Nathaniel Dorsky (U.S., 2008–10). Nathaniel Dorsky in person. Dorsky's imagery is of the everyday world, both city life and nature. Yet his shots are often mysterious and ambiguous, equally “about” what he sees as how he sees it. Tonight's screening features the quartet Sarabande, Compline, Aubade, and Winter. (67 mins)

Curtiss Clayton in person. In this special lecture, editor Curtiss Clayton takes us behind the scenes of the art and craft of film editing, illustrated with sequences from Gus Van Sant's To Die For (1995), starring Nicole Kidman and Matt Dillon. Followed by a complete screening of To Die For, beginning at about 8:30. (103 mins plus lecture)

Nunnally Johnson (U.S., 1956). Veronique Peck in conversation with Nancy Hult Ganis and Sid Ganis. A former GI turned Madison Ave. adman finally gets a chance at the big time, but at the possible expense of his family life, in this finely tuned Gregory Peck drama on white-collar ennui. One of the key influences on AMC's Mad Men. (152 mins)

Curtiss Clayton (U.S., 2003). Curtiss Clayton in person. Bill Pullman stars as a corporate functionary whose life is beginning to collapse in Clayton's smart, surrealist satire. Written by Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket). (100 mins)

Carter (U.S., 2012). Curtiss Clayton, Carter, and cinematographer Doug Chamberlain in person. Join us for this special work-in-progress screening of the new James Franco film, involving a successful actor who retires at a young age due to a mental illness. Edited by Curtiss Clayton. (100 mins)

Nicholas Ray (U.S., 1950). Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame forge a fragile romance in Hollywood. Based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. "Never were despair and solitude so romantically alluring" (Time Out). (94 mins)

Richard Wallace (U.S., 1943). John Garfield is a Spanish Civil War veteran battling Nazi sympathizers-and his nascent post-traumatic stress disorder-in this tangled tale adapted from a Dorothy B. Hughes novel. Photographed by the great Nicholas Musuraca (Out of the Past). (91 mins)