Miss Bala

This Mexican thriller was up for a Best Foreign Film Oscar this year. But that's not why you should see it. You should see it because director Gerardo Naranjo stages the story – about a teen beauty-contest hopeful who gets sucked into an underworld filled with a drug kingpin and other really bad guys – with all the volatile excitement his breakthrough indie film I'm Gonna Explode promised. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 25, and 9:10 p.m. Saturday.