Maui Film Festival presents meticulously curated films that remind us that, despite all of our differences, humanity still reigns supreme. While the festival opened June 12, there are still more than 20 feature films and 20-plus shorts screening between today and Sunday at the renowned ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “HEAVY WATER” PG-13, 1:35. Documentary. Maui Mall Megaplex. 7 p.m. tonight. Follow big wave surfer Nathan Fletcher through the evolution of surfing and his ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “RIFFTRAX LIVE: STAR RAIDERS” PG-13, 2:00. Special events. Maui Mall Megaplex. 7:30 p.m. today and Tuesday. It’s the year 2762. The galaxy is plagued with ...

Teenage brains. Alcohol. Driver’s licenses. Put them together and what you get, inevitably, are a whole bunch of bad decisions — in real life and in movies. It’s not a new lesson, but it’s the most coherent one in “Ma,” a middling high school horror revenge fantasy (if that’s a ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “THE AUDIENCE — NT LIVE 10TH ANNIVERSAY” PG-13, 3:00. Concert/special events. Maui Mall Megaplex. 7 p.m. Saturday. Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren plays ...

AP Film Writer Whatever you say about Dexter Fletcher’s glossy, glittering Elton John blinged-out biopic “Rocketman ,” a shiny sequin of a movie, it doesn’t lack for sparkle. Like its flamboyant subject, it’s a movie outfitted to the nines in dazzle and verve, even if it’s gotten ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “THE COLD BLUE” NR, 1:35. Documentary. Maui Mall Cineplex. 7:30 p.m. today. This documentary is a meditation on youth, war and trauma, and stands as a tribute ...

AP Film Writer Movies can be blessedly simple. As the first “John Wick” showed, all you really need is a car, a gun, a dead dog and Keanu Reeves. Who needs “kiss kiss” when you’ve got plenty of “bang bang”? Alas, nothing in today’s movie-land stays minor-key. Chad ...

The ninth annual Huliau Youth Environmental Film Festival premieres 10 short environmental films beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku. This environmental education nonprofit instructs youth from 14 different schools in Maui County to pitch, plan, shoot and edit ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL — THE MOVIE” R, 1:55. Drama. Maui Mall Cineplex. 7:30 p.m. Today only. Be the first to see “Saga of Tanya the Evil — The Movie” on ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1995)” R, 2:22. Drama. Ka‘ahumanu 6. 7 p.m. Wednesday. This critically acclaimed drama tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a man ...

AP Film Writer Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen make a sparkling comedic duo in the unconventional romantic comedy “Long Shot,” about a sleek politician and a schlubby journalist that is more than its superficial premise. The film from director Jonathan Levine, which does its fair share ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT” R, 1:51. Comedy, drama. Regency Kihei Cinemas. 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Two cousins from New York are players in the high-stakes game of ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “42ND STREET — THE MUSICAL” NR, 2:35. Concert/special events. Maui Mall Megaplex. 7 p.m. Wednesday. One of Broadway’s most classic and beloved tales comes ...

AP Entertainment Writer “The Curse of La Llorona” brought good fortune at the box office. The Warner Bros. horror film based on a Mexican legend about a woman who murdered her children and wanders the world looking for them brought in $26.5 million according to studio estimates on ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “RIFFTRAX LIVE: OCTAMAN” PG-13, 2:00. Concert/special events. Maui Mall Megaplex. 8 p.m. today and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “ARCTIC” PG-13, 1:38. Drama. Regency Kihei Cinemas. 10:30 a.m. Saturday. A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in ...

If you didn’t know that “The Best of Enemies” was based on a true story, you’d likely find the premise preposterous, and for a movie, probably ill-advised: A lowbrow Klan leader in North Carolina and a black single mom/community activist are forced into dialogue and become lifelong ...

Matthew McConaughey is at his dirt bag finest as a good-time Charlie stoner-poet named Moondog in Harmony Korine’s “The Beach Bum,” a bizarre and transfixing carnival of vulgarity and vice. In some ways it’s the part he was born to play. Whether or not that’s a good thing for him, ...

Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “CAT VIDEO FEST” NR, 1:10. Concerts/special events. Regency Kihei Cinemas. 10:30 a.m. Saturday. CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos ...