OUTSIDE THE MEGAPLEX
River Oaks Theatre 2009 W. Gray; landmarktheatres.com
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER: An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to their world. Midnight Friday and Saturday
14 Pews 800 Aurora; 14pews.org
SPEED SISTERS: The first all-women race-car-driving team in the Middle East grabs headlines and turns heads at improvised tracks across the West Bank. 7 p.m. Friday NERUDA: An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party. 7 p.m. Saturday
Rice Cinema 6100 Main, film.rice.edu
1432: young people come together to attempt to gain more from their talents than what their Ghanaian society has to offer. 7 p.m. Thursday WE ARE IN IT: The story of five migrants in Houston, who struggle to find meaning beyond labels of foreigner, immigrant, undocumented, alien and refugee. 6 p.m. Saturday THE GOLD LINE: Six skateboarders push themselves through the empty streets of a still, sleeping city. Few will ever be this alive and awake, and the day has hardly begun. 7 p.m. Tuesday THE SOUND OF OLD ROOMS: The life experiences of an ordinary Indian man trying to hold on to his calling of being a poet while juggling a normal life. 7 p.m. Wednesday
Houston Museum of Natural Science 5555 Hermann Park Drive; hmns.org
WILD AFRICA 3-D: A contrast of stunning deserts beside wild oceans and coral reefs. Multiple screenings daily NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE: World-class adventurers hike and climb their way across America. Multiple screenings daily EXTREME WEATHER: Discover the complex forces influencing our weather. Multiple screenings daily