Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2011). Police look for something amidst the darkness of a long Turkish night in this Cannes Grand Prix-winning meditative work from Nuri Bilge Ceylan, one of the most acclaimed films of 2011. “Both beautiful and beautifully observed, with a delicate touch and flashes of humor and horror” (Manohla Dargis, New York Times). (157 mins)

Larry Clark (U.S., 1973) New Print! Introduced by Leigh Raiford. A rediscovered masterpiece, director Larry Clark's portrayal of black insurgency imagines a post-Watts rebellion state of siege and an organized black underground plotting revolution. Preceded by three visionary films, Ben Caldwell's Medea and I & I: An African Allegory, and Don Amis' Ujamii Uhuru Schule Community Freedom School. (100 mins)

Larry Clark (U.S., 1973) New Print! Introduced by Leigh Raiford. A rediscovered masterpiece, director Larry Clark's portrayal of black insurgency imagines a post-Watts rebellion state of siege and an organized black underground plotting revolution. Preceded by three visionary films, Ben Caldwell's Medea and I & I: An African Allegory, and Don Amis' Ujamii Uhuru Schule Community Freedom School. Presented as part of our series L.A. Rebellion. (100 mins)

Max Ophuls (France, 1950). A prostitute (Simone Signoret) loves a soldier (Serge Reggiani), who leaves her for a chambermaid (Simone Simon), who . . . etc., etc., until the story returns to the prostitute. “Ophuls displays dazzling technical virtuosity and cinematic elegance” (Chicago Reader). (97 mins)

Max Ophuls (France, 1952). In adapting three de Maupassant stories, Ophuls sardonically explores the distinctions between pleasure and happiness. "Illustrates not merely Ophuls's unparalleled sense of flow and texture, but also his proto-feminism” (Slant). Starring Gaby Morlay, Simone Simon, Jean Gabin, and Danielle Darrieux. (95 mins)

Masahiro Makino (Japan, 1939). One of the real discoveries of the Nikkatsu retrospective, this jazz-influenced, light-hearted romantic musical offers up many pleasures, including longtime Kurosawa veteran Takashi Shimura crooning out several numbers. Sweet and pretty Oharu helps her father make umbrellas, but her heart truly swoons for a kindly ronin. (69 mins)

Toshio Masuda (Japan, 1958). New 35mm Print! Nikkatsu's two biggest stars, Yujiro Ishihara and Akira Kobayashi, teamed up for the first time in this noir about two former hoods trying to go straight. Director Masuda strips the narrative-and the sets-down to bare necessities, and turns Rusty Knife into a lean, hardboiled vision of postwar Japan. (90 mins)