Upcoming Noir screenings / festivals

[Steve-O]

Los Angeles has http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-britnoir5-2010feb05,0,248569.story a Brit Noir series starting today:

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2010-02/52042918.jpg

It includes such classics as 'The Third Man' and 'The Fallen Idol' and lesser-known ones such as 'Brighton Rock' and 'It Always Rains on Sunday.'

[Haggai]

That five-film Rialto Brit Noir series is coming to DC as well in March. I'm excited to get to see IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY.

[Harry Fabian]

Is Dark City coming to Chicago again this year? Found out about it too late last year to attend, but I remember at the time Eddie saying something about Chicago being an annual festival.

[Martin]

http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=2355482724b6041112e4d7

ooops sorry, missed Steve's earlier festival thread.

Brighton Rock is a little treasure.

[Fast Eddie]

NOIR CITY will most likely return to the Music Box in Chicago later this year. I'm going to be in Seattle February 19-25 hosting a slightly shorter version of the recent NOIR CITY festival in S.F., and our colleagues at the SIFF Cinema have plans to run me ragged (which is great), including several radio appearances, talks at area high schools and universities, a special "Dinner with the Czar," a "fireside chat" at the Sorrento Hotel -- and of course, the movies themselves (http://www.siff.net/cinema/seriesDetail.aspx?FID=184).

The 11th (or is it the 12th) edition of NOIR CITY at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood will run from April 2-18 -- with plenty of films NOT shown in San Francisco ... including the 35mm resurrection of one of the hardest to find titles in the entire noir canon. For some fans, this will be like the discovery of the Holy Grail. Very exciting.

Hope to see some of you at one of he other festival.

EM

[Raven]

Eddie,

Now that you've throw out the bait, any idea on when we'll know what the line up of films in LA will be? Also any thing you can pass along regarding the the Palm Springs Fest?

Thanks,

(your voluteer in waiting)

[Harry Fabian]

This is great news. I will definitely make plans to attend in Chicago once it becomes finalized.

[Bob]

As long as I'm stuck here in the Chicago area, it's great to hear that there will most likely be another NOIR CITY at the Music Box.
Although, as a provincial , it "saddens" me to hear that the dreaded Angelenos will get the first view of a 35mm resurrection when it rightly belongs at the Castro. At least SF has a pro football team :-)

[Steve-O]

-- and of course, the movies themselves (http://www.siff.net/cinema/seriesDetail.aspx?FID=184).


EM

The Seattle SIFF website is pretty slick.

Back east in Rochester NY they're having a nice Essential noir series at the Eastman House: http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/program-highlights/essential-film-noir-2010-edition/

[Hart]

Will do everything I can to make it to the LA noircity; can't wait to see what's gonna play.

[Fast Eddie]

The restorations debut at the Castro... this is a "resurrection." Meaning the print has been unearthed and returned to circulation, not created anew. Can't gloat about the football team ... The once mighty Niners were 8-8 and the Ain't are World Champs!

[Bob]

No matter what film it is, resurrection is the first step towards a restoration, or at least, one hopes. Wish I could be there to see it.

[Steve-O]

a pretty good festival going on in Nashville: http://www.belcourt.org/events?id=68254

http://www.sitemason.com/files/kC42pG/BANNER_noirfest2.jpg/main.jpg

[Juke Joint Jonny]

Noir City Seattle begins tonight! In about an hour. I gotta go!http://www.siff.net/_uploaded/image/festival/noircity_153423.jpg

[Hart]

For a second straight year in May at the Roxie Theater in Frisco, a b-noir festival: I STILL WAKE UP DREAMING: NOIR IS DEAD! / LONG LIVE NOIR!

http://www.roxie.com/events/details.cfm?eventid=C4667FDC%2DA180%2D39F5%2D80F56484EE76310B

[Steve-O]

Hart:

thanks for the update... San Fran does it again!



http://www.roxie.com/images/movieimages/homepage1.jpg
Fri, May 14 - Thur, May 27

TWO thrilling WEEKS of impossibly RARE B-Noirs from the notorious shadow factories of Hollywood’s Poverty Row!

