germany 97 minutes German artist Gerhard Richter (born 1932), one of the world's greatest living painters, has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass-media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures Infamously media-shy, he agreed to appear on camera for the first time in 15 years for a 2007 short by filmmaker Corinna Belz called "Gerhard Richter's Window" Her feature-length follow-up, Gerhard Richter Painting, is exactly that: a thrilling document of Richter's creative process, juxtaposed with intimate conversations (with his critics, his collaborators, and his American gallerist Marian Goodman) and rare archive material From a fly-on-the-wall perspective, the audience watches the 79-year-old Richter create a series of large-scale abstract canvases, using fat brushes and a massive squeegee to apply (and then scrape off) layer after layer of brightly colored paint This mesmerizing footage, of a highly charged process of creation and destruction, turns Belz's portrait of an artist into a work of art itself

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

06-15-2012 - 06-21-2012

Sundance Cinemas

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Sundance Cinemas Houston - 510 Texas Street Bayou Place Houston TX 77002

713-223-3456

SundanceHouston@sundancecinemas.net

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Start Time(s): Call or visit the website for times

Sundance Cinemas continues with their Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston, located at Bayou Place in Downtown Houston Joining the success of the Screening Room Calendars at other Sundance locations, the programming team culls their choices from national and international film festivals for the best independent movies available in distribution Every eight weeks a new calendar will be unveiled with new critically acclaimed and hard to see films June 15 - June 21 Peace, Love & Misunderstanding Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener and Elizabeth Olsen star in this ultra fun story about an uptight NYC lawyer who takes her teens upstate to visit her hippie mom’s farm Directed by Bruce Beresford A portrait of an unconventional family, "Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding" tells the story of Diane (Keener), a conservative New York City lawyer who is in desperate need of an escape after her husband asks for a divorce Along with her two children (Olsen and Wolff), she takes refuge at her estranged hippie mother Grace's (Fonda) farmhouse, where she is exposed to a motley crew of free thinkers What was meant to be a stress-free getaway quickly turns into a reminder of why Diane escaped her mother's hippie lifestyle in the first place, but the reunion forcers her, her children, and Grace to search for peace with each other and with themselves For more information on Sundance Cinemas, please visit our website at wwwsundancecinemascom

Houston 48 Hour Film Project 2012 Screenings

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Houston 48 Hour Film Project 2012 Screenings

06-18-2012 - 06-21-2012

48 Hour Film Project, Inc

http://www.48hourfilm.com/houston/

Studio Movie Grill - CityCentre (Town & Country) - 805 Town and Country Lane, Beltway 8 & I10 W Houston TX 77024

Admission: Tickets are $10 if you pre-purchase online, but $12 at the door So buy online and save a couple of bucks!!

7134614449

houston@48hourfilm.com

http://www.48hourfilm.com/houston/

Start Time(s): Two screenings per night: 7:00pm and 9:30pm Grp A Monday, June 18 @ 7:00pm & 9:30pm Grp B Tuesday, June 19 @ 7:00pm & 9:30pm Grp C Wednesday, June 20 @ 7:00pm & 9:30pm Grp D Thursday, June 21 @ 7:00pm & 9:30pm

The 48 Hour Film Project is an exciting fast paced independent filmmaking competition which encourages filmmakers to get out there and make a film rather than talk about making a film In cities around the world, teams of filmmakers race the clock to make a film in a single weekend The 48 Hour Film Project challenges local filmmakers to create their masterpiece in a single weekend All creative activity - writing, filming, editing, scoring - must be completed in these 48 hours Teams are given a character, prop, line of dialogue and genre - the rest is up to them The 48 Hour Film Project for 2012 comes to Houston on the weekend of June 8 - 10, 2012 Filmmakers from all over the Houston area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours The winning film will go up against films from around the world Premiere Screenings Date June 18 - 21, 2012 Time 7:00pm & 9:30pm Place Studio Movie Grill CityCentre, 805 Town and Country Blvd 77024 Join us for the unveiling of all the great films made for the 2012 Tour Each night will feature a different selection of films - 2 identical screenings at 7:00pm and 9:30pm CHECK BACK ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE and the TWITTER feed for updates

Friday Night Films at Whole Foods Market Montrose: GHOSTBUSTERS

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Friday Night Films at Whole Foods Market Montrose: GHOSTBUSTERS

06-22-2012 - 06-22-2012

Whole Foods Market

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/

Whole Foods Market - Montrose - 701 Waugh Drive Houston TX 77019

Admission: Friday Night Films are free to attend, however there will be concessions for sale during the shows

713-284-1260

Start Time(s): Each show is scheduled to start at Twilight

Looking for an activity for the family to start the weekend off right? Join Whole Foods Market Montrose, 701 Waugh Drive, the 2nd and 4th Friday during the months of April, May, and June for Friday Night Films at Whole Foods Market Montrose Whole Foods Market and Alamo Draft House Cinema have partnered together to bring you some great classic films Come out to Whole Foods Market-Montrose for an evening under the stars…with the stars - movies right here in our very own parking lot All you need to do is bring your lawn chair Concessions will be available for purchase during the film Tonight’s film is GHOSTBUSTERS Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson star as a quartet of Manhattan-based "paranormal investigators" When their government grants run out, the former three go into business as The Ghostbusters, later hiring Hudson on Armed with electronic paraphernalia, the team is spectacularly successful, ridding The Big Apple of dozens of ghoulies, ghosties and long-legged beasties Tight-lipped bureaucrat William Atherton regards the Ghostbusters as a bunch of charlatans, but is forced to eat his words when New York is besieged by an army of unfriendly spirits, conjured up by a long-dead Babylonian demon and "channelled" through beautiful cellist Sigourney Weaver and nerdish Rick Moranis The climax is a glorious sendup of every Godzilla movie ever made-and we daresay it cost more than a year's worth of Japanese monster flicks combined Who'd ever dream that the chubby, cheery Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man would turn out to be the most malevolent threat ever faced by New York City? When the script for Ghostbusters was forged by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, John Belushi was slated to play the Bill Murray role; Belushi's death in 1982 not only necessitated the hiring of Murray, but also an extensive rewrite The most expensive comedy made up to 1984, Ghostbusters made money hand over fist, spawning not only a 1989 sequel but also two animated TV series (one of them partially based on an earlier live-action TV weekly, titled The Ghost Busters Hal Erickson, Rovi An infectiously fun blend of special effects and comedy, with Bill Murray's hilarious deadpan performance leading a cast of great comic turns Make sure to get here early Seating is first come first serve Enjoy a little live music while we wait for the sun to set and the feature to begin So grab your friends, family, and your lawn chairs and join us in the parking lot under the stars…with the stars… for Friday Night Films!

SUMMER OF 82 At The Alamo: THE THING (West Oaks & Mason Park)

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

SUMMER OF 82 At The Alamo: THE THING (West Oaks & Mason Park)

06-22-2012 - 06-22-2012

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: $900

281-920-9211 or 281-492-6900

http://drafthouse.com/houston

Alamo Drafthouse is recreating the Summer of 1982 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the greatest summer of movies… ever! From May through July, the theater will replicate 1982’s earth-shaking release schedule, screening eight of the biggest genre classics on the same weekends they were released exactly 30 years ago These gargantuas include CONAN THE BARBARIAN, THE ROAD WARRIOR, ROCKY III, POLTERGEIST, STARTREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, ET, THE THING and TRON, all presented in 35mm (unfortunately, Alamo Drafthouse was not granted permission to screen the sci-fi opus BLADE RUNNER) The unprecedented super-tornado of Hollywood magic in 1982 did not stop with those films, however, and the Alamo Drafthouse is expanding the lineup to include additional gems from that year, including CLASS OF 1984, THE DARK CRYSTAL, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, THE SECRET OF NIMH, VICE SQUAD, PINK FLOYD: THE WALL and more Friday, June 22: THE THING: co-hosted by Moviescom The brain-blasting masterpiece of shape-shifting horror to destroy them ALL! See Kurt Russell and crew battle a flesh-devouring monstrosity that defies all comprehension! Though technically a remake of the '50s classic THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, it's an entirely different kind of film The storyline follows a group of researchers at an Antarctic base who accidentally unleash a frozen alien force that can occupy the bodies of living creatures The constantly metamorphosing beasteroid is shown graphically (very graphically) thanks to the work of effects genius Rob Bottin It's a visceral horror movie that punches you in the face with gross-out gore effects and then knees you in the groin with pinpoint suspense timing Russell is at his beardrocious best as Mac McReady, a Vietnam vet with a shady past who is mankind's last hope against the invader (Zack Carlson) “At one point during the mid-'80s I ran a double feature of science fiction / horror movies that changed my life in a deep and profound way Those films were Ridley Scott's Alien and John Carpenter's THE THING Yes, I discovered both of those movies in the same afternoon, and since that moment I've been a ravenous fan of all movies related to science fiction and/or horror Especially horror The Thing has since gone on to become one of my favorite horror films of all time Sure, the gore is amazing artwork, the Morricone score is great, and the ensemble is aces across the board -- but what works best about THE THING is not its carnage or mayhem; it's how Carpenter infuses his sci-fi splatter-fest with a palpable sense of dread, isolation, and claustrophobia Right down to its wonderfully ambiguous final scene, THE THING still stands as one of the best horror remakes ever made Hell, it might even be better than the 1951 original!” (Scott Weinberg, MOVIESCOM)

River Oaks Theatre Weekend Midnight Movies: Fight Club

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

River Oaks Theatre Weekend Midnight Movies: Fight Club

06-22-2012 - 06-23-2012

Landmark Theatres

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Houston/Houston_Frameset.htm

River Oaks Theatre - 2009 West Gray Houston TX 77019

Admission: General Admission $1000 Children(-12)/Seniors (62+) $700 Students $800

(713) 866-8881

https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=238

Start Time(s): 11:55pm

Every Friday and Saturday night at 11:55pm, it's another Midnight Movie Classic at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre Friday-Saturday, June 22-23: Fight Club Edward Norton trudges through his mundane daily existence, attending support groups for individuals with cancer as a way to actually feel something There, he confronts another faker (Helena Bonham Carter) who seems to be even more jaded and cynical than he is On a business trip, he meets a mysterious a soap manufacturer (Brad Pitt) and together they form a Fight Club to release their aggression Before long, the whole world seems to be joining in on the adrenaline-soaked fun Directed by David Fincher (Seven, The Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) Director: David Fincher Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Zach Grenier, Meat Loaf, Richmond Arquette, David Andrews, George Maguire, Eugenie Bondurant, Christina Cabot, Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston, Rachel Singer MPAA Rating: R Run Time: 2hrs 19mins Release Year: 1999 Country Of Origin: United States

MFAH Film Premieres: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir zamanlar Anadoluda)

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film Premieres: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir zamanlar Anadoluda)

06-22-2012 - 06-24-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Fri, Jun 22 at 7 pm Sat, Jun 23 at 6 pm Sun, Jun 24 at 3 pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir zamanlar Anadolu’da) Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylon 2011, in Turkish with English subtitles Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina 150 minutes The new film from leading Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Distant; Climates) follows a group of men – including a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor, and a murder suspect – as they drive through the dark Anatolian countryside They are searching for a corpse, the victim of a brutal murder The suspect, who claims he was drunk, cannot remember where he buried the body As night wears on, details about the murder emerge and the investigators’ own secrets come to light In the Anatolian steppes, nothing is what it seems; and when the body is found, the real questions begin Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival “Like a game of chess, the grand design of this subtle and disturbing film comes increasingly into focus as events progress” – Piers Handling, TIFF

Domy Books Wednesday Movie Nights (UPDATED)

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Domy Books Wednesday Movie Nights (UPDATED)

02-22-2012 - 06-27-2012

Domy Books

http://www.domystore.com/

Domy Books - 1709 Westheimer Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free Event

713-523-DOMY (3669)

Start Time(s): All films start after 8pm

Domy Books is pleased to present Wednesday Movie Nights Schedule of Movies: All films start after 8pm February 22 Latitude Zero February 29 King Kong Vs Godzilla March 7 Rolling Thunder March 14 Where The Boys Are March 21 Alligator March 28 Cherry 2000 April 4 Heavenly Creatures April 11 Switchblade Sisters April 18 They Call HerCleopatra Wong April 25 Serial Mom May 2 Streets of Fire May 9 Harlan County USA May 16 Revenge of the Ninja May 23 The King of the Kickboxers May 30 Sleepaway Camp June 6 Slap Shot June 13 Slim Susie June 20 My Name Is Nobody June 27 The Jerk

Met Summer Encore: Mozarts Don Giovanni

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Met Summer Encore: Mozarts Don Giovanni

