Lawrence Jordan, Kerry Laitala, James Sansing, Stacey Steers in person. Whether dreamscapes or videoscapes, hand-painted films or videos painted with computer pixels, the works in this program suggest the diversity evident in recent experimental animation. Also includes work by T. Marie, Jodie Mack, and Evan Meaney. (54 mins)

William Friedkin (U.S., 1985). Secret Service agent William "CSI" Petersen and counterfeiter William Dafoe dodge one another across a pastel-painted, smog-stained LaLaLand, in Friedkin's poem of Los Angeles. It's a SoCal where nothing is what it seems: cons carouse with artsy cool and cops crave kinks. (116 mins)

Vincent Sherman (U.S., 1950) Vault Print! Joan Crawford stars as an ever-fraught and overwrought woman who protects her suburban home like a fortress, waging war against dirt, untidiness, and even her messy dullard of a hubby, Wendell Corey. One of 1950s Hollywood's rare spotlights on the “housewife,” here given all the neuroses of any noir figure. (93 mins)

William A. Wellman (U.S., 1952) Archival print! Social-realist author John Fante provides the script for this intriguing look at immigrant relations, starring Ricardo Montalbán as a Mexican-born farm worker looking to better himself in the San Joaquin Valley who encounters a racist (Wendell Corey), his ever-yearning wife (Claire Trevor), and a lost lush (Shelley Winters). (98 mins)

Fei Mu (China, 1948). (Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun). Imported Print! With a visual panache often compared to Ophuls, Antonioni, and Welles, Fei Mu's 1948 gem possesses a melancholy beauty all its own. Voted the Best Chinese Film of All Time in a poll of Chinese critics. (85 mins)

William Friedkin (U.S., 1971). Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) chases punks and corporate drug lords across New York (and under its elevated subway) in one of the finest gangster films ever made, and one of the greatest achievements of seventies Hollywood. Winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Direction: see it on the big screen. (104 mins)