It’s Springtime at the Roxie - where TWENTY-EIGHT half-forgotten film noir classics and curios will bloom boldly before your disbelieving eyes at San Francisco’s first and foremost House of Noir—The Roxie Theater! This Spring’s amazing cavalcade features six titles from Columbia’s legendary and darkly sinister 1940s WHISTLER mystery series starring Richard Dix: MARK OF THE WHISTLER (from a story by Cornell Woolrich!), MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER (a major noir rediscovery from director William Castle!!), POWER OF THE WHISTLER (with the incredible Janis Carter!!!) as well as VOICE OF THE WHISTLER, THE THIRTEENTH HOUR and SECRET OF THE WHISTLER. All six WHISTLER films presented in

BRAND NEW RESTORED 35mm STUDIO PRINTS!

Marvel too at six RARE United Artists noir gems from the 1950s: Jacques Tourneur’s cold-war thriller THE FEARMAKERS starring Dana Andrews; Phil Karlson’s gritty gem 99 RIVER STREET with John Payne and Evelyn Keyes; the freakishly strange NIGHTMARE with Kevin McCarthy and Edward G. Robinson (from a story by Woolrich); Ed McBain’s low-down, rough and sleazy COP HATER with Robert Loggia; SHIELD FOR MURDER directed by and starring noir icon Edmond O’Brien; and Henry Silva in the ultra-violent late-model ‘63 Rat Pack noir JOHNNY COOL. ALL PRESENTED IN 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINTS!

Peppered liberally with ultra-rare 16mm B noirs from the hidden vaults and libraries of private collectors!! NONE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON DVD!!

Programmed exclusively for The Roxie Theater by Professor Elliot Lavine

[Steve-O]

The TCM Film Festival (http://www.tcm.com/festival/#filmsSub)has a few unique ones that will be of interest to film noir fans:
http://www.tcm.com/festival/_img/noorchids.jpg
NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH
This one is coming out on DVD soon, but it'd be nice to see this on the big screen. Now if someone could dig up a nice high-res poster for this...

and the proto-noir
THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE
described as

a work in progress restoration by MOMA, funded in part by Turner Classic Movies.

Temple Drake is a great movie if you haven't seen it...

http://nighthawknews.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/sotd.jpg

[Keith]

The TCM Film Festival (http://www.tcm.com/festival/#filmsSub)has a few unique ones that will be of interest to film noir fans:
http://www.tcm.com/festival/_img/noorchids.jpg
NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH
This one is coming out on DVD soon, but it'd be nice to see this on the big screen.

I saw on Amazon that the DVD is now on sale but heard they weren't going to release it until sometime in June to get a better print.

[Steve-O]

I think it actually has to do with a deal they have with some cross promotion with TCM... either way I'm looking forward to No Orchards sometime soon.

[Steve-O]

The Robert Osborne film festival in Athens GA starts today -- not to be confused with the LA-based TCM festival. I really like his lineup! I wonder if he'll introduce the movies with his trademark pregnant pause before each film?


"and now --from 1944 -- Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in Billy Wilder's... Double Indemnity."

http://static.ticketbiscuit.com/images/17869/240/360

Thursday, Mar. 25

8:00 p.m. To Catch a Thief

Friday, Mar. 26

1:00 p.m. Double Indemnity
4:00 p.m. Stand by Me
8:00 p.m. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
midnight The Shining

Saturday, Mar. 27

10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion (FREE!)
1:00 p.m. All About Eve
4:00 p.m. Steamboat Bill, Jr. with live accompaniment by Kenosha Kid
8:00 p.m. The Godfather II

Sunday, Mar. 28

2:00 p.m. The Wizard of Oz

http://flagpole.com/Weekly/Features/RobertOsborneFilmFestival-23Mar10

[Harry Fabian]

The Robert Osborne film festival in Athens GA starts today -- not to be confused with the LA-based TCM festival. I really like his lineup! I wonder if he'll introduce the movies with his trademark pregnant pause before each film?



http://static.ticketbiscuit.com/images/17869/240/360

Thursday, Mar. 25

8:00 p.m. To Catch a Thief

Friday, Mar. 26

1:00 p.m. Double Indemnity
4:00 p.m. Stand by Me
8:00 p.m. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
midnight The Shining

Saturday, Mar. 27

10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion (FREE!)
1:00 p.m. All About Eve
4:00 p.m. Steamboat Bill, Jr. with live accompaniment by Kenosha Kid
8:00 p.m. The Godfather II

Sunday, Mar. 28

2:00 p.m. The Wizard of Oz

http://flagpole.com/Weekly/Features/RobertOsborneFilmFestival-23Mar10

What a great lineup. I wish I had the time to go all over the country to these film festivals!

