Stunning set pieces and the music of itinerant musicians who figure into the plot highlight this latest from the great Greek director Theo Angelopoulos. "A beautiful and devastating meditation on war, history and loss."-N.Y. Times. Repeated on May 31.
Lino Ventura and Jean-Paul Belmondo in a dazzling, recently rediscovered gem of a crime film from 1960. "One of the best French gangster films, tense and warm, elliptical and human."-Bertrand Tavernier. Repeated on May 27.
Barbara Stanwyck sleeps her way up the social ladder in this notorious pre-Code melodrama, shown in a fabulous print that reinstates censored scenes. "Even the cut version is a jaw-dropper; with its full five minutes of sleaze restored, it has to be seen to be not quite believed."-N.Y. Times. Repeated on May 28.
A French treasure re-released in a new print, Robert Bresson's portrayal of the life and death of a despised country girl is gritty yet lyrical and ultimately sublime. Repeated on May 30.