All right, you Francophiles, celebrate your love of Sarkozy, champagne and truffles at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston with New French Shorts. Like all things Gallic, the two-day pre-Bastille Day screenings have a tasty little something for everyone, from Jean-Gabriel Pรฉriotยs 200,000 Phantoms, a poignant postcard reverie of Hiroshima, to Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pontยs Manon on the Asphalt, a dreamy out-of-body experience nominated this year for an Academy Award. 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 1001 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-639-7515 or visit www.mfah.org. $6 to $7.
Sat., July 11, 7 p.m.; Sun., July 12, 7 p.m., 2009
This article appears in Jul 9-15, 2009.
