7:15 pm: Movies

The manifestations and consequences of evil are the subject of the eighth annual City of the Angels Film Festival. The four-day event brings together filmmakers, theologians and moviegoers to view and discuss a diverse slate of films ranging from Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1932 “Vampyr” to Allen and Albert Hughes’ 1993 “Menace II Society,” plus documentaries including “Roger & Me” and “Triumph of the Will” that address the theme of “Touches of Evil.” Horror veteran Wes Craven leads things off tonight with screenings of his films “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare.” In between, Craven will discuss the spiritual influences that have driven his films.

* City of the Angels Film Festival, Directors Guild of America, 7920 Sunset Blvd., L.A. Today, “Nightmare on Elm Street,” 7:15 p.m.; “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare,” 10 p.m. Friday, “The Manchurian Candidate,” 7 p.m.; “Menace II Society,” 9:45 p.m. Saturday, “Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills,” 1 p.m.; “M,” 1:30 p.m.; “Burden of Dreams,” 4 p.m.; “Vampyr,” 4:10 p.m.; “Roger & Me,” 6 p.m.; “Fargo,” 6:30 p.m.; “The Atomic Cafe,” 8 p.m.; “Rosemary’s Baby,” 9 p.m. Sunday, “Apocalypse Now Redux,” 1 p.m.; “Triumph of the Will,” 1:30 p.m.; “The Wannsee Conference,” 3:45 p.m.; “Throne of Blood,” 5 p.m.; “Night and Fog,” 5:30 p.m.; “The Trial of Adolf Eichmann,” “Night of the Hunter,” 7:30 p.m. Screenings, $6.50 to $7.50; double features, opening-and closing-night receptions, $10; a limited number of all-festival passes are available, $50. (626) 304-3775 or https://www.cityofangelsfilmfest.org.

8 pm: Music/Films

The final three evenings of “Philip on Film: A Celebration of 25 Years of Film Music by Philip Glass” offer a rare opportunity to hear the composer conduct his ensemble while seeing the films that he scored. (See review by Mark Swed, Page 55.) Tonight features the original music Glass created for the 1998 re-release of Tod Browning’s 1931 horror classic “Dracula,” starring Bela Lugosi. Friday’s program may be the series’ most interesting, with a near operatic interpretation by Glass of Jean Cocteau’s “La Belle et la Bte.” The film’s original dialogue track and score have been removed and replaced by Glass’ own score, with live singers synchronized with the actors on screen singing the dialogue. The closing film is “Koyaanisqatsi” (from the Hopi language for “life out of balance”), a nonverbal film by Godfrey Reggio.

* “Philip on Film: A Celebration of 25 Years of Film Music by Philip Glass,” Royce Hall, UCLA Campus, Westwood, tonight, “Dracula,” 8 p.m.; Friday, “La Belle et la Bte,” 8 p.m.; Saturday, “Koyaanisqatsi,” 8 p.m. $15 to $35. (310) 825-2101 or https://www.performingarts.ucla.edu.

7:30 pm: Theater

Bruce A. Young (Capt. Simon Banks on “The Sentinel”) and Billy Campbell (“Once and Again”) headline in a revival of “Dungeonmaster,” Young’s audience-participatory role-playing show based on fantasy games. Audience volunteers will join the cast at each performance in a fantasy involving mythical monsters and strange creatures.* “Dungeonmaster,” Magicopolis, 1418 4th St., Santa Monica, Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays andSaturdays, 11 p.m. Runs indefinitely. $15. (310) 451-2241.

8 pm: Music

For the second concert in Esa-Pekka Salonen’s “Schoenberg Prism” series, the Los Angeles Philharmonic program this week offers the Five Pieces for Orchestra, Opus 16, written in 1909, when Schoenberg was 35 and teaching in Vienna, during the period when he also composed the Opus 11 piano pieces and his first operatic work, “Erwartung.” The rest of the program is devoted to Mozart, his Violin Concerto No. 3, with Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova as soloist, and the Symphony No. 41, the “Jupiter.” Because of illness this summer, Mullova’s originally scheduled performances of the Schoenberg Violin Concerto on these dates have been postponed.

* Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., L.A., 8 p.m. $12 to $78. Also, Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (323) 850-2000.

Freebie

* The Harry Potter Club explores the world of Hogwarts and offers kids a trivia quiz and crafts at Barnes & Noble, 26751 Aliso Creek Road, Aliso Viejo. 4 p.m. (949) 362-8027.