Movies on the Square: 'Hugo'
An orphaned boy secretly lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station and looks after the clocks. He gets caught up in a mystery adventure when he attempts to repair a mechanical man. The movie plays on Redwood City's high-definition surround-sound 25-foot outdoor theater today, Aug. 2, 8:30 p.m at Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City. Go to redwoodcity.org.

Movie: '400 Miles to Freedom'
In 1984 a community of Jews in the northern Ethiopian mountains fled a dictatorship to begin a secret and dangerous journey of escape. The film includes the co-director's experience of his brutal kidnapping as a boy in Sudan. The film is part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and will screen today, Aug. 2, at noon at Cinearts Theater, Palo Alto Square, 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Go to sfjff.org.

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