[Harry Fabian]

TCM's Classic Film Festival is coming to Chicago for one night only screening "North by Northwest", Tuesday, March 30. Unfortunately, only one film (and it's not really noir), but it's Hitchcock and Eva Marie Saint will be there with Robert Osborne! Tickets are FREE-print one out here: http://www.tcm.com/2010/roadtohollywood/chicago/ However, holding a ticket does not guarantee seating. I think it's kinda like Letterman or the Tonight Show where they give out more free tickets than seats just to make sure they have a full house-so get there plenty early if you plan to go.
http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/features/TCM-presents-north-by-northwest

[Steve-O]

some knock-out stills in this article about Noir City!



http://media.vcstar.com/media/img/photos/2010/03/25/20100325-093406-pic-576342524_t607.jpg (http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/mar/26/striking-a-blow-for-noir-foundations-annual-to/)

[Steve-O]

The Film Forum in NY has another great schedule:

Anthony Mann films: Raw Deal, The Great Flamarion, Desperate, Reign of Terror, Devil's Doorway (and many other westerns), God's Little Acre....

they're also screening: Nightfall (Tourneur), Bad Day at Black Rock, Godard's Breathless

and two Proto noirs Crime Without Passion and The Scoundrel!!

EDIT: Website hasn't been updated yet. June/August schedule hopefully will be out soon. They're having all kinds of issues with their website.

[JCharles]

The Film Forum in NY has another great schedule:

Anthony Mann films: Raw Deal, The Great Flamarion, Desperate, Reign of Terror, Devil's Doorway (and many other westerns), God's Little Acre....

they're also screening: Nightfall (Tourneur), Bad Day at Black Rock, Godard's Breathless

and two Proto noirs Crime Without Passion and The Scoundrel!!

EDIT: Website hasn't been updated yet. June/August schedule hopefully will be out soon. They're having all kinds of issues with their website.
Steve, you beat me to it with this announcement! I just got my Film Forum schedule in the mail today and saw the corner blurb about three weeks of Anthony Mann. As if that wasn't enough, they are showing brand new 35mm prints of Bad Day and Nightfall. Mann is probably my favorite noir and Western director so this will be a treat.

[Night Editor]

I don't think there's been an announcement on BAN yet on this one which is listing a very solid line-up of films this year - plus some very special guests...

http://arthurlyonsfilmnoir.ning.com/page/schedule-1

Looking forward!

[Bob]

That is a great Palm Springs lineup. Kirk Douglas in person!! Now that is quite a coup.
I've always admired He Ran All The Way, but it became a revelation for me when I saw it in January at Noir City on the big screen. I'd love to meet the daughter of the the great John G. Julie had a small role in GOODFELLAS as De Niro's wife.
Night Editor - tell her that there is a guy in Chicago who thinks her Dad was God.

[Haggai]

I think the Kirk Douglas intro at Palm Springs for Strange Love of Martha Ivers will be a recorded intro, not a personal appearance. The other listed guests are scheduled to be there in person.

[Hard-Boiled-Rick]

Jacques Tourneur’s Nightfall is at NYC’s Film Forum this week June 11 -17
http://www.filmforum.org/films/nightfall.html

The Anthony Mann festival runs June 25 to July 15 at the FF
http://www.filmforum.org/films/mann.html

[David]

Thanks, Rick. I'm looking forward to seeing some more Mann's on the big screen.

[JCharles]

I'm also looking forward to the Mann festival. Raw Deal and T-Men on a double bill, as well as some of his great Westerns. I particularly want to see Winchester '73 on the big screen A great cast: Dan Duryea, Jimmy Stewart, Millard Mitchell, Will Geer, John McIntyre, Shelly Winters, and Rock Hudson as an Indian, believe it or not.

[Hard-Boiled-Rick]

Mann...this is great:

Raw Deal and T-Men double-billed on the big screen on Sunday June 27…a must see for Mann and Alton fans

Desperate and He Walked By Night double-billed on the big screen on Sunday July 11…double trouble again

Reign of Terror and Side Street double-billed on the big screen on Wednesday July 14…a double uppercut knockout

[Steve-O]

Mann...this is great:

Raw Deal and T-Men double-billed on the big screen on Sunday June 27…a must see for Mann and Alton fans

Desperate and He Walked By Night double-billed on the big screen on Sunday July 11…double trouble again

Reign of Terror and Side Street double-billed on the big screen on Wednesday July 14…a double uppercut knockout

I saw Desperate on the big screen at Noir City last year so I'll probably skip it (the audience loved it, BTW... especially Burr's demise). I'll probably go see Raw Deal and T-Men -- I'll try to time it seeing T-Men first.

