"The Long View: A Celebration of Widescreen" will run from July 16 to August 30. The summer-long series includes Westerns, melodramas, thrillers, musicals, and science fiction, and ranges from nascent explorations to classic bigger-than-life productions. Among other widescreen masterpieces presented are Godard’s Pierrot le Fou , Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad and the Truffaut’s 400 Blows

Pierrot le Fou , Saturday, August 2, 8:45pm, (France, 1965, 110 min.)

Last Year at Marienbad, Friday August 15, 7:30 and Sunday August 17, 7:00pm (France, 1961, 94 min., new print)

The 400 Blows , Tuesday, August 26, 7:30pm (France, 1959, 99 min., new print)

"Streets of No Return: The Dark Cinema of David Goodis" will run from August 1-23. A retrospective honoring American pulp writer David Goodis through films like François Truffaut’s Shoot the Piano Player , or Moon in the Gutter .

French films included in the retrospective are: Shoot the Piano Player (François Truffaut, 1960), Saturday, August 2, 6:30pm and Tuesday August 5, 7:30pm

Descent into Hell (Francis Girod, 1986), Sunday, August 10, 7:00pm

The Burglars (Henri Verneuil, 1971), Thursday, August 14, 6:30pm

And Hope to Die (René Clément, 1972), Thursday August 21, 8:30pm

Moon in the Gutter (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1983), Saturday August 23, 6:30pm

"Manoel de Oliveira: Talking Pictures", August 9-Sept. 28 The Pacific Film Archive presents a retrospective of the Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, who has worked in France for many years. My Case (France,Portugal), Wednesday, August 20, 2008; 7:30 p.m.

I’m Going Home (Portugal, France), Saturday, September 20, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Christopher Columbus: The Enigma (Portugal, France, Italy), Sunday, September 21, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

A Talking Picture (Portugal, France, Italy), Sunday, September 21, 2008, 5:00 p.m.

Belle de Jour (presented as a prequel of Oliveira’s Belle Toujours), Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Abraham’s Valley (Portugal, France, Switzerland), Sunday, September 28, 2008, 3:30 p.m.