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DORIS DUKE THEATRE

Honolulu Museum of Art, 532-6097, honolulumuseum.org; $10-$12

Sundance Film Festival 2017 Short Film Tour

1 and 4 p.m. Saturday, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday

>> Traveling program of seven short films includes fiction, documentaries and animation from around the world, some with subtitles: “5 Films About Technology” (2016, Canada, 0:05), “And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye” (2016, Chile/U.S., 0:19, in Spanish), “Come Swim” (2017, 0:17), “Lucia, Before and After”) (2016, 0:14), “Night Shift” (2017, 0:15), “Pussy” (2016, Poland, 0:09) and “Ten Meter Tower” (2016, Sweden, 0:16, in Swedish).

“Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge”

4 p.m. Sunday, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday

Biopic about the 20th-­century French physicist and chemist who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize twice despite the controversy surrounding France’s male-dominated academic establishment and her unconventional romantic lifestyle. In French with English subtitles. (2017, Germany/France/Poland, 1:40)

Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017

Opening-night reception, 6 p.m. Thursday in the Luce Pavilion, with pupu from Chiko’s Tavern and a 7:45 p.m. screening of “Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall,” followed by a Q&A session with Hall, $20. Runs through Aug. 19. hglcf.org

>> “Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall”

Katherine Fairfax Wright’s inspiring documentary about a man who overcomes obstacles as we watch him struggle to write songs about growing up both gay and black in a small Texas town and as he experiences the harsh realities of finding success in show business. (2017, 1:40)

MOVIE MUSEUM

3566 Harding Ave., 735-8771; $4-$5

>> “Salut D’Amour” (“Jang-su Sahng-hoe”)

11 a.m. and 3 and 7 p.m. Friday

A cranky 70-year-old loner is convinced by his new neighbor to take her out to dinner, which has his neighbors and friends rooting for this new romance. For ages 12 and older. In Korean with English subtitles. (2015, South Korea, 1:52)

“The Professor and His Beloved Equation” (“Hakase no Aishita Sushiki”)

1, 5 and 9 p.m. Friday; 2 and 9 p.m. Saturday

A housekeeper named Kyoko is hired to care for her brother-in-law, a math professor with a memory impairment. Through his poetic ways with numbers, Kyoko and her young son discover a newfound love for math. For ages 12 and older. In Japanese with English subtitles. (2006, Japan, 1:57)

“The Lost City of Z”

11:30 a.m. and 4 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday; 11:45 a.m. and 2:15, 4:45 and 9 p.m. Sunday

A British explorer searches for a lost Amazonian city in the 1920s. Based on David Grann’s nonfiction book. With Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller and Tom Holland. Rated PG-13. (2006, 2:20)

“Varg Veum: Bitter Flowers”

7:15 p.m. Sunday; 11 a.m. and 4 and 9 p.m. Monday

In this first film of a series, a private detective in Norway is hired by a female politician to discreetly locate her 7-year-old daughter. For ages 15 and older. (2007, Norway/Sweden/ Germany, 1:32)

“The Three Treasures”

12:45 and 5:45 p.m. Monday

Follow the great hero Prince Yamato Takeru and his second-century exploits involving the ancient mythical origin of three treasures that comprise the Imperial Regalia of Japan: the sword Kusanagi, the mirror of Yata and the jewel of Yasakani. For ages 8 and older. (1959, Japan, 3:02)

“Obit”

11:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Thursday

Documentary about New York Times’ obituary writers, who bring to life vivid and lifelike portraits of the deceased in a limited 500 to 800 words. (2016, 1:33)

“The Sands of Kurobe” (“Kurobe no Taiyo”)

1:15 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday

Toshiro Mifune stars in this drama about the Kurobe Dam, a great engineering feat that propelled Japan into First World status but also claimed 171 lives. For ages 10 and older. In Japanese with English subtitles. (1968, Japan, 3:16)


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