Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht (U.S., 2006). Les Blank in person. Follow tea importer David Lee Hoffman as he travels through China in search of handcrafted premium teas. “An entertaining portrait of an eccentric figure whose singular passion proves infectious" (Hollywood Reporter). Followed by a special tea tasting with Hoffman. (70 mins)

David Lynch (U.S., 1986). In Lynch's color-drenched surreal noir, “as fascinating as it is freakish,” cool-couple Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern sleuth out the ugly underneath the meticulous lawns and rose bushes of small-town U.S.A. The film relaunched the career of Dennis Hopper. "An instant cult classic” (Janet Maslin, NY Times). (120 mins)

Roberto Rossellini (Italy, 1945). Restored Print! A group of women and children try to shelter resistance forces from the Nazis. A Rossellini/Magnani classic-as moving and agonizing today as it was in 1945. (106 mins)

Prakash Arora, Raj Kapoor (India, 1954). New 35mm print! One of Indian cinema's first Western successes and a major influence on films like Salaam, Bombay and Slumdog Millionaire, Boot Polish combines Italian neorealism with Victor Hugo-like flourishes and pointed social (and socialist) commentary in its tale of two orphans on the streets. (149 mins)

Michael Lehmann (U.S., 1989). As the only non-Heather in a cruel high-school power clique, Veronica (Winona Ryder) wants out-then she meets new student J.D. (Christian Slater) and they become a killer couple, literally. In her NY Times review, Janet Maslin wrote that Ryder “manages to be both stunning and sympathetic as the watchful Veronica.” (102 mins)

Michael Cimino (U.S., 1974). In this heist film set in Montana, Thunderbolt (Clint Eastwood) and Lightfoot (Jeff Bridges) are two kinds of cool, one composed, the other, crazy. “A funny, tough-fibered crime comedy with an unobtrusive edge of drama . . . the playing is entirely disarming, with Mr. Eastwood's wry restraint meshing perfectly with Mr. Bridges's impish exuberance” (NY Times). (115 mins)

Luchino Visconti (Italy, 1953). Imported Print! Visconti is in an unusually comic mode for this satire on urban life and movie-land ambition. The incomparable Anna Magnani plays a mother trying to launch her young daughter in show business. (114 mins)

Raj Kapoor (India, 1951). New 35mm print! Kapoor and Nargis affirmed their status as one of Indian cinema's greatest couples in this evergreen classic of Chaplinesque comedy and tragedy, social commentary, swooning romance, and timeless musical sequences and set pieces. (193 mins)