06-27-2012 - 06-27-2012

Fathom/National CineMedia

http://www.fathomevents.com/

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: Prices may vary by location Check theaters above for ticket prices

See theater list above

http://www.fathomevents.com/performingarts/event/dongiovanni2012.aspx?d=6/27/2012

Start Time(s): Wednesday, June 27, 2012 (6:30 PM local time) Expected Running Time: 2 hours 55 minutes

This summer, enjoy select encore performances from the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series The Met: Live in HD The presentations will occur on Wednesdays throughout the summer months beginning in June Don’t miss this opportunity to experience these exciting performances, captured live from the stage of the Met Featured performances: Donizetti’s Anna Bolena – Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Rossini’s Le Comte Ory – Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Mozart’s Don Giovanni – Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor – Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier – Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Fathom/National CineMedia and the Metropolitan Opera present Met Summer Encore: Mozart’s Don Giovanni An encore performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni will be shown in select theatres on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at 6:30 PM (and at 1:00 PM in select locations) in all time zone Mariusz Kwiecien is the world’s most famous lover in Michael Grandage's elegant new production, led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi The lineup of refined Mozartians also includes Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramón Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni Production: Michael Grandage Conductor: Fabio Luisi Cast: Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Mojca Erdmann, Ramón Vargas, Mariusz Kwiecien, Luca Pisaroni, Joshua Bloom, Štefan Kocán Houston Area Theaters for this event: Houston Marq*E Stadium 22 plus IMAX 7620 KATY FWY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-263-7843 Memorial City Mall 310 MEMORIAL CITY WAY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-467-9749 Cy-Fair Town Center 25720 NW FREEWAY CYPRESS, TX 77429 281-256-7652 Cinemark 18 Webster 20915 GULF FWY WEBSTER, TX 77598 281-332-0951 Cinemark at Market Street 9595 SIX PINES DR STE 8200 SPRING, TX 77380 281-419-9639 Cinemark 19 1030 N GRAND PKWY KATY, TX 77449 281-371-6008 Tinseltown Movies 17 1600 LAKE ROBBINS DR THE WOODLANDS, TX 77380 281-362-4340

Preview Screening & Celebration for Mariachi High

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Preview Screening & Celebration for Mariachi High

06-27-2012 - 06-27-2012

Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS)

http://www.houstonpbs.org/events/preview-screening.html

TBH Center (Talento Bilingue de Houston) - 333 S Jensen Houston TX 77003

Admission: FREE with RSVP HERE

713-429-0420

http://support.houstonpbs.org/site/Calendar/418957320?view=RSVP&id=4461

Start Time(s): 6pm Reception & 7pm Film

Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS) presents a Preview Screening & Celebration for Mariachi High, featuring an inspiring documentary film followed by live performance FREE with RSVP Wednesday, June 27 at TBH Center MARIACHI HIGH: In this spirited coming-of-age story, college-bound Latino high school students compete to be the state’s champion Mariachi band while experiencing the trials and triumphs shared by all American teens From nerve-racking band auditions to the thrill of the 2010 Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio, graduation and beyond, MARIACHI HIGH provides much-needed affirmative screen time for teens who are inspired by cultural pride and striving for excellence Presented by Houston Cinema Arts Society in collaboration with Latino Public Broadcasting, Houston Public Media, Talento Bilingue de Houston, Multicultural and Counseling Through the Arts

Arabia 3D

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Arabia 3D

01-02-2012 - 06-28-2012

Moody Gardens

http://www.moodygardens.com

Moody Gardens IMAX Theater - One Hope Boulevard Galveston TX 77554

Admission: Admission to IMAX 3D films is $1095 for adults and $895 for children and seniors IMAX 3D films are approximately 45 minutes IMAX 3D feature length film is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes

(800) 582-4673

http://www.moodygardens.com

Start Time(s): Times vary Check website for schedule

Moody Gardens® is pleased to announce Arabia 3D will take to the big screen in the IMAX 3D Travel to an exotic and extraordinary land ARABIA 3D will have you riding the dunes with a camel caravan, diving into the treasure-laden Red Sea, exploring the ruins of a towering lost city, hurtling back into the Islamic golden age of invention, and joining the Hajj, where each year 2-3 million Muslims arrive in the holy city of Makah to reaffirm their faith, creating the largest single human gathering on Earth It is a land precious few outsiders will ever visit, a world cloaked in myth, mystery and misinformation ARABIA 3D offers a deeper understanding of this most fascinating culture and way of life

To The Arctic 3D

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

To The Arctic 3D

04-20-2012 - 06-28-2012

Moody Gardens

http://www.moodygardens.com

Moody Gardens IMAX Theater - One Hope Boulevard Galveston TX 77554

(800) 582-4673

http://www.moodygardens.com

Start Time(s): Times vary Check website for schedule

Moody Gardens® is pleased to announce To The Arctic 3D will take to the big screen in the IMAX 3D A journey to the top of the world, To The Arctic 3D is the ultimate tale of survival The film takes audiences on a journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home Captivating footage brings moviegoers up close and personal with this family's struggle to survive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular waterfalls, and majestic snow-bound peaks Narrated by Meryl Streep Songs by Paul McCartney

Bugs Rainforest Adventure 3D

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Bugs Rainforest Adventure 3D

05-26-2012 - 06-28-2012

Moody Gardens

http://www.moodygardens.org/

Moody Gardens IMAX Theater - One Hope Boulevard Galveston TX 77554

(800) 582-4673

http://www.moodygardens.org/

Start Time(s): Times vary Check website for schedule

Moody Gardens IMAX Theater presents Bugs Rainforest Adventure 3D Insects are essential to life on earth They pollinate plants and recycle waste By managing life and death they are the true caretakers of the natural world Over 3/4 of the world's insects live in the rainforests One square mile of the rainforest holds as many insects as there are people on earth Bugs! 3D follows the life cycles of a mantis and a butterfly, from their birth to their inevitable encounter in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, where predator meets its prey Bugs! 3D stars Papilio, a butterfly, and Hierodula, a praying mantis, who live in an abandoned hut by a river, surrounded by lush tropical foliage and a supporting cast of other intriguing and extraordinary insects When Papilio emerges all alone from an egg, deposited on a leaf, she resembles a bird dropping to help camouflage her from predators This tiny caterpillar will undergo one of Nature's miraculous transformations in her short life span of eight weeks A herbivore, she eats citrus leaves constantly, increasing her weight one hundred times in a few weeks - the equivalent of a human growing as heavy as a hippopotamus in just a weekend! Nearby, Hierodula is born, bursting from an egg case along with two hundred brothers and sisters, sliding down a thread, and climbing up into the world, already a mini-mantis A carnivore, he eats other insects, but takes his time on his hunting expeditions His life span ranges from nine months to a year Along the way, we meet a host of other animals, which, in various deceptive guises, also inhabit the rich, green and humid world: Leaf Cutter Ants which consume 20 of the rainforest's leaves; Rhino Beetles battling for the favours of a female; the Trilobite Beetle hiding his tiny head under armor plating; a Scale Bug disguised as a ball of fluff; an aggressive Spiny Katydid; an Orchid Mantis which resembles the flower and the Thorn Bug, identical to a thorn In addition, scorpions, tarantulas, frogs, lizards and a colony of three-million bats which consume two and half tons of bugs every night, skitter across the screen, some magnified 250,000 times their normal size

Wild Ocean 3D

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Wild Ocean 3D

05-26-2012 - 06-28-2012

Moody Gardens

http://www.moodygardens.com

Moody Gardens IMAX Theater - One Hope Boulevard Galveston TX 77554

(800) 582-4673

http://www.moodygardens.com

Start Time(s): Times vary Check website for schedule

Moody Gardens® is pleased to announce Wild Ocean 3D will take to the big screen in the IMAX 3D Wild Ocean 3D is an explosive, symphonic giant screen film about man and nature that captures one of the world’s greatest spectacles Each year a massive feeding frenzy takes place in the oceans of South Africa as billions of fish migrate up the KwaZulu-Natal Wild Coast Breaching whales, frenzied sharks, herding dolphins, and diving gannets compete in an epic underwater struggle for survival Wild Ocean 3D is produced by the creators of the international sensation STOMP and directors of the award-winning giant screen film Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey

Sharks 3D

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Sharks 3D

05-26-2012 - 06-28-2012

Moody Gardens

http://www.moodygardens.org/

Moody Gardens IMAX Theater - One Hope Boulevard Galveston TX 77554

Admission: Admission to IMAX 3D films is $1095 for adults and $895 for children and seniors

(800) 582-4673

http://www.moodygardens.org/

Start Time(s): Times vary Check daily schedule

Presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sharks 3D is a breathtaking new three-dimensional film experience that offers audiences a truly unique perspective on these amazing creatures Come face-to-face with a multitude of shark species, including the Great White, Hammerhead, and Whale Shark Witness them as they really are: not wicked man-eating beasts, but wild fascinating and endangered animals that have been in existence a million years before dinosaurs roamed the Earth Sharks 3D is an exciting documentary that takes audiences on an unforgettable journey into the fascinating underwater world of the most advanced predators on earth This 42-minute film aims to rehabilitate the perception of sharks among the general population by showing them as they truly are in their natural habitat: fascinating and highly endangered animals

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: Elena

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: Elena

06-22-2012 - 06-28-2012

Sundance Cinemas

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Sundance Cinemas Houston - 510 Texas Street Bayou Place Houston TX 77002

713-223-3456

SundanceHouston@sundancecinemas.net

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Start Time(s): Call or visit the website for times

Sundance Cinemas continues with their Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston, located at Bayou Place in Downtown Houston Joining the success of the Screening Room Calendars at other Sundance locations, the programming team culls their choices from national and international film festivals for the best independent movies available in distribution Every eight weeks a new calendar will be unveiled with new critically acclaimed and hard to see films June 22 - June 28 Elena Winner of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize, Elena is a gripping, modern twist on the classic noir thriller Sixty-ish spouses Vladimir and Elena uneasily share his palatial Moscow apartment—he’s a still-virile, wealthy businessman; she’s his dowdy former nurse who has clearly “married up” Estranged from his own wild-child daughter, Vladimir openly despises his wife’s freeloading son and family But when a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten the dutiful housewife’s potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan… Masterfully crafted by award-winning Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev (Golden Globe nominee The Return) and featuring evocative, Hitchcockian music by Philip Glass, Elena is a subtly stylish exploration of crime, punishment and human nature With subtitles For more information on Sundance Cinemas, please visit our website at wwwsundancecinemascom

14 Pews Film Festival

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

14 Pews Film Festival

06-29-2012 - 06-29-2012

14 Pews

http://14pews.org/

14 Pews - 800 Aurora Street Houston TX 77009

Admission: Free admission!

2818889677

info@14pews.com

http://14pews.org/

Start Time(s): 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM doors open at 6:45PM

14 Pews presents the 14 Pews Film Festival Showcasing the films created by the students enrolled in our 14 Pews Film Academy Starting June 2012 we will kick-off our first workshop called OUR HISTORY WORKSHOP It’s a 3-week workshop where High School students will be guided along the process of creating a 5-10 minute personal documentary At the completion of the workshop, the short documentaries will be shown on June 29th at the 14 PEWS FILM FESTIVAL, which will be held at 14 Pews and opened to the general public

Extremely Shorts 15 - the Extremely Shorts Film Festival

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Extremely Shorts 15 - the Extremely Shorts Film Festival

06-29-2012 - 06-30-2012

Aurora Picture Show

http://aurorapictureshow.org

Admission: Screening only on Friday: $5 Members, $15 Non-Members Screening and Award Reception on Saturday: $15 Members, $25 Non-Members

713-868-2101

aurora@aurorapictureshow.org

Start Time(s): Friday, June 29 Extremely Shorts 15: Screening Only Screenings, 7PM & 9PM Saturday, June 30 Extremely Shorts 15: Screening and Award Reception 8pm

Aurora Picture Show presents Extremely Shorts 15 - the Extremely Shorts Film Festival, Friday and Saturday Kime 29 & 30 Location: Aurora Picture Show (new location), 2442 Bartlett Street Juror Andy Smith in Attendance Started in 1998, the Extremely Shorts Festival is a juried competition of adventurous three-minute or shorter films and videos from around the world Each year a different juror (esteemed filmmaker, film programmer or arts curator) selects 20-25 mini-masterpieces to be shown at a two-day screening event in June This year’s Juror is Indie Grits Film Festival Director Andy Smith Audience Choice cash awards are given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place The short format of the festival encourages innovative approaches to filmmaking in a range of genres including narrative, art, experimental, documentary and animation The Saturday screening will also include the awards presentation and a reception with food and drinks Special thanks to Whole Foods Market and Saint Arnold Brewery for providing popcorn and drinks for all screenings Andy Smith is the Executive Director of the Nickelodeon Theatre, a not-for-profit arthouse cinema in Columbia, SC He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Indie Grits Festival, which features the best in low-budget, independent film from the Southeast and was recently named one of the “20 Coolest Film Festivals” by Moviemaker Magazine He received an MA in Film, Television and Digital Media from UCLA and a BA in Film Studies from Swarthmore College In addition to his work at the Nickelodeon, he also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) and the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center and teaches in the Film and Media Studies Program at the University of South Carolina

Workshop with a Hollywood Guru

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Workshop with a Hollywood Guru

06-30-2012 - 07-01-2012

Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP)

http://www.swamp.org/for-filmmakers/workshops/

Admission: SWAMP Members: $125; General Public: $150

713-522-8592 x2

swamp@swamp.org

http://www.swamp.org/for-filmmakers/workshops/

Start Time(s): 9:00am - 4:00pm Saturday and Sunday

Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) presents a Workshop with a Hollywood Guru Saturday, June 30th – Sunday July 1st, it's a VISUAL STRUCTURE SEMINAR with Hollywood Guru and USC Professor BRUCE BLOCK (pictured)! Just as a writer is concerned with story structure, a moviemaker must be concerned with visual structure Visual structure is the only “language” available to directors, cinematographers and production designers yet it is often misused or simply ignored The key to using visual structure is an understanding of the basic visual components: space, line, shape, color, tone, movement, and rhythm This seminar demonstrates how you can control the complex relationship between story and visual structure Designed for producers, writers, directors, concept & storyboard artists, cinematographers, lighters and visual design teams, the seminar relates all of the visual concepts to practical production and bridges the gap between theory and practice This is not just art theory! Bruce Block will take the vision in your head and make it the best, give it the most impact, so you can take your audience on the ride of their lives and build the career you’ve always dreamed of!

MFAH Film Premieres: The Turin Horse (A Torinoi lo)

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

MFAH Film Premieres: The Turin Horse (A Torinoi lo)

06-29-2012 - 07-01-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Fri, Jun 29 at 7 pm Sat, Jun 30 at 6 pm Sun, Jul 1 at 3 pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! The Turin Horse (A Torinói ló) Directed by Béla Tarr 2011, in Hungarian with English subtitles Hungary, B/W 146 minutes In 1889, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy He tossed his arms around the horse's neck to protect it and then collapsed to the ground In less than a month, Nietzsche would be diagnosed with a serious mental illness that would render him bedridden and speechless until his death eleven years later But whatever happened to the horse? This film – which the great Hungarian director Béla Tarr (whose Sátántangó screened at the MFAH in 2007)) claims is his last – is a speculative response A farmer and his daughter proceed through their daily routine with minimal dialogue, frustrated that the horse they depend on has become obstinate Tarr’s customary style of shooting in long takes – critics have counted a total of 30 comprising this film – was achieved by cinematographer Fred Kelemen and Steadicam operator Tilman Büttner, known for his work on the single take feature, Russian Ark A challenging and riveting filmgoing experience, the The Turin Horse was Hungary’s official submission for the Academy Awards and received the Silver Bear and FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, later selected for the prestigious Toronto and New York Film Festivals “Don't be too sophisticated Just listen to your heart and trust your eyes That's enough” – Béla Tarr

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: The Lady

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Screening Room Calendar at Sundance Cinemas Houston: The Lady

06-29-2012 - 07-05-2012

Sundance Cinemas

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

Sundance Cinemas Houston - 510 Texas Street Bayou Place Houston TX 77002

713-223-3456

SundanceHouston@sundancecinemas.net

http://www.sundancecinemas.com/

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Symphony Summer in the City 2012: The Legend of Zelda - Symphony of the Goddesses

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Symphony Summer in the City 2012: The Legend of Zelda - Symphony of the Goddesses

07-06-2012 - 07-07-2012

Houston Symphony

http://www.houstonsymphony.org

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts - 615 Louisiana Houston TX 77002

Admission: Concert $2000-$10500

(713) 224-7575

http://www.houstonsymphony.org/

Start Time(s): 7:30pm Concerts

The Houston Symphony presents Symphony Summer in the City 2012: The Legend of Zelda - Symphony of the Goddesses, Friday and Saturday, July 6 and 7, in Jones Hall Concerts at 7:30pm Featuring dynamic and compelling video on a large screen accompanied by a live symphony orchestra, "The Legend of Zelda™: Symphony of the Goddesses” brings the world's most popular video game series to life! Enjoy original music spanning 25 years of adventure from the celebrated Zelda franchise, uniting music and visuals in a way never before realized Every performance to date of "The Legend of Zelda™: Symphony of the Goddesses” has sold out far in advance Don't miss your opportunity to get great seats early! FEATURING: Eímear Noone, conductor Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

PHANTOM MUSEUMS: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

PHANTOM MUSEUMS: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers

07-07-2012 - 07-07-2012

14 Pews

http://14pews.org/

14 Pews - 800 Aurora Street Houston TX 77009

Admission: Admission: $10 non-members and FREE to members Free parking on street

2818889677

info@14pews.com

http://14pews.org/

Start Time(s):

14 Pews presents PHANTOM MUSEUMS: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers For those who already know the short films of the Brothers Quay, Phantom Museums is a welcome, thorough investigation of a lifelong dedication to stop-motion animation and dream sequence narratives For those just discovering this identical twin team of Stephen and Timothy Quay, Phantom Museums is the place to start This collection of short films includes roughly twenty of their projects, chronologically spanning thirty years Inspired by the old-fashioned look of early animated features such as The Adventures of Prince Achmed, as well as Jan Svankmajer and Jiri Barta's films, The Brothers Quay built their reputation on combining the quaintness and delicacy of early animation with present day macabre As miniaturists, they painstakingly hand assembled decadent sets, such as an ancient library, a shrunken head vault at the natural history museum, and spiral staircases Homemade dolls with missing eyes, pins, needles, and screws, protractors, and other tiny metallic things, make characters and their environs grotesquely techno, framed by carnivalesque camerawork in which the viewer experiences scenes from every possible angle Highly anatomical, they sometimes use steaks and livers to represent doll innards Watching these films now, one appreciates their Goth quality, especially because of the romantic, classical musical accompaniment Their influence on the music video industry is also apparent Each film has a unique story and production design, so that although the overall Quay aesthetic is clear, variation avoids redundancy --Trinie Dalton THE QUAY BROTHERS The extraordinary Quay Brothers are two of the world’s most original filmmakers Identical twins who were born in Pennsylvania in 1947, Stephen and Timothy Quay studied illustration at the Philadelphia College of Art before going on to the Royal College of Art in London in the early 1970s, where they started to make animated short films Whilst at the Royal College the brothers met Keith Griffiths who, since NOCTURNA ARTIFICIALIA (1979), has been their producer and co-founder of their studio Atelier Koninck Influenced by a tradition of Eastern European animation, the Quays display a pas- sion for detail, a breathtaking command of color and texture, and an uncanny use of focus and camera movement that make their films unique and instantly recogniza- ble Best known for their classic 1986 film STREET OF CROCODILES, which filmmaker Terry Gilliam recently selected as one of the ten best animated films of all time, they are masters of miniaturization and on their tiny sets have created an unforgettable world, suggestive of a landscape of long-repressed childhood dreams In 1994, with INSTITUTE BENJAMENTA, they made their first foray into live- action feature-length filmmaking The Quays have also directed pop promos for His Name is Alive, Michael Penn, Sparklehorse, 16 Horsepower, and Peter Gabriel (contributing to his celebrated “Sledgehammer” video), and have also directed ground-breaking commercials for, among others, MTV, Nikon, Murphy’s beer and Slurpee The Quays’ work also includes set design for theatre and opera In 1998 their Tony- nominated set designs for Ionesco’s The Chairs won great acclaim on Broadway In 2000 they made IN ABSENTIA, an award-winning collaboration with Karlheinz Stockhausen, as well as two dance films, DUET and THE SANDMAN In 2002 they contributed an animated dream sequence to Julie Taymor’s film FRIDA In 2003 the Quays made four short films in collaboration with composer Steve Martland for a live event at the Tate Modern in London, and in 2005 premiered their second feature film, THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES, at the Locarno Film Festival THE PIANO TUNER will be released on November 17 in New York before playing around the country NOCTURNA ARTIFICIALIA 1979, 21 minutes, color, 16mm NEW PRINT Music by Stefan Cichonski A dreamer is seduced by the mystery of the city at night He leaves his room and goes into the street, where a tram-car carries him away “As with much of their later work, it’s impossi- ble to provide a coherent synopsis of the earliest surviving film by the Quay Brothers, as Nocturna Artificialia defies attempts at verbal encapsulation at every turn The Quays them- selves acknowledged this when they said “as for what is called the scenario, at most we have only a limited musical sense of its trajectory, and we tend to be permanently open to vast uncertainties, mistakes, disorientations, as though lying in wait to trap the slightest fugitive ‘encounter’” Shot on 16mm and funded by the British Film Institute's Production Board, Nocturna Artificialia is a remarkably confident piece of work, the Quays surmounting obvi- ous technical and budgetary limitations to create a private universe entirely out of their own recurring obsessions Their later films may be more assured, but their roots are clearly visible here” –Michael Brooke THE CABINET OF JAN SVANKMAJER 1984, 14 minutes, color, 16mm NEW PRINT Music by Zdenek Liska The film is structured as a series of little lessons in perception, taught by a puppet simu- lacrum of Svankmajer, whose head is an opened book, to a doll whose head the master emp- ties of dross and refills with a similar open book Each of the nine segments or chapters “refers variously to the importance of objects in Svankmajer’s work, their transformation and bizarre combination through specifically cinematic techniques, the extraordinary power of the camera to ‘make strange’, the influence of Surrealism on Svankmajer’s work, and the sub- versive and radical role of humor Taken out of the context of the original Visions television documentary on Svankmajer, for which they served as illustration/commentary, these vignettes might at first sight seem a trifle bewildering They ideally need to be viewed more than once before they begin to work effectively as quirky introductions to the Svankmajer universe Then, however, they emerge as surprisingly charming and delightful excursions into this astonishing (and often deeply disturbing) directors work” –Julian Petley THIS UNNAMEABLE LITTLE BROOM or THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH 1985, 11 minutes, color, 16mm NEW PRINT Music by R Walter This was originally conceived as a pilot for a series, which never materialized due to lack of funding Alternative title: Little Songs of the Chief Officer of Hunar Louse (Being a Largely Disguised Reduction of the Epic of Gilgamesh), Tableau II, “in which Gilgamesh sends a prostitute to seduce the wild man of the forest, Enkidu The Gilgamesh figure is a sort of grotesque fascist hydrocephalic child despot on a tricycle, ruthless patrolling his sandbox kingdom Enkidu, made from a bird skull adorned with an exotic headdress of feathers and shells, brings to mind Max Ernst’s renowned collage series Une Semaine de Bonté The wicked child sets a devilish trap for the creature – a gobbet of raw flesh to lure him, and then a mechanical trapdoor in the shape of a vulvait is strong stuff, a waking nightmare of paranoia and sexual violence The camerawork is frenetic, yet the effect is precisely that conver- gence of the dreamlike and the mythic, the bizarre and the inevitable that all their work aspires to” –JD McClatchy STREET OF CROCODILES 1986, 21 minutes, color and b&w, 35mm NEW PRINT Music by Leszek Jankowski Adapted from a short story by Polish writer Bruno Schulz, the Quays’ first film in 35mm, and their first masterpiece, delves deep into a nightmarish netherworld A museum keeper spits into the eye- piece of an ancient peep-show and sets the musty machine going Inside the puppets partake in a series of bizarre rituals among the dust and the grime “On display in a deserted provincial museum is an old viewing Kinetoscope machine with a map indicating the precise district of the Street of Crocodiles Lodged deep within this wooden oesopha- gus lie the internal configurations and mechanisms of the Street of Crocodiles like some quasi- anatomical exhibit The anonymous offering of human saliva by an attendant caretaker activates and releases the Schulzian theatre from stasis into permanent flux Myth stalks the streets of this parasiti- cal zone where the mythological ascension of the everyday is charted by a marginal interloper who threads himself through this one night of the Great Season No centre can be reached and the futile pursuit concludes in the deepest rear rooms of a slightly dubious tailor’s shop” –The Quay Brothers REHEARSALS FOR EXTINCT ANATOMIES 1987, 14 minutes, b&w, 35mm Music by Leszek Jankowski In the fragile immobility of a room a couple wait, as twilight advances, alternately oblivious to and made anxious by presentiments of some brutal destruction being remorselessly rehearsed outside their door Loosely inspired by an etching by Fragonard THE COMB (FROM THE MUSEUMS OF SLEEP) 1990, 18 minutes, color and b&w, 35mm NEW PRINT Music by Leszek Jankowski The Comb opens in the shadowy bedroom of a sleeping beauty and seems to enter her mind and bur- row into her dreams Based on a fragment of text by the Austrian writer Robert Walser, The Comb is an exploration of the subconscious visualized as a labyrinthine playhouse haunted by a doll-like explorer A mesmerizing and resonant blend of live action and animation, The Comb is set to a sen- suous score of violins, guitars and attic room cries and whispers, and bathed in a gorgeous golden glow DE ARTIFICIALI PERSPECTIVA or ANAMORPHOSIS 1991, 15 minutes, color, 35mm NEW PRINT Music by Leszek Jankowski The Quays’ interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis This artistic technique, often used in the 16th- and 17th centuries, utilizes a method of visual distortion with which paintings, when viewed from different angles, mis- chievously revealed hidden symbols The Stille Nacht series STILLE NACHT I – DRAMOLET 1988, 1 minute, b&w, 35mm Music: La Voz de Drohobycz performed by the Blata Gimnazjum Children’s Ochestra A dazzling fugue of iron filings that was made as an Art Break for MTV STILLE NACHT II – ARE WE STILL MARRIED? 1992, 3 1/2 minutes, b&w, 35mm NEW PRINT Music by His Name is Alive A three-minute animated choreography with an ethereal pop soundtrack by the remarkable band called “His Name Is Alive” With a typically eccentric cast of a ragged doll, a white rabbit and a manic ping-pong ball, the Quays construct a hypnotic, beguiling, and vaguely menacing bal- let—something like a music video made by Max Ernst In beautifully textured black & white, Are We Still Married? is a small work, but it is as accomplished and unforgettable as their very best STILLE NACHT III TALES FROM VIENNA WOODS 1993, 3 1/2 minutes, b&w, 35mm The third in the Stille Nacht cycle, Tales From Vienna Woods was also made with the intention of exploring imagery that they planned to devel- op further in their first feature Institute Benjamenta, which was then in limbo awaiting funds In fact, so close were the short and the feature in terms of overall tone (despite the one being animated and the other live- action) that the former was subsequently recycled as the latter’s theatrical trailer, in a slightly but not significantly modified form –excerpted from screenonlineorguk STILLE NACHT IV CAN’T GO WRONG WITHOUT YOU 1994, 3 1/2 minutes, b&w, 35mm NEW PRINT Music by His Name is Alive Following their collaboration the previous year with Are We Still Married?, the Quays reunited with His Name Is Alive to create the video for their 1993 single “Can’t Go Wrong Without You” Very consciously a sequel to the earlier video, this recapitulates many of its central Lewis Carrollian motifs: the girl with constantly expanding and contracting height (an effect enhanced here by standing her on scales, her weight fluctuating in time with her changing size), the paddle decorated with the image of a heart and a pair of eyes, the rabit, and recurring impres- sions of keys, locks and dark, mysterious secrets –excerpted from screenonlineorguk IN ABSENTIA 2000, 20 minutes, b&w and color, 35mm NEW PRINT Music by Karlheinz Stockhausen The first new film by the Quay Brothers in the five years since Institute Benjamenta, In Absentia is a collaboration with the celebrated avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, who composed and conducted original music for the film Shot in black and white and color and projected in CinemaScope, In Absentia combines live action and animation with dazzling use of light to convey the mindscape of a woman alone in a room repeatedly writing a letter with broken off pieces of pencil lead The film is dedicated to “EH who lived and wrote to her husband from an asylum” In Absentia, which premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, was produced by Keith Griffiths at Koninck for the BBC and Pipeline Films’ series of short music films “Sound on Film International” (The series included films by Hal Hartley on Louis Andriessen, Nicolas Roeg on Adrian Utley of Portishead, and Werner Herzog on John Taverner) “The night’s one unqualified success was In Absentia, from the Brothers Quay and Karlheinz Stockhausen Ostensibly, the visuals were typical Quay: a mix of animation, live action and shadow- show sketching out a vestigial narrative about a woman obsessively writing letters in an asylum But the violence of the music—with harsh, intense swathes of synthesiser and screeching organ—brought out extreme new tonalities in the Quays’ imagery, especially in the swells and blasts of white light, in retina-scorching digital projection This dazzling piece of work, I suspect, was the only one of these collaborations that will have a life of its own outside the programme” –Jonathan Romney, The Guardian THE PHANTOM MUSEUM 2003, 12 minutes, b&w and color, Betacam Music by Gary Tarn Random forays into one of the world’s most extraordinary museum collections: Sir Henry Wellcome’s unique trove of medical curiosities With their customary dexterity and affinity for the arcane, the Quay Brothers imaginatively document this unique assemblage and bring it hauntingly to life

Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX

04-12-2012 - 07-08-2012

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)

http://www.camh.org/

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) - 5216 Montrose Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free Event

(713) 284-8250

Start Time(s): Opening Reception: Thursday, April 12 6:30-9PM Join us in celebrating the opening of CAMH's evolving exhibition and screening series Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX Food, drinks, and popcorn will be available inside the gallery Peter Lucas, Education Associate at CAMH and organizer of the exhibition, will give an introduction and present a preview screening of short films at 6:30PM Sponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company Regular Gallery Hours: Wednesday - 11am-7pm Thursday - 11am-9pm Friday - 11am-7pm Saturday and Sunday- 11am-6pm Closed Monday and Tuesday SCREENINGS AND EVENTS: All screenings and events are free and open to the public and take place at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Please note that seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Refreshments will be provided inside the gallery For complete listings and current information, please check wwwcamhorg Joseph Cornell: Archeology of the Unreal Screening: Thursday, April 19, 7:30PM Bruce Conner: The Art of Montage Screening of Program 1: Thursday, April 26, 7:30PM Screening of Program 2: Thursday, May 3, 7:30PM Select works on view: April 13-May 3, museum hours Martin Arnold: Pièces Touchées Screening: Thursday, May 10, 7:30PM Select works on view: May 4-31, museum hours Musiqa: Alternate Tracks Live Performance: Thursday, May 17, 7:30PM Los Angeles Plays Itself Screening of Part 1: Thursday, May 24, 7:30PM Screening of Part 2: Thursday, May 31, 7:30PM The Pervert's Guide to Cinema Screening of Parts 1 & 2: Thursday, June 7, 7:30PM Screening of Part 3: Thursday, June 14, 7:30PM Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America Screening: Thursday, June 21, 7:30PM Be Johnny: Cityscope Live Audio-Visual Performance: Thursday, June 28, 7:30PM Mess with Texas Screening: Thursday, July 5, 7:30PM Select works on view: July 6-8, museum hours

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX On View: April 13 - July 8, 2012 Opening Reception: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 6:30-9PM Weekly screenings and events are free and held every Thursday evening at 7:30PM at CAMH; seating is limited so early arrival is recommended This spring, Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX transforms CAMH's Zilkha Gallery into a unique cinémathèque space for a celebration of the expansive nature of moving image media and the power of montage CINEPLEX explores the landscape of cinematic experience through various artists' reflections on, responses to, and transformations of movie culture Unfolding over the course of twelve weeks of projections, screenings, and events, the exhibition features a variety of experimental works, essay films, documentaries, and live cinema events that appropriate and creatively transform existing movie material In addition to weekly Thursday evening screenings and events throughout the run of the exhibition, many projected works will be on view during regular museum hours in installation format as well (a complete list of works on view and events is listed below) Early in the history of moving pictures, filmmakers discovered the unique and unmistakable power inherent in juxtaposing disparate images to create new contexts Independent artists began to use montage techniques to reassemble existing film images for different, often more expressive and metaphoric results Over time, along with the evolution of cinematic language, an ongoing conversation has developed among film's images, its makers, and its audiences With the Internet serving as both a moving image archive and a fluid distribution outlet, this kind of audio-visual communication has become more common, and homemade YouTube movie remixes have become the folk art of our times We are now able to view the layered histories of these shared experiences of movies and their evolving language from a new perspective CINEPLEX functions as a twenty-first-century nickelodeon of sorts -- a pop-up microcinema presenting a variety of creative, cinematic interventions in a darkened space of shared ritual along with drinks and snacks The ever-changing exhibition features both historic and contemporary film reworkings, from the very first "found footage" films made in the 1930s by assemblage artist Joseph Cornell, to Christian Marclay's first foray into movie collage, to new movie dissections by contemporary Austrian artist Martin Arnold CAMH presents film collage as social critique, advancing from the work of pioneering experimental filmmaker Bruce Conner to the delirious Tribulation 99 (1991) by Craig Baldwin, one of Conner's disciples Documentaries by Thom Anderson and Sophie Fiennes dig deep into scenes from popular cinema Frederic Brodbeck's motion-graphic representations of movies; a rapid-fire, stroboscopic work by Les LeVeque; new work by Texas film artists including Kelly Sears; and a live audio-visual performance by video design team Be Johnny offer exciting, new perspectives on our engagement with cinema In all, CINEPLEX includes over fifty film/video works from five countries Together they comprise a collaged history of our celebrated cinematic dreams and a creative conversation between the dreams and the dreamers SCHEDULE OF WORKS ON VIEW IN THE ZILKHA GALLERY: On view April 13-July 8 Telephones, Christian Marclay, USA, 1995 white and fifteen movies starring Charlton Heston, Les LeVeque, USA, 2010 Cinemetrics, Frederic Brodbeck, The Netherlands, 2012 If We Don't, Remember Me, Gustaf Mantel, Germany, 2012 On view April 13-May 3 Mongoloid, Bruce Conner, USA, 1978 America Is Waiting, Bruce Conner, USA, 1981 Mea Culpa, Bruce Conner, USA, 1981 On view May 4-May 31 Shadow Cuts, Martin Arnold, Austria, 2010 Soft Palate, Martin Arnold, Austria, 2010 On view June 1-July 5 Untitled (Silver), Takeshi Murata, USA, 2006 On view July 6-8 Mess with Texas, various artists, USA, 2012 Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX is organized by Peter Lucas, Education Associate at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Lucas has been Associate Program Director of Northwest Film Forum; Film Programmer with the Seattle International Film Festival; and an independent curator of film, video, and live cinema programs at Henry Art Gallery, Experience Music Project, Cornish College of the Arts, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and Aurora Picture Show Pictured above: Bruce Conner, still from America Is Waiting, USA, 1981, 16mm film Courtesy of The Conner Family Trust

Around the World in 50 Years 3D (A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures)

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Around the World in 50 Years 3D (A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures)

05-25-2012 - 07-08-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Wortham IMAX Theatre - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Members, $6 Adults $11 Children (3 - 11), Seniors (62+) and College Students $9 Groups (20+) $8 School Groups $5

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Check schedule for showtimes Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show) Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show)

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Around the World in 50 Years 3D (A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures) Sammy's Adventures (whose working title was Around the World in 50 Years 3D) follows a sea turtle as he navigates his 50 year life through the changes caused by global warming Experience the ups and downs of life on land and sea in this coming of age story starring the cutest sea turtle on the big screen From the warm waters of the tropics to the icy Antarctic, join Sammy and his friends on an exciting journey through truly immersive environments Wind your way around spectacular coral reefs and enjoy a wild ride on a fun-loving octopus Rated: Just for Fun; Conservation is the sub-genre/ message Plot Sammy, a sea turtle, hatches on a deserted beach and tries to climb out of the hole where he hatched Being caught by a seagull, he struggles for his life and manages to escape, as the seagull clashes in the air with another seagull, also carrying its prey, who turns out to be a female hatchling sea turtle, Shelly Sammy falls onto an old raft and gets carried into the open ocean, losing Shelly In the ocean he meets another hatchling, Ray, who tells him the story of a "turtle paradise" on an island called "Lapagos", and they together start their voyage there Later, the two get caught by trawls Sammy is released back into the sea by the fishermen, but loses Ray Washed onto the shore in California, he is picked up by a hippie woman and lives as a pet in the hippie commune with Vera, another female sea turtle, who is older than Sammy, and Catoff, a cat, who claims to be French On a Christmas evening the hippies draw a peace sign on his shell to sign him as the peace ambassador When the hippies see that Sammy and Vera will not mate, they release Vera The police evicts the hippie commune from the beach, and Sammy decides to return back to the sea

The Little Prince 3D

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The Little Prince 3D

05-25-2012 - 07-08-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Wortham IMAX Theatre - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Members, $6 Adults $11 Children (3 - 11), Seniors (62+) and College Students $9 Groups (20+) $8 School Groups $5

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Check schedule for showtimes Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show) Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show)

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents The Little Prince 3D The Little Prince is back in an extraordinary adventure! Relive the magic of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s endearing story in a fully immersive, spectacular journey Accompanied by his hilarious friend the Fox, the Little Prince leaps from one fanciful universe to another in search of his beloved Rose Fly along side these fearless heroes as they scale instruments on the music planet, wake the friendly stone giant and doge the metal claws of a ferocious dragon!

