Les Blank in person. A special dinner before the screening of Always for Pleasure, featuring red beans 'n rice and other Creole dishes. Tickets ($25/each) are limited.

Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi (Iran, 2011). Renowned Iranian director Panahi shares his day-to-day life in this documentary, shot clandestinely in his Tehran apartment by his close friend Mirtahmasb after he was banned from filmmaking for supporting the opposition party in Iran's 2009 presidential election. “A masterpiece in a form that does not yet exist” (NY Times). (75 mins)

Les Blank (U.S., 1978). Archival Print! Les Blank in person. Immerse yourself in the festivities of our most festive city, New Orleans. Preceded by Blank's first film, a short homage to The Seventh Seal, and Dry Wood, an intimate portrait of Creole life. Join us for a Creole dinner at Babette before the show (ticketed separately). (99 mins)

Federico Fellini (Italy, 1956). The great Giulietta Masina portrays the spunky prostitute Cabiria in this humorous and ultimately transformative story of the survival of the human spirit by one of cinema's greatest filmmakers. “The masterpiece of Masina's collaboration with Fellini” (Albert Johnson). (116 mins)

Robert Rossen (U.S., 1961). In his breakthrough role, Paul Newman plays “Fast Eddie” Felson, a pool shark from Oakland, struggling to succeed at the game, and at life. With Piper Laurie as his alcoholic girlfriend and Jackie Gleason and George C. Scott in Academy Award–nominated supporting roles. (134 mins)

Luchino Visconti (Italy, 1963) Restored Print! A compelling Claudia Cardinale anchors Visconti's effortless integration of family history into a panoramic account of the Risorgimento. “Perhaps no film captures the Proustian aesthetic more firmly” (Warren Sonbert). (186 mins)

Federico Fellini (Italy, 1965). A bourgeois housewife (a mesmerizing Giulietta Masina) embraces a world of fantasy in one of Fellini's most spectacular, imaginative works. (148 mins)

Tim Burton (1994) Vault Print! In this “very good film about a very bad filmmaker,” Burton chronicles the career of Ed Wood (Johnny Depp), the eccentric, cross-dressing director of 1950s low-budget flops. Depp “gives a witty and captivating performance, bringing wonderful buoyancy to this crazy role” (Janet Maslin, NY Times). (126 mins)