All right, you Francophiles, celebrate your love of Sarkozy, champagne and truffles at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston with New French Shorts. Like all things Gallic, the two-day pre-Bastille Day screenings have a tasty little something for everyone, from Jean-Gabriel Pรฉriotย’s 200,000 Phantoms, a poignant postcard reverie of Hiroshima, to Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pontย’s Manon on the Asphalt, a dreamy out-of-body experience nominated this year for an Academy Award. 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 1001 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-639-7515 or visit www.mfah.org. $6 to $7.

Sat., July 11, 7 p.m.; Sun., July 12, 7 p.m., 2009

D.L. Groover has contributed to countless reputable publications including the Houston Press since 2003. His theater criticism has earned him a national award from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia...