The seventh annual Houston Palestine Film Festival launches Friday for two weekends of movies spotlighting the Palestinian culture and experience at MFAH and Rice Media Center.

The free screening of Now You See Me, a new heist thriller starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson,, Isla Fisher, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, has already taken place.

Misplaced emphasis and Robert Redford's tendency to speechify ruin The Company You Keep, the drama in which he co-stars with Shia LaBeouf and Julie Christie.