NATIONAL LAMPOONS VACATION - Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

NATIONAL LAMPOONS VACATION - Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow

07-11-2012 - 07-11-2012

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

http://www.drafthouse.com/

Downtown Houston - Main Street/Market Square Historic District - Travis St at Congress Ave Houston TX 77002

7136503022 or 512-219-5408

Start Time(s): 8pm

Spring is here and it is a great time to enjoy the great outdoors and watch a movie For city dwellers who want to stay within the city limits and have a fun outdoor experience, Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow along with Houston's historic Market Square Park presents FREE Movies at Market Square Park There is nothing quite like enjoying your favorite “quirky classics” under the stars for free! Bring your family, friends a few blankets and a picnic to enjoy a great movie under the stars! From now until July, enjoy a quirky classic outside at Market Square Park each month starting at 8 pm Here is the lineup through July showing at the park: Friday, March 23rd 300 Friday, April 6th THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN Wednesday, April 25th THE GODFATHER PART I Wednesday, May 16th AIRPLANE Sunday, June 17th MR MOM Wednesday, July 11th NATIONAL LAMPOONS VACATION The first film in the Vacation comedy franchise stars Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, an ad exec who becomes consumed with taking his family cross-country to Wally World, a California amusement park Less a vacation than a descent into a peculiarly American kind of hell, the Griswolds suffer through an endless series of catastrophes, culminating in a run-in with the law Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Met Summer Encore: Les Contes dHoffmann

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Met Summer Encore: Les Contes dHoffmann

07-11-2012 - 07-11-2012

Fathom/National CineMedia

http://www.fathomevents.com/

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: Prices may vary by location Check theaters above for ticket prices

See theater list above

http://www.fathomevents.com/performingarts/event/lescontes2012.aspx?d=7/11/2012

Start Time(s): Wednesday, July 11, 2012 (6:30 PM local time) Expected Running Time: 3 hours

This summer, enjoy select encore performances from the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series The Met: Live in HD The presentations will occur on Wednesdays throughout the summer months beginning in June Don’t miss this opportunity to experience these exciting performances, captured live from the stage of the Met Featured performances: Donizetti’s Anna Bolena – Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Rossini’s Le Comte Ory – Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Mozart’s Don Giovanni – Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor – Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier – Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Fathom/National CineMedia and the Metropolitan Opera present Met Summer Encore: Les Contes d’Hoffmann An encore performance of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann will be shown in select theatres on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at 6:30 PM (and at 1:00 PM in select locations) in all time zones Bartlett Sher’s 2009 production stars Joseph Calleja in the tour-de-force title role of this fictionalized take on the life and loves of the German Romantic writer ETA Hoffmann Anna Netrebko is the tragic Antonia and Alan Held sings the demonic four villains Met Music Director James Levine conducts Production: Bartlett Sher Conductor: James Levine Cast: Kathleen Kim, Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Kate Lindsey, Joseph Calleja, Alan Held Houston Area Theaters for this event: Houston Marq*E Stadium 22 plus IMAX 7620 KATY FWY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-263-7843 Memorial City Mall 310 MEMORIAL CITY WAY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-467-9749 Cy-Fair Town Center 25720 NW FREEWAY CYPRESS, TX 77429 281-256-7652 Cinemark 18 Webster 20915 GULF FWY WEBSTER, TX 77598 281-332-0951 Cinemark at Market Street 9595 SIX PINES DR STE 8200 SPRING, TX 77380 281-419-9639 Cinemark 19 1030 N GRAND PKWY KATY, TX 77449 281-371-6008 Tinseltown Movies 17 1600 LAKE ROBBINS DR THE WOODLANDS, TX 77380 281-362-4340

Somers Town

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Somers Town

07-13-2012 - 07-15-2012

14 Pews

http://14pews.org/

14 Pews - 800 Aurora Street Houston TX 77009

Admission: Admission: $10 non-members and FREE to members Free parking on street

2818889677

info@14pews.com

http://14pews.org/

Start Time(s):

14 Pews presents Somers Town Directed by Shane Meadows Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham and Marek (Piotr Jagiello) is a Polish immigrant who lives with his dad in the working-class immigrant district of Somers Town When Marek agrees to allow the homeless Tomo to move into his bedroom, behind his father’s back, they quickly form a strong bond Together they spend their days working odd jobs for an eccentric neighbor and competing for the attention of Maria, a beautiful young French waitress with whom they are both infatuated But their simple pleasures are thrown into a tailspin when Maria leaves town and Marek’s father discoveres what the boys are up to

Met Summer Encore: Donizettis Lucia Di Lammermoor

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Met Summer Encore: Donizettis Lucia Di Lammermoor

07-18-2012 - 07-18-2012

Fathom/National CineMedia

http://www.fathomevents.com/

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: Prices may vary by location Check theaters above for ticket prices

See theater list above

http://www.fathomevents.com/performingarts/event/lucia2012.aspx?d=7/18/2012

Start Time(s): Wednesday, July 18, 2012 (6:30 PM local time) Expected Running Time: 2 hours 25 minutes

This summer, enjoy select encore performances from the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series The Met: Live in HD The presentations will occur on Wednesdays throughout the summer months beginning in June Don’t miss this opportunity to experience these exciting performances, captured live from the stage of the Met Featured performances: Donizetti’s Anna Bolena – Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Rossini’s Le Comte Ory – Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Mozart’s Don Giovanni – Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor – Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier – Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Fathom/National CineMedia and the Metropolitan Opera present Met Summer Encore: Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor An encore performance of Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor will be shown in select theatres on Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at 6:30 PM (and at 1:00 PM in select locations) in all time zones Anna Netrebko sings the title role of Donizetti’s bel canto tragedy in her Met role debut, with Piotr Beczala as her lover, Edgardo Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother Mary Zimmerman’s hit production, first seen in 2007, is staged as a Victorian ghost story Production: Mary Zimmerman Conductor: Marco Armiliato Cast: Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Mariusz Kwiecien, Ildar Abdrazakov Houston Area Theaters for this event: Houston Marq*E Stadium 22 plus IMAX 7620 KATY FWY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-263-7843 Memorial City Mall 310 MEMORIAL CITY WAY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-467-9749 Cy-Fair Town Center 25720 NW FREEWAY CYPRESS, TX 77429 281-256-7652 Cinemark 18 Webster 20915 GULF FWY WEBSTER, TX 77598 281-332-0951 Cinemark at Market Street 9595 SIX PINES DR STE 8200 SPRING, TX 77380 281-419-9639 Cinemark 19 1030 N GRAND PKWY KATY, TX 77449 281-371-6008 Tinseltown Movies 17 1600 LAKE ROBBINS DR THE WOODLANDS, TX 77380 281-362-4340

2012 Summer Israeli Film Showcase -Three Servings of Funny: Salsa Tel Aviv

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

2012 Summer Israeli Film Showcase -Three Servings of Funny: Salsa Tel Aviv

07-19-2012 - 07-19-2012

Jewish Communitiy Center of Houston (Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston)

http://www.erjcchouston.org/

Jewish Community Center of Houston (Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center) - 5601 S Braeswood Houston TX 77096

713-551-7255 or 713-729-3200

http://www.erjcchouston.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Summer%20Israeli%20Film%20Series

Start Time(s): 7:30pm (The Box Office will open 45 minutes prior to each screening)

Presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest and the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center it's the 2012 Summer Israeli Film Showcase -Three Servings of Funny During the summer months this Film Series showcases outstanding Israeli films that weren't presented at the Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair and Houston Jewish Film Festival They are shown on a monthly basis June 20, July 19, and August 23 at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center Thursday, July 19 at 7:30 PM Salsa Tel Aviv Directed by Jorge Weller Israel, 2011, 100 min Hebrew and Spanish with English subtitles Vicki, a Mexican salsa dancer, leaves her young son with her mother, and, disguised as a nun, flies to Israel to follow Beto, the father of her child On the plane she meets Yoni, a young Israeli biologist who is coming home to marry his rich girlfriend, Dafna During the long flight, a strange, amusing friendship develops Once in Israel, immigration police arrest Beto, and Vicki seeks refuge at Yoni’s house – but Yoni can only hide Vicki’s presence from Dafna for so long In the mood to dance? Come by the auditorium after the film for Salsa and Sangria Trailer: http://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=nbO1cD0y7uw Review: http://wwwjpostcom/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Articleaspx?id=235139

Symphony Summer in the City 2012: The Wizard of OZFilm with Live Orchestra

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Symphony Summer in the City 2012: The Wizard of OZFilm with Live Orchestra

07-21-2012 - 07-21-2012

Houston Symphony

http://www.houstonsymphony.org

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts - 615 Louisiana Houston TX 77002

Admission: Concert $2200-$8500

(713) 224-7575

http://www.houstonsymphony.org/

Start Time(s): 7:30pm

The Houston Symphony presents Symphony Summer in the City 2012: The Wizard of OZ—Film with Live Orchestra, Saturday, July 21, in Jones Hall Concert at 7:30PM Travel down the yellow brick road with the Houston Symphony! See one of the most beloved films of all time on a giant screen above the orchestra, stunningly re-mastered by Warner Bros The vibrant restored images are accompanied by full symphony orchestra playing Harold Arlen’s brilliant original scores Hear Judy Garland backed by lush, live orchestration which will transport children and adults alike With this version of The Wizard of Oz on the big screen, moviegoers will be treated to the Oscar-winning film as it has never been seen before FEATURING: Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor

Le Grand Voyage

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Le Grand Voyage

07-20-2012 - 07-22-2012

14 Pews

http://14pews.org/

14 Pews - 800 Aurora Street Houston TX 77009

Admission: Admission: $10 non-members and FREE to members Free parking on street

2818889677

info@14pews.com

http://14pews.org/

Start Time(s):

14 Pews presents Le Grand Voyage In this remarkable directorial debut, the stern father of a Muslim family in France has his teenage son drive him to Mecca for the religious pilgrimage known as the hajj The son, who is irreligious and has a non-Muslim girlfriend, doesn't relate to his traditionalist father, nor does the dad relate to his son -- a culture clash (and generational clash) that is the spine of their entire trip to Saudi Arabia "Le Grand Voyage" is a typical road movie in that the central characters meet memorable strangers along the way -- people like an old, mysterious woman who insists on getting a ride with them, and a sly-talking man who helps them at a Bulgaria-Turkey border crossing These chance meetings add intrigue to "Le Grand Voyage," but they also accentuate the differences between father and offspring For example, the son (Nicolas Cazale, an Algerian-French actor- comic) is happy to get drunk with the man from the border, who assures him (using a Sufi aphorism) that it's OK for Muslims to consume alcohol "Don't believe anything he says," warns the father, (Mohamed Majd, a Moroccan actor)

Met Summer Encore: Der Rosenkavalier

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Met Summer Encore: Der Rosenkavalier

07-25-2012 - 07-25-2012

Fathom/National CineMedia

http://www.fathomevents.com/

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: Prices may vary by location Check theaters above for ticket prices

See theater list above

http://www.fathomevents.com/performingarts/event/rosenkavalier2012.aspx?d=7/25/2012

Start Time(s): Wednesday, July 25, 2012 (6:30 PM local time) Expected Running Time: 3 hours 20 minutes

This summer, enjoy select encore performances from the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series The Met: Live in HD The presentations will occur on Wednesdays throughout the summer months beginning in June Don’t miss this opportunity to experience these exciting performances, captured live from the stage of the Met Featured performances: Donizetti’s Anna Bolena – Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Rossini’s Le Comte Ory – Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Mozart’s Don Giovanni – Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor – Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier – Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Fathom/National CineMedia and the Metropolitan Opera present Met Summer Encore: Der Rosenkavalier An encore performance of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier will be shown in select theatres on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at 6:30 PM (and at 1:00 PM in select locations) in all time zones Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna stars Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover Edo de Waart conducts a cast that also includes Kristinn Sigmundsson and Thomas Allen Production: Nathaniel Merrill Conductor: Edo de Waart Cast: Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Christine Schäfer, Eric Cutler, Thomas Allen, Kristinn Sigmundsson Houston Area Theaters for this event: Houston Marq*E Stadium 22 plus IMAX 7620 KATY FWY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-263-7843 Memorial City Mall 310 MEMORIAL CITY WAY HOUSTON, TX 77024 713-467-9749 Cy-Fair Town Center 25720 NW FREEWAY CYPRESS, TX 77429 281-256-7652 Cinemark 18 Webster 20915 GULF FWY WEBSTER, TX 77598 281-332-0951 Cinemark at Market Street 9595 SIX PINES DR STE 8200 SPRING, TX 77380 281-419-9639 Cinemark 19 1030 N GRAND PKWY KATY, TX 77449 281-371-6008 Tinseltown Movies 17 1600 LAKE ROBBINS DR THE WOODLANDS, TX 77380 281-362-4340

