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December 7–14 » assorted times » $9, member; $11, nonmember » MFA Remis Auditorium, 161; and Alfond Auditorium, G36

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers, and their innovations are still informing contemporary design today. The Eames Office created a mind-bending variety of products, from splints for wounded military during World War II to photography, interiors, multimedia exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.

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December 14–18 » assorted times » $9, member; $11, nonmember » MFA Remis Auditorium, 161; and Alfond Auditorium, G36

How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?

Foster + Partners’ buildings are recognizable worldwide—the Hearst Tower in New York City, the HSBC building in Hong Kong, the Gherkin in London—and, of course, the firm’s founder and chairman, Norman Foster, is behind the Art of the Americas Wing at the MFA. A “hugely enjoyable” (The Observer) portrait of one of the world’s premier architects, the film follows Foster’s unending quest to improve the quality of life through design.

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December 15–22 » assorted times » $9, member; $11, nonmember » MFA Remis Auditorium, 161; and Alfond Auditorium, G36

Unfinished Spaces

Commissioned by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, three young, visionary architects—Roberto Gottardi, Ricardo Porro and Vittorio Garatti—began construction of their radical designs for Cuba’s ambitious National Art Schools project. Classes soon followed, but as the dream of the Cuban Revolution quickly became a reality, construction was halted, and the architects’ designs were deemed irrelevant in the prevailing political climate. Forty years later, the schools are in use but remain unfinished, and Castro invites the exiled architects back to finish their unrealized dream

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December 14–18 » assorted times » $9, member; $11, nonmember » MFA Remis Auditorium, 161; and Alfond Auditorium, G36

John Portman: A Life of Building 

“I need to make buildings that enhance life,” John Portman says, at the beginning of this new documentary. Boston filmmaker Ben Loeterman creates a passionate portrait of Portman, recognized as one of the most innovative and imitated architects ever. Over the course of 45 years, Portman’s iconic urban statements and eye-popping interiors have risen in 60 cities on four continents to redefine cityscapes in America and skylines in China and the rest of Asia. The film captures Portman’s approach in an intimate portrait that, in turn, assesses and appreciates Portman’s work.

A discussion with director follows the December 14 screening.

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