Traficante de Sueños (Sleep Dealer). Chatting up director Alex Rivera about his muy relevant Mexican-border-hopping freakout was a career highlight. His 2008 sci-fi flick concludes the Languages Department’s International Film Festival. Santiago Canyon College, Building D, Room 101, 8045 E. Chapman Ave., Orange, (714) 628-4938; www.sccollege.edu/internationalfilmfestival. Fri., 6 p.m. Free.
Senior Thesis Film Screenings. The lineup includes Follow Me, Mom, Untitled No-Apocalypse Script and Very Funny. Chapman’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Folino Theater, 283 N. Cypress St., Orange; www.chapman.edu/dodge. Fri., 7 p.m. Free.
Shark Exorcist. B-movie maestro Donald Farmer’s movie that sticks Satan into the body of a great white shark is presented in “MuVChat,” in which audience members watch and riff wise via texts. The Frida Cinema, 305 E. Fourth St., Santa Ana; thefridacinema.org. Fri., 11 p.m. $8-$10.
Ingrid Bergman In Her Own Words. Learn how a young Swedish girl rose to become a Hollywood icon. Art Theatre, 2025 E. Fourth St., Long Beach, (562) 438-5435; www.arttheatrelongbeach.com. Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m. $8-$11.
The Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare At 400 presents director David Richards’ hilarious 2005 adaptation, with Shirley Henderson as said shrew. The Frida Cinema; thefridacinema.org. Sat., 1:30 p.m. Free.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Midnight Insanity strips down on Lingerie Night. Art Theatre; www.longbeachrockyhorror.com. Sat., 11:55 p.m. $8-$11.
Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote. Seeing it live on the big screen is the next best thing to being there. Regency Director’s Cut Cinema, 25471 Rancho Niguel Rd., Laguna Niguel, (949) 831-0446. Sun., 12:55 p.m.; Tues., 7 p.m. $8.75-$11.50.
Peace Officer. Documentary about a former sheriff who established Utah’s first SWAT team 30 years ago and is now probing the unit’s controversial killing of his son-in-law and other police shootings as a private investigator. Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 Atherton St., Long Beach, (562) 985-7000; www.carpenterarts.org. Tues., 7 p.m. Free.
High Noon. Gary Cooper is at his stoic best as a marshal facing a returning baddie without the town’s help in Fred Zinnemann’s 1952 potboiler. Regency South Coast Village, 1561 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana, (714) 557-5701. Wed., 7:30 p.m. $8.
Time Chasers. For RiffTrax’s 10th anniversary, MST3K‘s Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett skewer the sci-fi “classic” in which a man time travels with the help of an airplane and his beloved Commodore 64. Various Orange County theaters; www.rifftrax.com. Thurs., May 5, 8 p.m.; also May 17. $10.50-$15.
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