Jean-Luc Godard (France, 1993). (Oh, Woe Is Me). Hélas imagines a god who, wanting to feel human desire, chooses to possess the body of a filmmaker (of course). Gérard Depardieu stars in this late Godard, “elegantly layered, rhythmically complex, and willfully impenetrable” (Village Voice). (90 mins)

Billy Wilder (US, 1955). Buttoned-down middle-aged adman Tom Ewell is ready for some extramarital fun in his seventh year of marriage, and new upstairs tenant Marilyn Monroe provides the perfect mirage for his dreams in Wilder's caustic comedy. Monroe's billowing skirt above a subway grate provides one of American cinema's most iconic images. (105 mins)

Otar Iosseliani (USSR, 1958–64). Imported Prints! A rare chance to see the early films by one of the great Georgian filmmakers, Otar Iosseliani. Titles include Akvareli, Song About a Flower, April, and Cast Iron. (93 mins)

Jean-Luc Godard (France, 1991). Godard and actor Eddie Constantine revisit their legendary creation Lemmy Caution, the private eye from Alphaville, in this vision of East Berlin, East Germany, and the solitude of a state. With short, Pour Thomas Wainggai (1991). (69 mins)

Billy Wilder (US, 1951). Kirk Douglas stars as a cynical newspaperman covering the story of a man trapped in a remote New Mexico cave; here, the story isn't the truth, but the lies and rot within journalism itself. "Here is, half a century out of the past, a movie so acidly au courant it stings” (Village Voice). (111 mins)

Otar Iosseliani (USSR, 1967). A young boy gets his first job (in a wine factory!), and soon observes that corruption is the best way to get by. Falling Leaves is typical of the best Georgian films in seeming light and low-key at first, until the satire begins to cut very deep. (80 mins)

Otar Iosseliani (USSR, 1971). Iosseliani's wry comedy, set in Tbilisi, follows a young musician who is perpetually in a hurry and late for every appointment because his life is so full of chance encounters. A genial, uplifting song to all those who choose life and love over lesser things, like work. (80 mins)