Werner Schroeter (West Germany, 1973). Actor Ila von Hasperg in person. Introduced by Tom Luddy. Three women turn an abandoned shack in the Mojave Desert into a kind of Charles Manson commune in Schroeter's “meditation on the new feminism in America,” compared to Fassbinder and Robert Altman. With Schroeter's split-screen short Argila (1969). (112 mins)

Walther Ruttmann (Germany, 1927). Lecture by Marilyn Fabe. Judith Rosenberg on piano. A great “city symphony” of the silent era that celebrates the pulsating life of the streets. With A Trip Down Market Street (Miles Brothers, 1906). (82 mins)

Ahmad Abdalla (Egypt, 2010). This kinetic, colorful modern-day city symphony follows a young Egyptian who discovers a vibrant underground culture of skateboarders, hip-hop musicians, and graffiti artists. “Highly radical in the context of contempo Egyptian and Arabic cinema” (Robert Koehler). With a magical short, The Journey of Stones (Seydou Cissé, Mali, 2012). (131 mins)

Guy Maddin (Canada, 2003). Guest emcee Peter Conheim. Live music by Grale. Beer by Pyramid Brewery. A wintry gloom has settled upon Depression-era Winnipeg in Maddin's brew-ha-ha, a joyously stilted comedy wed to the extravagance of a dizzy thirties musical. With Isabella Rossellini and Maria de Medeiros. (99 mins)

Alfred Hitchcock (U.S., 1954). Dour photojournalist Jimmy Stewart sits with a broken leg by his window, watching the lives of his big-city neighbors played out in pantomime in Hitchcock's brilliant meditation on cinema and voyeurism. With Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr, and Thelma Ritter. (114 mins)

Sergio Corbucci (Italy/Spain, 1966). Score by Ennio Morricone! A pre-stardom Burt Reynolds is Navajo Joe, who's on the warpath after his wife is killed. Part of Ennio Morricone's score, complete with embedded screams, was lifted for Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol. 2. (92 mins)

Elfi Mikesh (Germany, 2011). Some of the key figures of the German avant-garde-among them Rosa von Praunheim, Ingrid Caven, and Wim Wenders-gather to pay tribute to legendary iconoclast Werner Schroeter in this moving documentary, made by one of Schroeter's closest friends and colleagues. (97 mins)

UPDATE: KYLE COOPER IS UNABLE TO APPEAR DUE TO ILLNESS. SE7EN WILL SCREEN AT 9 PM. Kyle Cooper focuses on the kinetic mastery of the opening sequence as he takes us behind-the-scenes of title design with an illustrated talk followed by a Q&A with the audience. A complete screening of Se7en, starring Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, and Morgan Freeman, follows.