Houston Symphony at CWMP: Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Houston Symphony at CWMP: Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

07-26-2012 - 07-26-2012

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

http://www.woodlandscenter.org/

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - 2005 Lake Robbins Drive Spring TX 77380

Admission: $15 orchestra seating Free mezzanine and lawn seating courtesy of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

281-363-3300

info@woodlandscenter.org

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C004856B7B0C2D0?artistid=803873&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=203

Start Time(s): 8:30 pm Gates open at 7 pm

CELEBRATE A SENSATIONAL SEASON OF ARTS AT THE CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL PAVILION IN 2012 Enjoy an amazing performing arts season full of classical music, dance, rock and roll, sports-themed music, cartoon characters, patriotic fanfare, award-winning children’s performers and more at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in 2012 Thursday, July 26, CWMP and the Houston Symphony present Bugs Bunny at the Symphony Featuring: George Daugherty, creator and conductor Gates open at 7 pm The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion and the Houston Symphony celebrate the most famous animation in the world – and its equally famous music – when Bugs Bunny at the Symphony comes to The Pavilion July 26 Conducted and created by Emmy Award™ winner George Daugherty, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony is a celebration of the world's favorite Warner Bros Looney Tunes characters on-screen with live full symphony orchestra accompaniment The music was composed by legendary Hollywood composers Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn, as inspired by the extraordinary classics of Wagner, Rossini, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Offenbach, Liszt, and many others Bugs Bunny at the Symphony is the eagerly-anticipated sequel to Bugs Bunny on Broadway, the record-setting orchestra-and-film concert that pioneered a new genre of symphony orchestra entertainment when it debuted on Broadway in 1990 This new version of the concert celebrates the 20-year legacy of Looney Tunes and orchestral music together “in concert” Retaining the most indelible moments from the original production, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony includes Chuck Jones’ inspired What’s Opera, Doc? and The Rabbit of Seville, while adding in other Warner Bros classics like Friz Freleng’s Rhapsody Rabbit, and the virtuoso orchestral roller coaster ride of the Road Runner epic, Zoom and Bored Bugs Bunny is joined on-screen by his immensely popular cohorts, including Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Wile E Coyote and Road Runner, Pepe Le Pew, and many others New to the concert are special guest appearances by Tom and Jerry In The Hollywood Bowl, and spectacular musical montages starring The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, and other stars from the world of Warner Bros and Hanna-Barbera Pre-concert activities in the Fidelity Investments Plaza begin at 7 pm

Symphony Summer in the City 2012: OrbitAn HD Odyssey Plus Star Wars & More!

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Symphony Summer in the City 2012: OrbitAn HD Odyssey Plus Star Wars & More!

07-28-2012 - 07-28-2012

Houston Symphony

http://www.houstonsymphony.org

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts - 615 Louisiana Houston TX 77002

Admission: Concert $2000-$8900

(713) 224-7575

http://www.houstonsymphony.org/

Start Time(s): 7:30pm

The Houston Symphony presents Symphony Summer in the City 2012: Orbit—An HD Odyssey Plus Star Wars & More!, Saturday, July 28, in Jones Hall Concert at 7:30PM Join us for a special encore performance of the second film in our HD Odyssey series With striking images taken from NASA missions to Earth's orbit and accompanied by J Adams “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” and Strauss' epic tone poem "Also sprach Zarathustra," this must-see multimedia event combines the latest HD images of the Earth projected on a giant screen Plus enjoy the music from Star Wars and more! FEATURING: Duncan Copp, producer/director

XXY

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

XXY

07-27-2012 - 07-29-2012

14 Pews

http://14pews.org/

14 Pews - 800 Aurora Street Houston TX 77009

Admission: Admission: $10 non-members and FREE to members Free parking on street

2818889677

info@14pews.com

http://14pews.org/

Start Time(s): Sunday Jul 29 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

14 Pews presents XXY For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex (Inés Efron,) who was born an intersex child* As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore, along with their 16-year- old son Álvaro (Martín Piroyanski) Alex is immediately attracted to the young man, which adds yet another level of complexity to her personal search for identity, and forces both families to face their worst fears *ABOUT THE TERM INTERSEX: In biology, "hermaphrodite" means an organism that has both "male" and "female" sets of reproductive organs, however in humans, there are no actual "hermaphrodites" in this sense In the past it has been common to call people with intersex conditions "hermaphrodites" because intersex bodies share sex chromosomes and characteristics of both genders and do not neatly conform to what doctors define as the "normal" male or female bodies Yet the label, "hermaphrodite" is misleading, mythologizing, and often stigmatizing; members of the community prefer the term "intersex people" or "people with intersex conditions/experiences"

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz (Tuesdays at Little Woodrow's - EaDo)

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz (Tuesdays at Little Woodrow's - EaDo)

07-12-2011 - 07-31-2012

Geeks Who Drink

http://www.geekswhodrink.com

Little Woodrow's - EaDo - 2019 Walker St (@ St Emanuel in EaDo) Houston TX 77003

Admission: FREE!

303-532-4737 or 7132222224

Start Time(s): Tuesdays 8pm

It's the Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, every Tuesday at Little Woodrow's - EaDo! Simply, it's a quiz game played in a pub It's an Anglo-Irish tradition, but our goal is the same: to foster friendly competition, and promote social drinking A noble cause! The quiz consists of eight rounds of eight questions each, played by teams of up to six people Questions are read aloud by the quizmaster and teams write down the answers, turning them in at the end of each round Rounds 1, 4 and 6 are themed rounds – anything from “Eight Questions About Sex That Won’t Make You Too Uncomfortable” to “TV Shows Your Parents Watch” Round 2 is a music round worth double points: name the artist and title for each song clip Round 3 is a multiple choice round or a speed round Round 5 is a visual round based on a printed handout The all-audio Round 7 usually covers movies or TV shows, and is worth the standard eight points Finally, Round 8 is always 16 points on Random Knowledge One round can be jokered, doubling your points for that round only (yes, the 16-point rounds are fair game) The team with the most points after eight rounds is the winner Geeks Who Drink is a Denver-based company that hosts pub quizzes at over 100 pubs and restaurants in 13 states Our quiz is a collective effort of dozens of quizmasters, writers, fact-checkers, graphic designers and artists

Tornado Alley 3D

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Tornado Alley 3D

03-15-2012 - 08-01-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Wortham IMAX Theatre - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Adult $11 Child-Military-Senior-College Student $9 Members $6

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Check schedule for showtimes

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Tornado Alley 3D Witness The Birth of a Tornado! An explosive new film narrated by Bill Paxton (Twister, Titanic), will bring nature’s most dramatic weather phenomena to giant screens around the globe Widely considered the most eagerly awaited IMAX release of the decade, Tornado Alley follows daring large-format filmmaker Sean Casey (star of the Discovery Channel's wildly popular Storm Chasers series) and the researchers of the VORTEX2 initiative on a thrilling quest to witness the birth of a tornado from its very heart Armed with an IMAX® camera, a fleet of customized vehicles designed to withstand gale force winds, torrential rains and unrelenting hail, and an arsenal of the most advanced weather measurement instruments ever created, Casey and the VORTEX2 scientists take audiences on a heart-pounding mission to experience a tornado's destructive power while gathering the most comprehensive extreme weather data ever collected Carrying a ninety-two-pound IMAX® camera, director Casey and his crew race after storms in TIV-2, a seven-ton armored “tornado intercept vehicle” engineered and built by Casey to help him capture what he considers a cinematic “holy grail,” a shot of a tornado from point-blank range Tornado Alley is the culmination of Casey’s efforts and will give audiences the chance to ride along—and to experience a visual powerhouse of never-before-captured tornado footage on the giant screen

Earth's Wild Ride

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Earth's Wild Ride

06-15-2012 - 08-01-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule

A grandfather and granddaughter watch a solar eclipse from scenic cliffs overlooking their moon colony Conversation leads to contrasts between the moon, the only home the granddaughter knows, and the Earth, where the grandfather has spent most of his life Through his stories, the grandfather takes audiences on a wild canyon ride, to an ice age winter with a woolly mammoth, and to the time when the dinosaurs lived and died Each experience begins with a telescope view of the dynamic Earth in stark contrast with the unchanging lunar landscape Earth’s Wild Ride is like many tales shared by grandparents over the centuries, except “the old country” is really another planet – always visible from the moon base, but totally unlike the granddaughter’s world Adventure and appreciation for home fill this 20-minute journey back to the Earth Produced in collaboration with Rice University, through NASA’s Immersive Earth Project Mix and Post Production - Fish-i Studios

AURORA BOOT CAMP: A Summer Filmmaking Experience for Kids

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

AURORA BOOT CAMP: A Summer Filmmaking Experience for Kids

07-09-2012 - 08-03-2012

Aurora Picture Show

http://aurorapictureshow.org/pages/aurora_boot_camp_120.asp

Aurora Picture Show Office/Video Library - 1524 Sul Ross Houston TX 77006

Admission: Cost: $200 Aurora Members, $275 non-members

713-868-2101

http://aurorapictureshow.org/pages/aurora_boot_camp_120.asp

Start Time(s): Aurora Filmmaking Boot Camp for Kids: Camp 1: July 16 to July 20 Camp 2: July 23 to July 27 Camp 3: July 30 to August 3 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Aurora Alternative Filmmaking Boot Camp for Teens July 9 to July 13 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

Aurora Picture Show presents AURORA BOOT CAMP: A Summer Filmmaking Experience for Kids Each summer, Aurora hosts filmmaking boot camps where youth can learn about, create, and discuss film and video at Aurora Picture Show As part of our Popcorn Kids programming, Aurora Boot Camps teach hands-on narrative and experimental techniques using digital video from professional filmmakers Camps will be held at a private artist studio located at 2442 Bartlett where campers will develop, produce and edit their own short films Working collaboratively on digital video projects, students are not only exposed to filmmaking techniques but also explore less traditional film and video On Saturday, August 4th, all camps will present a red carpet premiere screening of their films on the big screen for family and friends at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Aurora offers one need-based scholarship to each camp (four total) For details and an application, please check out the Aurora Boot Camp Scholarship Fund webpage Aurora Alternative Filmmaking Boot Camp for Teens July 9 to July 13 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Ages 13-17 (12 students max enrollment) Cost: $200 Aurora Members, $275 non-members Campers learn alternative and experimental filmmaking processes from the pros at the Aurora Alternative Filmmaking Boot Camp Students explore the possibilities of the moving image through watching films from the Aurora library, learning from professionals, and working on their own projects One teacher will lead the class through the five-day camp and additional media specialists will teach the students specific new techniques This hands-on class will feature some different non-traditional filmmaking techniques such as stop-animation, light painting, green screen and others Students will make short videos throughout the camp and present one at the camp premiere screening which is open to all friends and family Flip video cameras will be available for discount at $75 each or students may bring their own cameras All students will need to fill out a registration form and return it to Aurora Aurora Filmmaking Boot Camp for Kids Camp 1: July 16 to July 20 Camp 2: July 23 to July 27 Camp 3: July 30 to August 3 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Ages: 9-12 (12 students max enrollment) Cost: $200 for Aurora Picture Show members, $275 for non-members Aurora hosts a filmmaking boot camp where youth can learn about film and video at Aurora Picture Show Aurora Boot Camp teaches hands-on narrative and experimental techniques using digital video from professional filmmakers Campers use the Aurora office and the neighborhood to develop, produce and edit their own short films Working collaboratively on short digital video projects, students are not only exposed to filmmaking techniques but also explore less traditional film and video Using the Aurora Video Library, students will be able to explore examples of experimental, documentary and short narrative videos for inspiration Topics include story structures and writing, direction, camera operation, sound and editing At the end of the class students will receive a DVD of their own video Finished films are screened for family and friends at a culminating showcase Flip video cameras will be available for discount at $75 each or students may bring their own cameras All students will need to fill out a registration form and return it to Aurora

Passport to the Universe

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Passport to the Universe

08-07-2012 - 08-07-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Check schedule for showtimes Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show) Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show)

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium IMAX® Theatre presents Passport to the Universe Explore the wonders of our universe! Narrator Tom Hanks guides a flight through the universe and deep into galactic space After reaching the edge of our cosmos, the tour takes a virtual shortcut back to Earth - a free fall through a black hole Taking audiences on an unforgettable voyage of billions of light-years, Passport to the Universe is an incredible journey from our home planet and the Milky Way galaxy to the edge of the universe Audiences fly beneath the rings of Saturn, into the heart of the Orion Nebula, and out into the vastness of the observable universe, experiencing these and other stunning cosmic destinations as never before possible Using real science and cutting-edge technology to create immersive experiences that educate and inspire, Passport to the Universe is an unprecedented virtual tour that takes audiences to the limits of the universe and back again Passport to the Universe was developed by the American Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Teen Moviemaking Camp

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Teen Moviemaking Camp

08-06-2012 - 08-10-2012

Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP)

http://www.swamp.org/for-filmmakers/youth-programs/

Houston Community College - NW (Spring Branch/Town & Country Campus) - 1010 West Sam Houston Parkway North Houston TX 77043

Admission: SWAMP member: $250 General Public: $300

713-522-8592 x2

swamp@swamp.org

http://www.swamp.org/for-filmmakers/youth-programs/

Start Time(s): 9:00am - 3:00pm Monday-Friday

Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) presents Teen Moviemaking Camp, August 6-10 Lights! Camera! Action! Moviemaking Camp is a week-long course designed to teach teenagers (ages 13-17) how to use a camera to tell a story Each student will get hands-on instruction in digital camera operation, lighting, sound and editing while working as a team in the production of a short film At the end of the camp, the students will premiere their film on the BIG SCREEN for all their family and friends to enjoy!

