Kon Ichikawa (Japan, 1956). A lyrical, haunting requiem for the victims of war, set amid the giant Buddhas of Burma. Winner of the top prize at the Venice film festival and one of Ichikawa's most famous films. (116 mins)

René Clair (France, 1931). A search for a winning lottery ticket spurs René Clair's unique blend of music and romance, a screen operetta by way of the Marx Brothers and Salvador Dali. (80 mins)

Chris Sullivan (U.S., 2012). Chris Sullivan in person. Introduced by Jeffrey Skoller. Chris Sullivan's intricate mix of hand-drawn animation, cutouts, and collage is an enigmatic, emotional tale centered on the intertwined lives of three intimate strangers in a small rust-belt town. “An artistic achievement so ambitious that most projects seem mundane in comparison” (Daniel Walber, Movies.com). (134 mins)

Larry Clark (U.S., 1977) New Preservation Print! An African American jazz musician, just out of jail, searches for his mentor and grandfather. Clark's film theorizes that jazz is one of the purest expressions of African American culture. With Charles Burnett's When It Rains. (124 mins)

René Clair (France, 1931). Clair combines fantasy with irony, whimsy with wistful pessimism, musical comedy with fine-tuned slapstick to create a satire of the highest order in this tale of two ex-cons, one now the owner of a large phonograph company, the other a freedom-loving vagabond. (82 mins)

Seijun Suzuki (Japan, 1964) New 35mm Print! A gang of prostitutes and a perpetually shirtless thug (Jo Shishido) survive in the sewers of Occupied Japan in this color-filled, cheerfully nihilistic thumb-in-the-eye to both good taste and motion picture censors. “A classic of the Nikkatsu subgenre known as roman porno” (James Quandt, Cinematheque Ontario). (90 mins)

Ernest Beane (U.S., 1935–46). Introduced by Rick Moss and Pamela Jean Vadakan. Live music by Marcus Shelby Duo. To commemorate Home Movie Day, we present a compilation of recently discovered rare home movies by Pullman porter (and Ashby Avenue resident) Ernest Beane, with an original score by Marcus Shelby. Preceded by a selection of African American home movies from families in Richmond, Detroit, Omaha, and Seattle. (80 mins)

Laslo Benedek (U.S., 1953). Marlon Brando leads a gang of leather-clad cyclists descending on YOUR small town in this classic of disaffection and outlaw life. What are you rebelling against? “Whaddya got?” Brando infamously states, against a engine-fueled roar. (79 mins)