Nathaniel Dorsky (U.S., 2010–12). Nathaniel Dorsky and critic/curator Mark McElhatten in conversation. Dorsky's unique films can be seen as songs, poems, prayers, or dances, expressing his devotion to the world and to cinema. Tonight we present his most recent film, August and After, as well as The Return and Pastourelle. (62 mins)

John M. Stahl (U.S., 1944). A Scottish priest spurns careerism for a life's work in rural China in this grand Hollywood spectacle, which offered a breakthrough role (and an Oscar nomination) for a young Gregory Peck. (137 mins)

Ken Russell (U.K., 1986). With live pre-show music by Brale, the world's only Ken Russell tribute band. Extravagantly excessive, Gothic takes us inside the country estate where in 1816 Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne), Mary Shelley (Natasha Richardson), and Percy Bysshe Shelley (Julian Sands) agonizingly birth the monster to be called Frankenstein. Russell in all his untamed grandiosity. (87 mins) 

Vera Chytilová (Czechoslovakia, 1970). Adam and Eve seduced by Satan in an East European health spa. "One of the most inventive, visually alive films in recent years" (Roger Ebert, 1970). (95 mins)

Henry King (U.S., 1952). This flavorful Hemingway adaptation spans the globe from 1950s Africa to 1920s Paris and 1930s Spain, and back again, as it follows the recollections of a hard-drinking writer (Peck). Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner provide the glamour, while Bernard Herrmann supplies the film's powerful score. (113 mins)

Lewis Milestone (U.S., 1959) New Print! Peck stars as an American lieutenant forced to lead his men on an impossible mission during the Korean War. Costarring Rip Torn, Woody Strode, Harry Dean Stanton, Martin Landau, Robert Blake, and George Peppard. (97 mins)

William Wyler (U.S., 1953). Young princess Audrey Hepburn decides to go incognito in Rome, until an American reporter (Gregory Peck) arrives in hopes of a scoop. This modern Cinderella tale created the “Audrey Hepburn” image, and influenced the fashions of a generation. (118 mins)