Flying Monsters 3D

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Flying Monsters 3D

02-24-2012 - 08-17-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Wortham IMAX Theatre - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Adult $11 Child-Military-Senior-College Student $9 Members $6

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Check schedule for showtimes

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Flying Monsters 3D For thousands of years, humans have believed that there were once flying monsters But could creatures this extraordinary really have existed? 220 million years ago, dinosaurs were beginning their domination of Earth But another group of reptiles was about to make an extraordinary leap: Pterosaurs were taking control of the skies The story of how and why these mysterious creatures took to the air is more fantastical than any fiction In the giant-screen adventure film Flying Monsters 3D, world-renowned naturalist David Attenborough sets out to uncover the truth about pterosaurs, the enigmatic creatures whose wingspans are thought to have been more than 40 feet, equal to that of a modern-day jet plane Attenborough works with scientists to understand the incredible story of the evolution of the pterosaurs, a story that unfolds in such stunning locations as New Mexico’s “Ghost Ranch,” the Jurassic Coast of Lyme Regis in Britain, an ancient pterosaur landing site in Southern France and a fossil pit in Germany where near-perfect pterosaur specimens have been found This engaging film transports audiences back in time and immerses them in an incredible ancient world to explore two central questions and two of the greatest mysteries in palaeontology: How and why did pterosaurs fly? How did creatures the size of giraffes defy gravity and soar through prehistoric skies? Driven by these questions, Attenborough sets out to collect data and piece together the miraculous discoveries and evidence of this true flying enigma As a result, he begins to unravel one of the enduring mysteries of science, revealing along the way that the marvel of pterosaur flight has evolutionary echoes that resonate today Flying Monsters 3D is a groundbreaking film that uses spectacular visuals, cutting-edge 3D technology and CGI, pioneering scientific techniques and recent paleontological finds to bring the story of giant flying monsters to the giant screen Audiences of all ages will be in awe as they enter a prehistoric world and experience as never before the real Flying Monsters that once ruled the skies

Cosmic Collisions

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Cosmic Collisions

05-11-2012 - 08-18-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Public - Adult $800 Public - Child $700 Public - Senior (62+) $700

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here to see updated schedule Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show) Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show)

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents Cosmic Collisions Cosmic Collisions, narrated by Robert Redford, launches visitors on a thrilling trip through space and time to explore celestial smashups that cause dramatic change in the universe Audiences experience the explosive encounters that shaped our solar system, changed the course of life on Earth, and continue to transform our galaxy Witness the violent face of our Sun, ejecting enormous streams of charged particles that produce the eerie glow of the aurora Then look on as a wandering planetoid collides with Earth over four billion years ago to create the Moon Another collision, a violent meeting of two stars at the edge of the galaxy, foretells the future collision of our Milky Way Galaxy with our closest neighboring spiral, the Andromeda Galaxy This cosmic crash will produce a new giant elliptical galaxy billions of years from now The ground seems to shake from another collision that hastened the end of the age of dinosaurs 65 million years ago and cleared the way for mammals to thrive Another dramatic sequence highlights a frightening future scenario in which humanity desperately attempts to divert the path of an oncoming “doomsday” asteroid headed on a collision course with Earth Cosmic collisions have defined our past and are shaping our future The Cosmic Collisions show also provides an introduction to many experiences in the Museum’s new Hall of Paleontology

2012 Summer Israeli Film Showcase -Three Servings of Funny: The Policeman (HaShoter Azulay)

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

2012 Summer Israeli Film Showcase -Three Servings of Funny: The Policeman (HaShoter Azulay)

08-23-2012 - 08-23-2012

Jewish Communitiy Center of Houston (Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston)

http://www.erjcchouston.org/

Jewish Community Center of Houston (Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center) - 5601 S Braeswood Houston TX 77096

713-551-7255 or 713-729-3200

http://www.erjcchouston.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Summer%20Israeli%20Film%20Series

Start Time(s): 7:30pm (The Box Office will open 45 minutes prior to each screening)

Presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest and the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center it's the 2012 Summer Israeli Film Showcase -Three Servings of Funny During the summer months this Film Series showcases outstanding Israeli films that weren't presented at the Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair and Houston Jewish Film Festival They are shown on a monthly basis June 20, July 19, and August 23 at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center Thursday, August 23 at 7:30 PM The Policeman (HaShoter Azulay) Directed by Ephraim Kishon Israel, 1971, 87 min Hebrew with English subtitles The Israeli Consulate and the ERJCC are proud to present this 1972 Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film on the birthday of legendary Writer/Director Ephraim Kishon Avraham Azulay (Shaike Ophir) is a policeman in Jaffa whose incompetence is matched only by his soft-heartedness On the eve of his retirement, this bumbling cop encounters religious zealots, comes to the aid of a prostitute, and unwittingly solves a crime staged for his benefit Trailer: http://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=zJiPR-7a-1Q

We Choose Space!

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

We Choose Space!

12-22-2011 - 08-26-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here to see updated schedule

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents We Choose Space! Space Flight: Engaging, Immersive & Real Fifty years ago, President Kennedy chose the Moon Today we can still choose a trip into space to the completed International Space Station or to the Moon Prepare for an immersive full-dome adventure on the ISS or in a future moon colony The show makes human spaceflight after the Space Shuttle very exciting, immersive, and real Enjoy the astronaut experience and share it with children who dream of spaceflight! This is the first planetarium show told completely by astronauts (Scott Parazynski, Tom Jones and Gene Cernan) and a famous space reporter (Walter Cronkite) It is the first show to use real fisheye photography from inside the International Space Station and to construct and tour the completed Station - which is larger than a 5-bedroom house! And, it's first show to animate the construction of a sustainable lunar colony and to feature potential commercial spacecraft of the present and future We Choose Space! is an engaging experience for families and space enthusiasts Last summer’s flight of Atlantis, the last Space Shuttle, began a new chapter in space exploration Human spaceflight in this century depends on young people, private companies, and governments around the world choosing space travel for themselves, their children, and their countries In the spirit of President Kennedy, this show once again chooses space, not because it is easy, but because it is hard - and because meeting its challenges is our destiny

Led Zeppelin Light Show

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Led Zeppelin Light Show

05-22-2012 - 08-28-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Public - Adult $800 Public - Child $700 Public - Senior (62+) $700

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here to see updated schedule Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show) Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show)

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents Led Zeppelin Light Show New Led Zeppelin Light Show! One of the most popular shows of all time debuts with a fresh new look as a full-dome digital light show in the Burke Baker Planetarium Through the planetarium’s full-dome Digistar system, experience a variety of immersive scenery and movement, from mood-provoking abstract art to theme-based imagery to transportive effects The powerful surround imagery and surround sound will be choreographed to some of Led Zeppelin’s biggest hits like “Black Dog,” “Whole Lotta Love,” “Immigrant Song,” “Kashmir,” “Ramble On,” and “Stairway to Heaven” Full Playlist: There are two versions of the Led Zeppelin planetarium show The Matinee version lasts 30 minutes and includes six songs, marked with asterisks below The Led Zeppelin Concert version is presented in the evening and includes the full list of songs below In The Evening - In Through the Out Door *Black Dog Over The Hills and Far Away *Whole Lotta Love *Immigrant Song Bron-Yr-Aur *Kashmir Bonzo’s Montreux D'Yer Mak’er Stairway to Heaven *Ramble On Encore: *Rock 'N Roll - Led Zeppelin IV Because of the intense nature of this show, Led Zeppelin is not recommended for children under 10

Trouble the Water

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Trouble the Water

08-29-2012 - 08-29-2012

14 Pews

http://14pews.org/

14 Pews - 800 Aurora Street Houston TX 77009

Admission: Admission: $10 non-members and FREE to members Free parking on street

2818889677

info@14pews.com

http://14pews.org/

Start Time(s):

14 Pews presents Trouble the Water Nominated for an Academy Award® for best feature documentary, TROUBLE THE WATER takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen It's a redemptive tale of two self-described street hustlers who become heroes-two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall-twenty-four year old aspiring rap artist Kimberly Rivers Roberts is turning her new video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors trapped in the city "It's going to be a day to remember," Kim declares With no means to leave the city and equipped with just a few supplies and her hi 8 camera, she and her husband Scott tape their harrowing ordeal as the storm rages, the nearby levee breaches, and floodwaters fill their home and their community Shortly after the levees fail, their battery dies Seamlessly weaving 15 minutes of this home movie footage shot the day before and the morning of the storm with archival news segments and verite footage shot over the next two years, directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal tell a story of remarkable people surviving not only failed levees, bungling bureaucrats and armed soldiers, but also their own past Directed and produced by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal and Executive Produced by Joslyn Barnes and Danny Glover of Louverture Films, edited and co-produced by T Woody Richman, with addiitonal editing by Mary Lampson, Trouble the Water features an original musical score by Neil Davidge and Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, and the music of Dr John, Mary Mary, Citizen Cope, TK Soul, John Lee Hooker, and the Free Agents Brass Band and introduces the music of Black Kold Madina Trouble the Water has been supported by grants from the Sundance Institute, the Open Society Institute, the Ms Foundation for Women, the 21st Century Foundation, the Fledgling Fund, Working Films, the Ford Foundation, and is a project of Creative Capital

Night of the Titanic

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Night of the Titanic

03-16-2012 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Night of the Titanic A great tragedy reveals a changing Arctic A great tragedy unfolds in the icy North Atlantic Weather, ice, the sun, and human error all contribute to the sinking of this unsinkable ship Experience the Titanic's last day to find out what went terribly wrong and discover how changing Arctic ice can prepare us for tomorrow Music and Score by Shai Fishman Music Production, Sound Design and Mix: Yossi Joseph Cohen

Experience The Aurora

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Experience The Aurora

03-15-2012 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Experience The Aurora Experience The Northern Lights Over seven months in the Arctic Circle, photographers using special digital cameras and all-sky lenses imaged the breathtaking beauty of the Aurora Borealis or “Northern Lights” The results are spectacular! For the first time, the aurora has been captured as it was meant to be experienced, as a display that covers the entire sky This immersive presentation shares the science behind the aurora and tells the story of our quest to find and photograph one of nature’s most magnificent displays

Tornado Alley 3D

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Tornado Alley 3D

03-12-2012 - 08-30-2012

Moody Gardens

http://www.moodygardens.org

Moody Gardens IMAX Theater - One Hope Boulevard Galveston TX 77554

Admission: Adult: $1095 Seniors Children: $895 Children 3 and under: Free

1-800-582-4673

Start Time(s): Periodic showings from 10:00 am- 6:00 pm Check website for schedule

Moody Gardens® is pleased to announce Tornado Alley 3D will take to the big screen in the IMAX 3D Filmed across America’s Plains states where three quarters of the world’s tornadoes occur, Tornado Alley 3D follows veteran storm chasers on two unprecedented missions Guests will follow Storm Chasers star Sean Casey as he and his crew navigate their famous tornado intercept vehicle—TIV-2—directly into the heart of a tornado and capture its beauty and destructive power on film—at point blank range on the largest 3D screen in Texas

