The 14th annual FirstLight Academy Screenings continues with the following films showing at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center this week. The festival concludes Sunday. Tickets are $12 per film, with discounts in bulk. For details, visit www.mauifilmfestival.com.
* FRIDAY
2 p.m. "Argo" (R, 2:00) A C.I.A. agent concocts a wild plan to help whisk six diplomats, in hiding during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, to safety. Ben Affleck stars and directs.
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“Argo”
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5:30 p.m. "Stand Up Guys" (R, 1:35) Academy Award winners Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin prove that "they just don't make 'em like they used to" in this action comedy.
7:30 p.m. "Quartet" (PG-13, 1:39) Dustin Hoffman directs an ensemble including Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay as retired opera singers needing to save their retirement home.
* SATURDAY
2 p.m. "Flight" (R, 2:18) A hero's actions threaten to reveal his darkest secret in this heart-rending drama. Denzyl Washington and Don Cheadle star. Robert Zemeckis directs.
5 p.m. "The Sessions" (R, 1:35) A poet confined to an iron lung resolves to lose his virginity with the help of a sexual surrogate. Helen Hunt, John Hawkes and William H. Macy star.
7:30 p.m. "Hyde Park on Hudson" (R, 1:34) The true story on a pre-WWII meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt the king of England, starring Bill Murray and Laura Linney.
* SUNDAY
2 p.m. "Skyfall" (PG-13, 2:25) James Bond No. 23, as directed by Sam Mendes. With Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Helen McCrory, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench and Albert Finney.
5 p.m. "Not Fade Away" (R, 1:52) It's 1964. The Stones blow America's mind on TV. And three N.J. friends have to start a rock band. From The Sopranos writer/director David Chase.
7:30 p.m. "Promised Land" (R, 1:43) What's your price? Matt Damon, John Krasinski and Frances McDormand co-star in this powerful exploration of the never-ending quest for energy.