Thanks for the reminder Rick.

[Surly]

Noir City: Chicago 2 has been scheduled. Like last year, it will be held at the Music Box theater. The dates are August 13-19. The Music Box has the complete schedule up at their website. Their summer schedule--including Noir Chicago--can be downloaded here (http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/calendars/MusicBoxSummer2010-web.pdf).

[Harry Fabian]

Noir City: Chicago 2 has been scheduled. Like last year, it will be held at the Music Box theater. The dates are August 13-19. The Music Box has the complete schedule up at their website. Their summer schedule--including Noir Chicago--can be downloaded here (http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/calendars/MusicBoxSummer2010-web.pdf).

Yeah, Music Box has had the info for at least 3 weeks. Haven't seen anything on FNF though.

[Surly]

FNF? Film Noir...Florida?

[Steve-O]

FNF? Film Noir...Florida?

Film Noir Foundation
(http://www.filmnoirfoundation.com)

[Surly]

D'oh! Of course it's The Film Noir Foundation. I'm about as quick on the uptake as Moose Malloy.

[Keith]

For those interested and in the area, The Castro Theatre in San Francisco are having a bunch of double feature nights with a few noir and non-noir films playing.

THURSDAY JULY 1 double feature
IN A LONELY PLACE 2:35, 7:00
Nicholas Ray’s powerful drama stars Humphrey Bogart as a screenwriter on self-destruct who gets involved with starlet Gloria Grahame as he dodges a murder rap. A haunting work of stark confession in the guise of a taut noir thriller, this unflinching examination of disintegration is uniquely compelling. 1950 | 94 min | 35mm

THE PLAYER 4:30, 8:55
High-flying studio exec Tim Robbins has his complacency shaken by a series of threatening postcards from a writer he’s slighted. Deadly intrigue follows amid dozens of star cameos, film references and in-jokes aplenty, enhancing Robert Altman’s masterful distillation of Tinseltown’s foibles. 1992 | 124 min | 35mm

SATURDAY JULY 3 double feature
SUNSET BOULEVARD 2:55, 7:00
Impoverished screenwriter William Holden hides out in the mansion of imperious silent star Gloria Swanson and soon enough becomes her kept man. Brilliant dialog and a towering performance by Swanson indelibly mark Billy Wilder’s scathing reflection on the industry’s unrelenting cruelty in their glorification of youth. 1950 | 110 min | 35mm

THE STAR 1:00, 5:05, 9:10
Bette Davis plays it to the hilt as a washed up actress who was once one of Hollywood's great stars, her life and career now at an unfortunate crossroads as she edges into her 50s. Featuring Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood and a panorama of L.A. locations. Directed by Stuart Heisler. 1952 | 90 min | 35mm

THURSDAY JULY 8 double feature
MULHOLLAND DR. 2:00, 7:00
Down from the Hollywood hills, an enigmatic woman wanders into the life of an aspiring actress and together they follow a labyrinthine mystery that could only come from the unique imagination of David Lynch. Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Herring and Justin Theroux lead the cast of this spellbinder. 2001 | 147 min | 35mm

THE LOVED ONE 4:40, 9:45
Outrageously funny indictment of Hollywood's shallow and degrading underbelly stars Robert Morse as a British poet visiting his art director uncle in California who is introduced to the seamier side of the funeral industry. Rod Steiger, Anjanette Comer, John Gielgud, Liberace and, in a dual role, Jonathan Winters also star in Tony Richardson's subversive adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel. 1965 | 121 min | 35mm

FRIDAY JULY 9 double feature
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 2:35, 7:00
Vincente Minnelli’s searing Hollywood gothic tells the story of ruthless studio head Kirk Douglas via broken relationships with actress Lana Turner, writer Dick Powell and director Barry Sullivan. This was an Oscar winner for screenplay, score, cinematography, art direction, and Gloria Grahame’s Southern belle for Best Supporting Actress. 1952 | 118 min | 35mm

