The big screen is where the world can be reimagined as a better place, including for Black History Month, but it’s also where we find romance around Valentine’s Day with “Casablanca,” and “The Princess Bride” and “What’s Up, Doc?” New releases have romance too: “The Taste of Things” and “Lisa Frankenstein.”

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include a “Jean Arthur, Sweetness with Spine” program at The Brattle, “Bonnie and Clyde” in Kendall Square and Ana Vaz in person at the Harvard Film Archive, with peeks at a stirring new “Promised Land” and stinky spy romp “Argylle.”

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include more of “(Some of) the Best of 2023”; an in-person night with experimental animator Kelly Sears from the Revolutions per Minute Festival; free early Wim Wenders at The Brattle; Fellini’s “Amarcord” and new Victor Erice.

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Lily Gladstone’s “The Unknown Country” and more greats from 2023; Terrence Malick’s “Badlands”; works by Ousmane Sembène; the great new works “Origin” and “The Teachers’ Lounge”; and the space thriller “I.S.S.”

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Belmont World Film’s 21st Family Festival, with animated premieres and other celebrated fare; a screening of the auteurist “Chinatown”; and an absorbing Wim Wenders documentary about artist Anselm Kiefer.

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include a Brattle Theatre with “Refreshed, Renewed, Restored” prints of everything from the sweet “Household Saints” to nasty “Videodrome”; “The Godfather Part II” in Kendall; and a grueling “Society of the Snow” survival tale on Netflix.

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include 1980s blockbusters from Prince’s “Purple Rain” to young Tom Cruise’s “Risky Business” at The Brattle as well as new fare such as “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” in theaters and “Rebel Moon” on Netflix.

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include perhaps the greatest B-movie of all time, staples such as “Gremlins” and “Lethal Weapon,” a free offering from the Harvard Film Archive and a slew of new works: a black classic, true-ish tales from the ring, river and racetrack and a cautionary tale from a remote rental home.

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include the Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life,” new “Wonka” but also oddities of the season from the “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” to a return of “Rare Exports,” a quite bloody import, and winter wonders such as “Die Hard.”

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Roald Dahl classics “Matilda” and “The Witches”; a Santa tale with a difference in “Rare Exports” and Yorgos Lanthimos look back with “The Favourite”; the Hitchcockian “Eileen”; and area premiere of the documentary “Orlando, My Political Biography.”