Starry Night Express

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Starry Night Express

12-22-2011 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule

The Burke Baker Planetarium at the Museum of Natural Science is offering a show for stargazers of all ages with both live and pre-recorded sections First the planetarium operator tours the night sky for the night and the upcoming weekend Audiences can practice finding constellations, planets, the moon, meteor showers and the Milky Way band Then the show will drop into Starry Night Express, a star party led by Laurence Fishburne From this country setting, the show takes audiences through the solar system and into the Universe Breathtaking images from the Hubble Space Telescope hover and combine to show the life cycle of stars Audiences experience the eventual collision of our Milky Way Galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy as visualized by the Space Telescope Science Institute Then visitors plunge down and sweep through the gigantic Valles Marineris canyon, simulated by the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology, using the latest data from the Mars Global Surveyor This show delivers the night sky and interprets its wonders all in one spectacular experience

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

12-22-2011 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule

Pink Floyd's legendary album returns this summer in full-dome, full-color computer animation, using all of the capacities of the Museum's new high-definition full-dome video system Fantastic sound and incredible images create an unforgettable experience It's not a laser show - but a totally new digital revolution in sight and sound - surrounding you, immersing you, losing you in the Dark Side of the Moon If you loved the sound when you were a kid or you're a kid just finding Floyd, you must experience DSM under the Dome! This unique video experience is provided by Starlight Productions

Black Holes

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Black Holes

12-22-2011 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule

The attraction of Black Holes is more than just gravitational These mysterious graveyards of dead stars have fascinated generations The Burke Baker Planetarium’s feature Black Holes explores the history, physics, and mystery of black holes Narrated by actor John de Lancie (“Q” in the Star Trek TV series), this space adventure features rich, expansive panoramas and incorporates several of the latest scientific theories about how black holes are formed and where they are hiding now Witness the bending of light, the skewing of perception, and the dizzying descent into a black hole This show incorporates some of the most visually stunning three-dimensional effects ever created for the planetarium Add to that a sound effects track and 51 surround sound mix by George Lucas’ Skywalker Sound Studios and you have an incredible sensory experience

2012: Mayan Prophecies

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

2012: Mayan Prophecies

05-05-2011 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (<18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click here and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents 2012: Mayan Prophecies Explore the Prophecies of the Mayan Astronomers! Visit the Classic Mayan cities of Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, and Palenque to discover how the Maya aligned their temples to watch their sky gods and used interlocking calendars to record the past and predict the future Explore pyramids towering above the rainforest, designed as observatories to follow the sun Experience the apocalypse of the Maya and discover how our fate in 2012 may be foretold in Mayan Prophecies

Silence

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Silence

07-27-2012 - 10-21-2012

Menil Collection

http://menil.org/

Menil Collection - 1515 Sul Ross Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free event

(713) 525-9400

Start Time(s): Wednesday-Sunday 11am-7pm

The Menil Collection presents the exhibition Silence On view July 27, 2012 - October 21, 2012 Silence is a powerful force It can produce profound emotions or conjure startling sensory experiences, and it seems inextricably linked to the passage of time A prerequisite for contemplative thought, silence has become a scarce commodity in today’s media-saturated world The exhibition and catalogue project Silence considers this important and little-examined subject in modern and contemporary art Ranging from uncanny to incantatory to experiential, its broad range of works are not all without sound, but all reflect the many ways artists invoke silence to shape space and consciousness Organized by the Menil Collection and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Silence features paintings and sculptures from the Menil’s permanent collection as well as works by an international group of artists Additionally, it includes a film and video series on the subject under development by curators at the Pacific Film Archive Artists featured in Silence include Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, David Hammons, Tehching Hsieh, Jennie C Jones, Jacob Kirkegaard, René Magritte, Mark Manders, Christian Marclay, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Max Neuhaus, Robert Rauschenberg, Doris Salcedo, Tino Sehgal, and others An original score for 4’33” (1952) by John Cage will be a central element of the exhibition This three-part composition for the piano first performed by David Tudor contains no actual playing or music Instead, it calls attention to the ambient sounds surrounding the audience and corroborates Cage’s famous assertion that there is no such thing as silence Also featured is White Painting (1951) by Robert Rauschenberg, a flat white canvas from a series that Cage cited as a prime inspiration for 4’33” and called “airports for the lights, shadows and particles” The works in Silence explore spiritual, existential, and political aspects of the absence of noise or speech Among the approximately 32 paintings, sculptures, performances, and sound and video works in the exhibition are the icon of Minimal and Conceptual Art Box With the Sound of Its Own Making (1961) by Robert Morris, a small wooden cube containing a three-and-one-half-hour audio recording of its fabrication; a neon work of 1981–82, Violence Violins Silence, by Bruce Nauman that flashes the words of its title; and documentation of One Year Performance (1978–79) by Tehching Hsieh, in which the artist spent a year in a cage without speaking, reading, writing, or listening to radio or TV In Houston, special consideration will be given to two buildings on the Menil campus: the Rothko Chapel (1971), a world-renowned place of silent meditation containing large panel paintings by Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko, and the 1987 Renzo Piano-designed Menil Collection building itself, which was conceived by the architect and Dominique de Menil to be a quiet “place apart” for contemplating art Silence will be accompanied by a comprehensive exhibition catalogue containing interpretive essays by Toby Kamps, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Menil Collection, Steve Seid, Video Curator at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and Jenni Sorkin, Assistant Professor of contemporary art history at the University of Houston, as well as comprehensive information on the represented works and artists The exhibition will be on view in Houston and, following its presentation in Berkeley in early 2013, be available to travel This exhibition is generously supported by Leslie and Shannon Sasser, Lea Weingarten, and the City of Houston Pictured: Giorgio de Chirico, Melancholia, 1916 The Menil Collection, Houston Photo: Hickey-Robertson, Houston (Detail above, full image below)

The Wizard of Oz 4D Experience

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The Wizard of Oz 4D Experience

03-12-2012 - 03-08-2013

Moody Gardens

http://www.moodygardens.com/

Moody Gardens - One Hope Boulevard Galveston TX 77554

Admission: Adults: $1095 Seniors: $895 Children: $895 Children 3 and under: Free

1-800-582-4673

http://www.moodygardens.org

Start Time(s): Various times throughout 10:00 am- 6:00 pm Check website for schedule

Moody Gardens presents The Wizard of Oz 4D Experience The Wizard of Oz comes alive as never before in a unique 4D Experience With digital 3D imaging and state-of-the-art special effects including wind, scents, and many other surprises, this beloved classic becomes a modern 4-D adventure as the infamous tornado carries viewers out of Kansas into the magical Land of Oz Young and old alike will love following Dorothy and her friends down the yellow-brick road as they battle the Wicked Witch on their epic journey to Emerald City

Houston Film Society

Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Houston Film Society

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

WorldFest Houston

http://www.worldfest.org/PAGES/housociety.htm

Various locations around Houston - Houston TX 77003

Admission: There are several membership levels: $50 for one year as a regular member, gets a pass for two people to all film society screenings ($40 for Seniors and Students), $100 is a Sponsor Membership that gets 2 passes for 4 people, $500 Bronze, $1000 Silver and $5000 Gold memberships - all with added benefits Click here to print out a detailed brochureAll membership levels receive email invites also, which are for two or more people, kind of an "invite all your pals" pass Donations to the Houston Film Society are fully tax-deductible, and Award or Film Evening sponsorships are available

(713) 965-9955

Start Time(s): Day/Date/Time Varies

The Houston Film Society brings you a remarkable opportunity to see more than 50 film premieres each festival season, to be a part of the challenge and excitement of film and television, and to enjoy the discoveries of one of the world's great international film events, plus free previews and sneak-previews all year long The Film Society has monthly screenings of new major studio, International and Indie films all year long Members usually receive passes to two or more films a month, and the screenings are of new films before they are open to the general public The Houston Film Society sponsors the Student Film Award and offers special scholarships to the festival and the production seminars to outstanding Houston High School & college students HFS is the largest film society in Texas with more than 800 members

Anime at the Alamo (Tuesdays)

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Anime at the Alamo (Tuesdays)

10-07-2008 - 01-01-2037

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

http://www.drafthouse.com/westoaks/shows.php?id=116

Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks - West Oaks Mall #429 Houston TX 77082

Admission: Free event!

281-920-9211

Start Time(s): Doors open at 6:30pmShows at 7:30pm

The Alamo Drafthouse presentsAnime at the Alamo Every Tuesday at 7:30 pm Admission is FREE!!! Doors open at 6:30 For more information click: Anime at the Alamo or Funimation "Anime" refers to animation originating in Japan with distinctive aesthetics that visually set it apart from other styles of animation Bring your cameras and sharpies!! You never know when your favorite voice actor or director will be at the Alamo And don't forget about the free raffle drawing every week for Anime DVDs The Alamo is THE place to be on Tuesdays!!!

Planet You 3D

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Planet You 3D

08-07-2009 - 01-01-2037

Health Museum

http://www.thehealthmuseum.org

Health Museum - 1515 Hermann Drive Houston TX 77004

Admission: General admission will allow visitors to experience the two permanent galleries: The Amazing Body Pavilion and the new permanent gallery, YOU: The Exhibit The McGovern 4D Theater is part of the general admission experience Museum General Admission Museum Members FREE Children 2 and under FREE Non-member, Adult $800 Non-member, Child (ages 3 - 12) $600 Non-member, Senior (ages 65 & up) $600 Free Family Thursdays! Free General Admission on Thursdays from 2 to 5 pm There is an admission charge for special exhibits during these hours

713-521-1515

Start Time(s): Summer Hours of Operation: Monday - Saturday 9 am to 5 pm Sunday 12 pm to 5 pm Multiple showings daily Call for details

Imagine exploring an alien world where odd creatures roam bizarre terrain in search of food Then witness the attack and counterattack of viral bacteria at a cellular level Now imagine it all in 3D! On Friday, August 7, The John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science, also called The Health Museum will premiere the new 3D film called Planet You 3D It is an experience that will take you to a world you never knew existed before – a world that is so much closer than you think It is a microscopic journey into the foreign landscape that is your own…SKIN! This 3D film mixes live action and cutting-edge digital computer animation to tell the story of just a few of the thousands of tiny critters that live on the surface of human skin, like the microscopically scary Dermatophagoides, or, house dust mite His sole focus in life is to feed on dead skin flakes It turns out that this is essentially a good thing, except that the excrement of this half-millimeter creature can cause asthma or allergic reactions Without giving the movie away, it would be wise to replace bed pillows every six months Other creepy crawlies starring in the film include the Louse and Deer ticks, always ready to make a meal out of us And of course, there are the ever-present bacteria that share our lives At this cellular level, witness the truly catastrophic paper cut, and the miraculous process of how the human body’s skin heals itself at an incredible rate Viewers will encounter it all, at an animated, microscopic level not seen before It will leave them both amazed and perhaps a little uncomfortable in their own skin But it will certainly be an unforgettable experience The 18-minute Planet You 3D film is an original production and licensing venture of The Health Museum and The Museum of Science, Boston This film is the first of a planned series of Planet You 3D film collaborations that will tease the senses and amaze the mind The partnership between the two institutions also marks the first time in museum/science center history that original, science-based, digital 3D films will be produced for a museum-focused audience “Planet You 3D will most certainly introduce a whole new world of science to kids of every age Adding this film to our existing, highly interactive, technology-based exhibits will further establish The Heath Museum as a leader in creating the innovative museum experience,” said Jon Iszard, President and CEO of The Health Museum “Considering the techno-savvy generation of today, digital 3D films are absolutely an effective way to excite kids about science while still being very entertaining,” said Phil Lindsey, Vice President of Exhibit and Business Development “Our partnership with The Museum of Science, Boston combines experience and resources that will create a highly-interactive science adventure that will excite all of the senses – and Planet You 3D is just good gross fun!” The Health Museum will preview Planet You 3D with media and invited guests on Thursday, August 6 at 6 pm in The Health Museum’s McGovern Theater, where 4D capability will add synchronized environmental effects for an even more immersive experience Planet You 3D is a new, permanent film at The Health Museum Admission to the film is included in the cost of a general admission ticket to the museum ABOUT THE HEALTH MUSEUM The John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science, also known as The Health Museum, is a member institution of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center and is located in the heart of Houston’s Museum District at 1515 Hermann Drive Houston, TX 77004 Recent additions to the museum include You: The Exhibit, a highly interactive look at the physical, psychological and future you, and the McGovern 4D Theater, Houston’s only 4D theater, where 3D films and environmental effects like wind, rain, fog and lightning combine to create a memorable experience Summer hours for the museum are 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 pm on Sunday General Admission is $8 for adults and $6 for children ages 3-12 and senior adults Museum members and children two years of age and under are admitted free Group discount rates and school field trip information are available by calling 713-521-1515, ext 121 For information about the Museum or its programs, please call 713-521-1515 or visit wwwthehealthmuseumorg The John P McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science is an interactive and entertaining science experience for all ages that promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind and spirit and inspires a lifelong commitment to health and wellness