Films
Daily Matinees: Performances on FilmWeekdays, 2:00 p.m., The Stage
Included in general admission to the Museum
To complement All the World's a Stage, visit The Stage for matinee screenings of classic music, drama, and dance performances filmed at the world's great performance spaces, as well as award-winning documentaries investigating connections between the visual and performing arts. NOVEMBERTuesdays: The Blues: Feel Like Going Home (110 minutes)
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Feel Like Going Home explores and celebrates the blues. The film features original performances by acclaimed musicians like Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ as well as archival footage of musical legends Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, and John Lee Hooker, among others. Wednesdays: Isadora Duncan: Movement from the Soul (60 minutes)
This film traces the life and work of Isadora Duncan, who was known as the “Mother of Modern Dance.” The documentary includes re-creations of twelve of Duncan’s dances, spanning her career and artistic development. Thursdays: Art21: Transformation (55 minutes)
By assuming another face—with costumes, masks, makeup, and gesture—the performer becomessomeone or something else. This documentary investigates the strategies that we use to refashion identity through the work of contemporary artists, including Yinka Shonibare, MBE and Cindy Sherman, featured artists in the Museum’s current special exhibitions.
This screening event is presented in collaboration with Art21, a nonprofit contemporary art organization that produces documentaries, interpretive media, educational initiatives, and live events. Fridays: American Masters - Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About (130 minutes) Directed and produced by acclaimed filmmaker Judy Kinberg and written by best-selling Robbins biographer Amanda Vaill, this Emmy Award-winning film explores the extraordinary life and work of Jerome Robbins, the “master of the Broadway musical” and celebrated ballet choreographer who found inspiration in the work of artists such as Marc Chagall, Maurice Prendergast, Erté, and even Piero della Francesca. This American Masters Film is shown by special permission of WNET.org.
Late Night FilmsFan Favorites: Shakespeare on Screen
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Friday, November 20, 9:00 p.m., Horchow Auditorium.
Included in general admission to the Museum
DMA Facebook fans and Twitter followers voted on their favorite film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays and chose Much Ado About Nothing. Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in this comedic portrayal of courtship and romance in the Italian countryside, which also features Emma Thompson and Denzel Washington. This film is rated PG-13 (111 minutes).
Promotional support provided by 
Family Films Saturdays and Sundays, 2:00 p.m., C3 Theater, Center for Creative Connections
Included in general admission to the Museum November 1-29The Little Prince (110 minutes)
The classic book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery has been transformed for the stage by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman and the Houston Grand Opera. The opera tells the story of a pilot who crash-lands in the desert and meets an open-hearted boy from another planet.
Films subject to change. These films are presented by the Robert J. O’Donnell Film Series Endowment Fund.
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