A kinky ode to chiaroscuro and the dark side of the Renaissance. —Los Angeles Times

British director Derek Jarman’s complex and lucid film biography of 17th century Italian painter Caravaggio, often hailed as the first modern artist, is an astonishing reflection on art, sexuality and identity. Starring Nigel Terry, Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton. We will screen a new 35 mm print. (1986, 93 minutes)

Fierce, funny and finally devastating. —Rolling Stone

Two Bosnian soldiers—one lying atop a land mine that will detonate if he moves—are trapped together with a Serb adversary in a trench between their respective lines. Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar, No Man’s Land is a mordant battlefield allegory with an absurdist edge. (Danis Tanovic, 2001, 97 minutes)

Both mathematically precise and profoundly mysterious. —LA Weekly

In a brilliantly nuanced performance, Aurélien Recoing stars as Vincent, who loses his white-collar job and creates an elaborate fantasy world of employment that fools his family and friends. This keen-eyed, provocative drama is directed by Laurent Cantet (Human Resources). (2001, 132 minutes)

An exhilarating maze of games and deceptions. —Sight & Sound

Writer/director Christopher Nolan impressed critics with this first film, a neo-noir that twists time with the aplomb of his acclaimed second outing, Memento. Following spins a B-movie mix of voyeurism, triple-crosses, a compromised hero, a femme fatale and crisp B&W cinematography into grade A entertainment. (1999, 70 minutes)

This movie’s narrative gusto, intricate, indirect eroticism and lavish musical numbers are a treat. —Manchester Guardian

Asoka is a big, brash and deeply enjoyable Bollywood epic starring Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan. He plays Prince Asoka, in self-imposed exile from his kingdom in the Third Century BC, who falls in love with the mysterious beauty Kaurwaki (Kareena Kapoor). (Santosh Sivan, 2001, 150 minutes)

James Dean might be the most intensely magnetic movie star ever. —San Francisco Chronicle

Elia Kazan directs this loose adaptation of the Cain and Abel story taken from John Steinbeck’s sprawling novel. James Dean delivers a powerhouse star turn as Cal, just one of many outstanding performances by a cast that includes Jo Van Fleet, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey and Burl Ives. Presented as part of the Steinbeck Centennial 1902-2002. (Santosh Sivan, 2001, 150 minutes)

Startlingly funny about the saddest things you can imagine. —St. Louis Post Dispatch

A watch dealer (Lee Kang-sheng) becomes enamored of a Paris-bound female customer (Chen Shiang-chyi) and goes about turning all the clocks in Taipei to Paris time. This poetic melodrama about longing, forgetting, family dynamics and dysfunction was called “existential slapstick” by the Village Voice. (Tsai Ming-liang, 2001, 116 minutes)

Prince Achmed is no antiquity. It is a film that astonishes. —Los Angeles Times

Often cited as the first animated feature film, this enchanting Arabian Nights fantasy consists of Lotte Reiniger’s spectacular silhouette-animation techniques played against gorgeous color-tinted backgrounds. Legendary director Jean Renoir said of Reiniger, “She was born with magic hands.” We will screen a newly restored 35 mm print. (1926, 70 minutes)

The richness and intricacy of Mr. Assayas’ conception is nothing less than thrilling. —The New York Times

Director Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep) adapted Jacques Chardonne’s novel to make this grandly ambitious family saga examining the French ruling class and the production of porcelain in the Limoges region in the early 20th century. Central performances by Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling and Isabelle Huppert bring the film to passionate life. (2001, 180 minutes)

The dawn of a new era of movie animation. —Chicago Sun-Times

The first entirely computer-animated feature, this film not only introduces charming rival toys Cowboy Woody (Tom Hanks) and spaceman Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), but also a three-dimensional reality and freedom of movement never before experienced in “cartoons.” (John Lasseter, 1995, 81 minutes)

Literally crawls with characters, all of them memorably designed and voiced. —Sacramento Bee

Mild-mannered ant Flik (Dave Foley) and the ragtag band of flea circus misfits he’s hired hope to outwit the terrifying grasshopper gang, led by nasty Hopper (Kevin Spacey). (John Lasseter, 1998, 94 minutes)

So exhilaratingly spry that you leave on a high. —New York Magazine

Full of witty zap and sass, this sequel manages to be outrageously fun and a comic psychodrama about the plight of toys when they realize that their owners have outgrown them. (John Lasseter, 1999, 92 minutes)

Connects you directly to a child’s puzzling, funny, alarming universe. —Hollywood Reporter

A witty, uncommonly intelligent and savvy journey into the world of childhood nightmares that posits there is something scary lurking in the closet. With the voices of John Goodman, Jennifer Tilly and Billy Crystal. (Peter Docter, 2001, 88 minutes)