Satyajit Ray (India, 1971). 35mm Restored Print! This portrait of the remote Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim, nestled between Tibet and Nepal, is one of the most remarkable documentaries on Himalayan culture ever made. With shorts, The Inner Eye, on the blind artist Binod Behari Mukherjee, and Bala, on the dancer Balasaraswati. (111 mins)

Derek Jarman (U.K., 1988). Jarman's nonnarrative lament to the tragedy of war combines poetry recitations (Wilfred Owen's “Strange Meeting”) and Benjamin Britten's oratorio “War Requiem” with archival footage and appearances by Tilda Swinton and Sir Laurence Olivier, in his screen farewell. (92 mins)

Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby (Canada, 1991–2011). Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby in person. An evening of the work of this groundbreaking duo, who find inspiration for their hand-drawn and painted films from both history and fantasy. Including their recent Wild Life, a wry take on the frontier experience. (90 mins)

Kenji Mizoguchi (Japan, 1954). (Chikamatsu monogatari). Imported Print! A merchant's wife and her husband's servant embark on a doomed love affair in this torrid tale of forbidden romance. Mizoguchi at his most painterly and romantic. (102 mins)

Satyajit Ray (India, 1973). (Ashani Sanket). In this searing drama, Ray focuses on one of the twentieth century's greatest man-made disasters-the 1942 Bengali famine, where over five million people died. (102 mins)

Kenji Mizoguchi (Japan, 1954). (Uwasa no onna). Imported Print! Kinuyo Tanaka stars as the madam of a brothel who finds herself competing with her own daughter for the affections of a young doctor. “Has the feeling of late Ford or Buñuel, of a director who has arrived at the most subtly exquisite, minimalist ways of expressing his deepest, most complex sentiments” (Andrew Sarris). (83 mins)

Derek Jarman (U.K., 1991). New Digital Restoration! Jarman's bold version of Christopher Marlowe's four-hundred-year-old play streamlines the plot to the doomed King Edward II and his beloved Piers Gaveston, enthralled in an obsessive love affair condemned by nobles and church, and his despairing queen, Isabella (Tilda Swinton). (90 mins)

Satyajit Ray (India, 1974). (Sonar Kella). Recommended for ages 8 & up. Introduced by Tipu Purkayastha. A child who suffers from flashbacks to an ancient time journeys to Rajasthan in search of a fortress of gold and aided by the master detective Feluda! Ray's little-seen yet unforgettable combination of children's adventure tales and detective fiction is the master at his most entertaining, pulpiest best. With short, Two. (126 mins)

Charles Chaplin (U.S., 1918). Lecture by Russell Merritt. Judith Rosenberg on piano. Released just a few weeks before the Armistice, Shoulder Arms is a Tramp's-eye view of World War I. With shorts The Sinking of the Lusitania and Great Guns. (95 mins including lecture)