OUTSIDE THE MEGAPLEX
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON
1001 Bissonnet; mfah.org
“Yuli”
A chronicle of the life and career of the first black guest dancer in London for the Royal Ballet. 4 p.m. Friday
“A Hidden Life”
The latest film from Texas director Terrence Malick is based on a true story about Austrian peasant-farmer Franz Jägerstätter, who refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. 7 p.m. Friday
“Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus”
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus, this lively and wide-ranging exploration surveys the movement that sought to unite modern design, art, architecture and performing arts with communal social living in order to form an academic discipline and utopian way of life. 1:30 p.m. Saturday
“Fear No Gumbo”
Structured as a tour of the 9th Ward in New Orleans, this hardhitting film focuses on the efforts of ordinary people to rebuild their lives during the decade following Hurricane Katrina. 4:15 p.m. Saturday
“Sugar Cane Alley”
A saga of life in Martinique in the early 1930s. 7 p.m. Saturday
“Marriage Story”
Noah Baumbach’s incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson star. 10 p.m. Saturday
“Varda by Agnès”
A feature on the late French director Agnès Varda. 1 p.m. Sunday
“Black Rodeo”
Centered on a 1972 black rodeo in Harlem, this acclaimed yet little seen documentary from the same year captures that momentous show in great detail. 7:30 p.m. Sunday
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the 18th century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. 7 p.m. Monday
14 PEWS
800 Aurora; 14pews.org
“The Report”
Idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA’s post-9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets. 7 p.m. Friday
“Everybody’s Everything”
A look at the life of genre-blending artist and style icon Lil Peep. 9:30 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Saturday
“Small Island”
Based on Andrea Levy's novel about a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through World War II to 1948. 7 p.m. Friday
MATCH
3400 Main; matchouston.org
Houston Greek Film Festival
Festival showcases new films from Greek filmmakers, producers and actors and films with Greek themes from Greece and the diaspora. Friday through Sunday Nov. 17
ASIA SOCIETY
1370 Southmore; asiasociety.org/texas
“Yellow Rose”
Rose, an undocumented Filipino girl, dreams of one day leaving her small Texas town to pursue her country-music dreams. 7:30 p.m. Friday
ROOFTOP CINEMA
1700 Post Oak; rooftopcinema club.com/houston
“House Party”
Kid decides to go to friend Play’s house party, but neither of them can predict what’s in store for them on what could be the wildest night of their lives. 8 p.m. Friday
“The Princess Bride”
While home sick in bed, a young boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love. 8 p.m. Saturday
“City Slickers”
On the verge of turning 40, an unhappy Manhattan yuppie is roped into joining his two friends on a cattle drive in the Southwest. 8 p.m. Sunday
“Dumb and Dumber”
After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return the briefcase to its owner. 8 p.m. Tuesday
“Cool Runnings”
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team. 8 p.m. Thursday
ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA
2707 Commercial Center, Katy; drafthouse.com/houston
“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. 7:30 p.m. Friday
“The Voices”
A likable guy pursues his office crush with the help of his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date. 10 p.m. Friday
“Stargate”
In modern-day Egypt, professor Daniel Jackson teams up with retired Army Col. Jack O’Neil to unlock the code of an interstellar gateway to an ancient Egypt-like world. 10 p.m. Saturday
“The Long Good Friday”
An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat. 1 p.m. Sunday
“Mind Game”
After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends. 7:30 p.m. Monday
“A Face in the Crowd”
Ambitious young radio producer Marcia Jeffries finds a charming rogue named Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes in an Arkansas drunk tank and puts him on the air. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
RIVER OAKS THEATRE
2009 W. Gray; landmarktheatres.com
“The Warriors”
A turf battle between New York City street gangs that rages from Coney Island to the Bronx. Midnight Friday and Saturday
RICE CINEMA
6100 Main; cinema.rice.edu
“Space Dogs”
Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. According to a legend, she returned to Earth as a ghost and has roamed the streets of Moscow ever since. 8 p.m. Friday
Brokeback: A Shorts Film Program
Michael D. Robinson presents five short films that engage and examine the notion of the queer cowboy. 12:30 p.m. Saturday
“For All Mankind”
An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8. 3:30 p.m. Saturday
CineSpace 2019
A short-film competition, in collaboration between NASA and Houston Cinema Arts Society, that offers filmmakers around the world a chance to share their works inspired by and using, actual NASA imagery. 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Around the World in a Day: Experimental Cinema Now
A collection of short experimental films. Curator Michael Sicinski and filmmaker Ja’tovia Gary will be in attendance. 1 p.m. Sunday
“Bacurau”
After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a nearfuture Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents. 4 p.m. Sunday
“Ben DeSoto: For Art’s Sake”
The story of a Houston photographer who covered the early Houston underground punk scene, major touring acts, rap/ hip-hop culture and current events. 7 p.m. Sunday
”The Science of Fictions”
Siman discovers a foreign crew shooting a moon landing. He gets caught and his tongue is cut off. He goes through life in slow motion, imitating an astronaut in outer space, labeled as crazy. 7 p.m. Monday