With a weekend in the books, we’ve crossed the “Darjeeling” threshold at the New York Film Festival, and we’re now only a few days away from the festival’s two most anticipated American premieres: the Coen brothers’ “No Country For Old Men,” which makes its debut Saturday, and Noah Baumbach’s “Margot at the Wedding,” showing Sunday.

But before the headlines become crammed with talk of Javier Bardem’s Oscar-worthy turn in “No Country,” or Nicole Kidman’s scorching performance in “Wedding,” the festival has packed its first full week with a wealth of prominent foreign titles, notably a marathon of weekday screenings devoted to the fest’s “Tropical Analysis” retrospective, celebrating the late Brazilian director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade.

So don’t be fooled by all the buzz about what’s going on next weekend with the American directors. Be sure to check out these promising smaller visions this week:

1. TROPICAL DISCOVERY

With the retrospective of Andrade’s work set to run through next Tuesday, a handful of titles are flooding theaters this week, chief among them “Macunaíma,” the director’s popular cross-country road trip adventure that follows its hero’s journey from the jungle to the city.

That centerpiece is accompanied by a collection of Andrade’s short films, four works that range from a documentary about the new Brazilian cinema to his tribute to the Brazilian Baroque sculptor Antonio Francisco. Elsewhere, 1965’s “The Priest and the Girl,” the director’s first feature, tells the story of a young woman who butts heads with the rigid traditions in her rural town, falling in love with a priest who finds himself at odds with his vows of celibacy. “The Conspirators,” from 1972, harkens back to the late 18th century in a drama about rebels challenging the rule of the Portuguese colonial authority. And rounding out the week is one of Andrade’s earliest works, 1962’s “Garrincha, Joy of the People,” a documentary about the role soccer has played in the nation’s identity and the life of Garrincha, the soccer great who led the country to its first World Cup victories in 1958 and 1962.

“Garrincha” shows today at 5 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.; “The Priest and the Girl” shows Tuesday at 8:45 p.m.; an 80-minute collection of the director’s short films shows Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Wednesday at 5 p.m.; “The Conspirators” shows Wednesday at 9:10 p.m. and Friday at 7:20 p.m.; “Macunaima” shows Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. and on Friday at both 5 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

2. ‘SECRET SUNSHINE’

If the Cannes Film Festival can be considered a reliable litmus test, it’s the performance of Jeon Do-yeon that makes Chang-dong Lee’s “Secret Sunshine” the wonder it is. Winner of the best actress prize at Cannes, she stars as a South Korean widow and mother, at first focused on helping her young son adjust to a new life in a new country town, but quickly evolving instead into a story about a woman rejecting the conventions of her new society and turning her back on an unwelcoming God. Filled with dark humor and crossing the full range of emotions, “Secret Sunshine” is an unpredictable, enigmatic experience.

“Secret Sunshine” screens at 6 p.m. tonight and 9:15 p.m. Tuesday at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

3. ‘GO GO TALES’

Travel back in time, long before the days of $2,000 studios or Manhattan’s first big box store, in Bronx-born Abel Ferrara’s “Go Go Tales.” The film stars Willem Dafoe as a New York strip club owner fighting desperately to keep his doors open despite an impending bankruptcy and turning to the lottery with a last desperate hope. The film overflows with the liveliness of a cabaret showhouse; “Go Go Tales” is part financial drama and part vaudeville tribute, pausing regularly to watch the Paradise Lounge in full swing, complete with musical numbers, dance routines, and eccentric performances. If “The Orphanage” was the scary midnight title last week, then “Go Go Tales” is sure to be the lively late-night alternative of the festival.

“Go Go Tales” shows at midnight Friday evening at the Walter Reade Theater, and at 4:15 p.m. Sunday at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

4. ‘UNDERWORLD’

One of the festival’s repertory highlights, “Underworld” is the under-seen 1927 Josef von Sternberg gangster film that not only launched the young director’s career but exhibited the styles and techniques that would go on to define the modern gangster film genre. “Underworld” stars George Bancroft and Evelyn Brent as a mob boss and his lover, and Clive Brook as the wary third wheel who falls for the girl. Thursday’s screenings will elevate the story with a brand new print of the film set to screen for the very first time, and the debut of a new musical score composed and performed live by the Alloy Orchestra. For anyone who loves seeing silent films the way they were meant to be seen, with a live accompaniment, this is the event of the week.

“Underworld” shows twice on Thursday, at 6 and 8:30 p.m., at the Walter Reade Theater.

5. THE WEEKEND

All this said, don’t lose sight of the all-star weekend on the horizon, packed full of such titles as “No Country for Old Men” (Saturday at 9 p.m., Sunday at 10 a.m.), “Margot at the Wedding” (Sunday at 7 p.m.), the Katrina documentary “The Axe in the Attic” (Saturday at 6 p.m.) and the last chance early Saturday morning to catch Todd Haynes’s Bob Dylan-centered “I’m Not There” (Thursday at 8:30 p.m., Sat. at 10 a.m.).

ssnyder@nysun.com