Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “El Topo” and “Holy Mountain” return to enthrall and bewilder audiences, but there’s Judy Garland and Josef von Sternberg-Marlene Dietrich to balance it out, as well as John Frankenheimer’s “The Train,” Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train” and the new Brad Pitt action film “Bullet Train” (and more) to keep you on your toes.

A respite from the seemingly endless stream of doom and gloom in the newsfeeds, Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” is an inspiring tale of triumph over tragedy.

These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include repertory films such as David Lynch’s “Lost Highway” and a month of Hitchcock in Kendall Square, as well as new films “Persuasion,” “The Whole Lot” and a “Predator” film called “Prey” that goes back 300 years for the hunt.

We spoke to Sara Dosa, director of the documentary “Fire of Love,” about what draws her to a story, how to find the best of 200 hours of film archives and what had to be left out.

These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include Cambridge’s presence at the upcoming Woods Hole documentary film festival, repertory gems such as “Mad Max: Fury Road” and new works such as the fatal “Fire of Love” and the rom-com “Anything’s Possible.”

“Nope” is a solid summer pleaser, a sci-fi thriller from Jordan Peele with some very deep characters, incredible performances and a thinking person’s pacing.

“The Gray Man,” ambitious to the tune of $200 million and eye-grabbing on paper, is sadly more proof that beyond its breakout “Squid Games” series, Netflix just can’t buy a hit.

Extra innings: Just in time for the All-Star break, a second installment of baseball movies that hit it out of the park with wisdom on success and happiness on and off the field.

These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include a classic repertory works such as “Pink Flamingos” and “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” as well as reviews of the newer “Glasshouse,” “Good Madam” and “Vengeance.”

The cinematic lens has mostly been sympathetic and supportive when it comes to depicting abortion stories. Her are four films prescient and relevant to our new reality.