For the nineteenth consecutive year, ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. Two categories are offered at the Modern: Animated and Live Action. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 10.
Experimental Shorts is a one hour matinee screening event presented by Watchale. The screening will showcase unique Texas short films that push the boundaries of the medium, expressing thoughts and emotions in unconventional ways. Enjoy a curated program of avant-garde shorts, including the in-person premiere of the latest Watchale film, PARALLEL.
The screening will be followed by a brief Q&A from all filmmakers present.
Plan your summer at the Modern!
Teen Art Study, July 22 – 26
9 am – 3 pm
Member $325
Nonmember $390
This class offers a week of creative thinking and artmaking, with an artist as guide. Lunch is provided each day.
Plan your summer at the Modern!
Ages 11-13, July 8 – 12
10 am – 2 pm
Member $275
Nonmember $330
Two artists lead this group through gallery activities and studio instruction, rotating between two classrooms during the day. Lunch is provided each day.
Plan your summer at the Modern!
Ages 8-10, June 24 – 28
10 am – 2 pm
Member $275
Nonmember $330
This camp is led by two artists, and campers rotate between two classrooms of studio instruction. Lunch is provided each day.
Plan your summer at the Modern!
Ages 5-7, June 10 – 14
10 am – 2 pm
Member $275
Nonmember $330
This camp is led by two artists, and campers rotate between two classrooms of studio instruction. Lunch is provided each day.
Plan your summer at the Modern!
Almost 5, May 28 – 31
9 am – noon
Member $200
Nonmember $240
The Modern is excited to offer this special camp to preschoolers. Camp begins with an orientation on the first day, including a tour of the collection, museum facilities, and grounds. The rest of the week focuses on gallery projects with an artist who leads campers to respond to works on view. This camp prepares young children for future camps at the Modern. A snack is provided each day.
Milos Forman, 1984
PG; 158 minutes
Lina Wertmüller, 1974
R; 116 minutes; Italian with English subtitles
Class warfare hits the high seas in this Italian comedy about Gennarino (Giancarlo Giannini), a long-suffering crew member who works on a rich couple's yacht. The wife, Raffaela (Mariangela Melato), verbally abuses Gennarino and regularly insults his communist views. But when a day trip leaves the pair stranded at sea, they wash up on a deserted island and Raffaela is, suddenly, no longer the one in control. The role reversal leads to an unexpected and contentious love affair.
Robert Hamer, 1949
104 minutes
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member (all played by Alec Guinness) who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love (Joan Greenwood) and the widow of one of his victims (Valerie Hobson), his plans go awry.
