Film picks this weekend beyond the blockbuster

▪  Friday evening, the Cary Theater is showing Roger Michell’s 2017 drama “My Cousin Rachel,” followed at 9:15 p.m. by Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana’s 2017 documentary “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.” (Thursday night, there will encores of “Rumble” at 7 p.m. and “Rachel” at 9:15.) On Saturday, the 2015 documentary “The Eye of Istanbul” screens at 2 p.m. At 2 p.m. Sunday, it’s Keith Warner’s “Otello – Royal Opera House” (2017). On Thursday, the 2016 documentary “Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent” shows at 2 p.m. Admission is $3 to $5 for each film, except for the “Otello” event, which is $12 to $15. Details: 919-462-2051 or thecarytheater.com.

▪  Also Friday night in Durham, the Carolina Theatre’s RetroAmore series offers a double feature of Garry Marshall’s 1987 rom-com “Overboard,” starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and Paul Michael Glaser’s 1992 drama “The Cutting Edge,” starring D.B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly. The double bill begins at 7, and admission is $9. Details: 919-560-3030 or carolinatheatre.org.

▪  Wednesday evening in Durham, Duke’s Screen/Society will present Melissa Donovan’s 2014 documentary “Zemene” at the Bryan Center Griffith Film Center. After the film, stay for a Q&A with director Donovan and Dr. Rick Hodes, an American physician who has lived and worked in Ethiopia for more than 20 years. Free. Details: 919-660-3030 or ami.trinity.duke.edu/screensociety.