THE BIG KNIFE 4:50, 9:20
In this slash-and-burn expose on the moviemaking game swims a pool of loathsome producers, egomaniacal actors, spineless agents, betrayed wives and amoral starlets. His follow-up to Kiss Me Deadly, Robert Aldrich directs Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger and Shelley Winters. 1955 | 111 min | 35mm

WEDNESDAY JULY 14 double feature
MILDRED PIERCE 2:30, 7:00
Joan Crawford won the Oscar for her lead role in this stylish film noir about a newly divorced housewife with two primary compulsions, to become a successful restaurateur and to buy the love of her haughty and conniving adolescent daughter. With Ann Blyth and Jack Carson; directed by Michael Curtiz. 1945 | 111 min | 35mm

LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN 4:45, 9:10
Compulsory viewing here as neurotic bride Gene Tierney goes to tragic lengths to hold onto her husband Cornel Wilde. Filmed in breathtakingly lush Technicolor, John M. Stahl’s melodrama garnered Tierney a Best Actress nomination, the award to be won that year by Joan Crawford. 1945 | 110 min | New 35mm print!

[Davidmk]

That's quite a great listing !! a lot of amazing films ...... wish they would do this sort of thing near me , would love to see "LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN " on the Big screen .

[Steve-O]

http://www.originalalamo.com/Show.aspx?id=7464


CINEMA CLUB PRESENTS FILM NOIR EXPERT EDDIE MULLER

Cinema Club is an ongoing series that presents an assortment of classic films with the added accompaniment of an audience discussion with a special guest expert at each screening. For two very special screenings in July we are proud to welcome author and film noir scholar Eddie Muller, whose books "Dark City: The Lost World Of Film Noir", "Dark City Dames" and "The Art Of Noir" have established him solidly at the top of his field. He even founded the Film Noir Foundation. Come find out more about this fascinating chapter of film history from the guy who knows where all the bodies are buried and which drawer the gun is in.

About THE PROWLER
"Originally appearing after Hollywood's noir wave had crested, THE PROWLER was largely dismissed by mainstream critics as yet another DOUBLE INDEMNITY variation. What was overlooked - perhaps consciously - was how the filmmakers, working under the pall of the anti-Communist witchhunt, steeped genre conventions in a deeply subversive sensibility. The result was a noir with a richer subtext than most, one that ridiculed America's materialistic yearnings and displayed a prescient skepticism for small-minded authoritarians. It is the most fully realized of director Joseph Losey's five American films, deftly examining issues of class and sexual treachery - staples of the director's later work in England. Jumping off from an idea contained in a "Crime Does Not Pay" short directed years earlier by Losey, blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo created one of his most complex characters in Susie Gilvray, a repressed housewife who has sacrificed her soul for the sake of security. Trumbo goes head-to-head with the industry's Production Code in a gallant attempt to create a female character with a palpable sex drive, who is neither Madonna nor whore. This unusually frank and psychologically complex film is one of the most pungent and perverse of all American films noir."
(Eddie Muller)

Eddie Muller will also be at the Ritz on Monday, July 12, to present CRY DANGER

[Haggai]

Jumping off from an idea contained in a "Crime Does Not Pay" short directed years earlier by Losey, blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo created one of his most complex characters in Susie Gilvray, a repressed housewife who has sacrificed her soul for the sake of security.

I didn't realize there was a connection between this movie and one of those shorts. Looking it up, Losey had directed a Crime Does Not Pay short called "A Gun in His Hand," about a cop who works with criminals as an inside man. I guess that's the connection to The Prowler, with Van Heflin's character being a cop who goes bad, though it sounds pretty tenuous.

I guess I'll rewatch that short with this in mind. It's one of the shorts they included on the bonus disc for the Warners Noir Vol. 3 boxset.

[Mappin & Webb Ltd.]

It’s a ways off but Film Forum here in NYC just released their August through November schedule and I’m salivating over their program dubbed “The Heist” - three solid weeks of double bill heist films in October. Some pairings that will be well worth the price of a ticket include: Resevoir Dogs & Kansas City Confidential, The Asphalt Jungle & The Killing, Criss Cross & Armored Car Robbery, Band of Outsiders & Bob Le Flambeur, Rififi & Touchez Pas Au Grisbi, Nightfall & The Burglar, and several other quality heist duos. If you want to see the complete list click on this link (http://www.filmforum.org/comingsoon.html) and select “NEW! Summer/Fall 2010 Repertory calendar [pdf]: FRONT & BACK” at the bottom of the page.

