Andrzej Wajda (Poland, 1958) Digital Restoration! On the last day of the war, a young Resistance fighter (Zbigniew Cybulski) is caught in a Hamlet-like quandary: to kill or not to kill. (104 mins)

John Ford (U.S., 1940). Restored 75th Anniversary Version. Introduced by Susan Shillinglaw. Gray Brechin, Susan Shillinglaw, and Harvey Smith in conversation. John Ford's adaptation of the great John Steinbeck novel follows the Joad family on their harrowing journey from Oklahoma to California during the Great Depression. Henry Fonda stars. (129 mins)

Kenji Mizoguchi (Japan, 1953). (Ugetsu monogatari). BAM/PFA Collection Print! Consistently named as one of the best films ever made, Mizoguchi's ethereal fable crafts the darkest shadows from the darkest human desires. In sixteenth-century Japan, a potter has his head turned by a phantom enchantress, with predictable results. (96 mins)

Andrzej Munk (Poland, 1958) Digital Restoration! Composed of two separate stories, Munk's breakthrough film was heralded as capturing “the heroic gesture and bitter irony of Polish fate.” (85 mins)

Alain Resnais (France, 1961). It's déjà vu all over the place in Alain Resnais's elegant, labyrinthine puzzle, written by Alain Robbe-Grillet and starring Delphine Seyrig. (94 mins)

Kenji Mizoguchi (Japan, 1936). (Gion no shimai). In this famous melodrama, Mizoguchi strips away the romantic veneer of the geisha ideal in this unsentimental portrait of the sex business as a losing proposition for both the tradition-bound geisha and the modern girl alike. “A masterpiece” (Tadao Sato). (69 mins)

Kenji Mizoguchi (Japan, 1936). (Naniwa hika). Imported Print! In a 1936 Osaka sparkling with the seductive allure of capitalism, Mizoguchi depicts the humiliations of a switchboard operator who adapts to the times. Isuzu Yamada stars in “Mizoguchi's most brilliant pre-war film” (Joan Mellen). (72 mins)