Houston's BEST Film Festival closed with not one, but two memorable and important film events.
The evening showing of Lech Majewski's The Mill & the Cross (a full review to come) followed an afternoon screening in the same MFAH theater (a great venue, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe) of a newly-discovered silent film classic, Upstream (1927), directed by John Ford, with live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin and his ensemble (of Rice University music students, one of whom bears a striking resemblance to Zooey Deschanel).
For a clip of "Upstream", please visit my facebook page, until I can successfully upload it here.
