Refer to my screen shot attached for this answer.
As you can see, I have pulled down the menu on my view, which is called "movie panes". I've clicked the sort by menu. Selecting an option here will make it sort the way I want it to. This should persist after stopping and starting MC.
But I like doing it a different way for more flexibility. See the far right hand pane that says "sorting" at the top? That's a pane I added. It's a "sort list" type Pane. There are about 5 different kinds of panes and this is one of the most powerful ones.
As you can see, I have several ways I sort my movies, with alphabetical being the default for me. I use "newest first" a lot too. You can add your own pane with your own sorting entries if you think that would be useful in the view you are talking about.
Good luck.
Brian.