OUTSIDE THE MEGAPLEX
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON
1001 Bissonnet; mfah.org
Oscar Nominees: Animated Short Film
Featured short films include “Late Afternoon,” “Animal Behaviour,” “Weekends” and “One Small Step.” 6 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Thursday
Oscar Nominees: Live-Action Short Film
Featured short films include “Madre,” “Fauve,” “Marguerite,” “Detainment” and “Skin.” 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Sunday
Oscar Nominees: Documentary Short Subject
Featured short documentaries include “End Game,” “Lifeboat,” “A Night at the Garden” and “Period. End of Sentence.” 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA
2707 Commercial Center, Katy; drafthouse.com/houston
“Moulin Rouge!”
A young Englishman becomes infatuated with a singer, however, she has been promised by the manager to a Duke in return for funding his next production. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Tuesday and Thursday.
“Sex and the City”
A New York City writer is finally getting married, but her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads the groom to jilt her. 11 a.m. Saturday
“Gone With the Wind”
A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods. 2:15 p.m. Saturday
“Blazing Saddles”
In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. 7:30 p.m. Saturday
“Rashomon”
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai’s ghost and a woodcutter. 3 p.m. Sunday
“Moonstruck”
A bookkeeper from New York finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry. 6 p.m. Sunday
“Phantom of the Paradise”
A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. 9 p.m. Sunday
RIVER OAKS THEATRE
2009 W. Gray; landmarktheatres.com
“Purple Rain”
As his star begins to rise, a young musician must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance and his band. Midnight Friday
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to a bizarre residence. Midnight Saturday
HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE
5555 Hermann Park Drive; hmns.org
“Pandas 3D”
In Sichuan, China, a researcher forms a bond with a panda that is about to experience nature for the first time. Multiple screenings daily.
“Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation”
Exploration of the contribution of volcanoes to the wildlife ecosystems, their impact on humans and the world we live in. Multiple screenings daily.
“Walking With Dinosaurs 3D”
Young pachyrhinosauruses grow up and establish themselves in the prehistoric world. Multiple screenings daily.
RICE CINEMA
6100 Main; film.rice.edu “Tejano” Desperate for money to save his sick grandfather, a South Texas farmhand smuggles cocaine across the Mexican border. 7 p.m. Wednesday