Take a break from the Texas heat for Modern Kids — Summer Flicks! Share the art of the screen with your children as they watch stories unfold and ideas form in delightful and innovative films. The bonus for seeing these films at the Modern is the opportunity to visit the galleries before or after and experience the wonder of the paintings, sculptures, installations, and videos throughout the museum, including those in the special exhibition Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg. 

This probing documentary shines a light on what it means to be male in American society, where the definition of masculinity can be extremely narrow. Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom suggests that by expecting our males to behave in very specific ways, we are not only harming our boys and men but also society at large.

Kaikai Kiki short animation series: Episode 1: Planting the Seeds (2007), Episode 2: The Secret of Kaikai (2008)
Takashi Murakami, Japanese with English subtitles

Norwegian Wood, 2010
Tran Anh Hung
133 minutes, Japanese with English subtitles

Bull Durham, 1988
Ron Shelton
108 minutes

Bull Durham works equally as a love story, a baseball fable and a comedy, while ignoring the clichés of each genre. David Ansen, Newsweek

Thief, 1981
Michael Mann
122 Minutes 

At a time when thrillers have been devalued by the routine repetition of the same dumb chases, sex scenes, and gunfights, Thief is completely out of the ordinary. Roger Ebert

The Castle of Cagliostro, 1979
Hayao Miyazaki
110 minutes, Japanese with English subtitles

Sonatine, 1993
Takeshi Kitano, 
94 minutes

Sonatine may be the purest example of Kitano's singularity as a cult filmmaker, a fresh take on the age-old yakuza genre that's infused by odd flourishes of style and playfulness, and jarring outbursts of humor and violence. Scott Tobias, A.V. Club

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, 2012
Mahiro Maeda, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno
96 minutes, Japanese with English subtitles