I’ve already cleared my calendar so it would take getting pinched by the coppers and a stay at the graybar hotel to keep me away.

[David]

Very cool, M&W - thanks for the heads-up..!

[Harry Fabian]

What a great theme for a festival! I am a sucker for a good heist film.

[Steve-O]

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is coming up. Anne Hockens has a piece (http://www.siffblog.com//preservation_and_performance_005411.html#more) on the festival

[Sloan]

Has anyone been catching the Oscar Noir series at the Academy? It's still going on, Mondays through August. (http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/events/2010/noir.html)

I've seen a couple, including last night's Dark Mirror screening, which was marvelous.

[Harry Fabian]

Any surprise special guests getting lined up for Noir City 2 Chicago?

[Steve-O]

Anne Jeffreys In Person! TRAIL STREET / RIFFRAFF

Today · 7:30pm - 11:30pm
Location Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave at 14th St
Santa Monica, CA
Created By
Aero Theatre

Double Feature: TRAIL STREET, 1947, Warner Bros., 84 min. Dir. Ray Enright. Marshall Bat Masterson (Randolph Scott) arrives just in time to keep a Marshall-less and draught-ridden Kansas town afloat. But the local farmers are convinced they want to high-tail it out of there – can Masterson convince them to stay and help him fend off a vicious gang of outlaws? Also starring Anne Jeffreys as the local beauty, Ruby Stone.

RIFFRAFF, 1947, Warner Bros., 80 min. Dir. Ted Tetzlaff. When Pat O'Brien learns of a map leading the way to rich oil fields, he has to keep one step ahead of the thieves who want to get their hands on it. Luckily, he's got resourceful nightclub singer Maxine (Anne Jeffreys) to help him out.

Discussion between films with actress Anne Jeffreys. http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage?comingattractions=1#comingAttractions

[Steve-O]

Another Chicago noir series going on in Chicago... Right Now! More Than Night: Looking at Film Noir (http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/morethannight) and coming soon Monsieur Noir: Henri-Georges Clouzot (http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/clouzot)
http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/sites/default/files/images/2010/september/banners/clouzot_banner.jpg

[Steve-O]

For us East Coasters the Film Forum in NY (http://www.filmforum.org/films/heist.html) has plenty of noir for their Heist series:

They're showing a bunch of heist/crime double bills but a few stand out to Back Alley folks:

Odds Against Tomorrow 10/6

Reservoir Dogs with Kansas City Confidential 10/8

The Asphalt Jungle with The Killing 10/9

Le Cercle Rouge 10/10

Nightfall with The Burglar (new 35mm print!!) 10/12

Criss Cross with Armored Car Robbery 10/13

Thief (1981) 10/14

Bob le Flambeur with Band of Outsiders 10/15

Rififi with Touchez Pas Au Grisbi 10/16

The Sicilian Clan with Classe Tous Risques 10/17

Un Flic with 5 Against the House 10/18

Violent Saturday with Cash on Demand 10/20 (the Film Forum flyer has quite a nice spoiler photo for Violent Saturday. Interesting pair up here)

Jackie Brown 10/21

http://www.filmforum.org/films/heist/kcconfidential_22.jpg

[Steve-O]

Panic in the Streets screening TONIGHT in Detriot. (http://www.freep.com/article/20100923/ENT01/9230315/1036/ENT/New-doc-revisits-director-Elia-Kazan)..

http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C4&Date=20100923&Category=ENT01&ArtNo=9230315&Ref=AR&Profile=1036&MaxW=320&MaxH=300&Q=100&mime=jpeg

[Steve-O]

Raven is having a noir fest in Co. if anyone is in the area!

http://www.durangopubliclibrary.org/screens/filmnoir.jpg (http://www.durangopubliclibrary.org/)

[Nighthawk]

Thanks so much for this info! I live in CO, so I'm hoping to check it out. It's about six hours away from me, though, so I'll probably have to plan a special trip for it.

[Raven]

Welcome j.ney, nice to know there's at least one other Rocky Mountain noir fan.

Raven

[Nighthawk]

Raven, thanks for the welcome. I'm up in the Denver area, so getting to any of these screenings might be a stretch. I e-mailed the contact person about it, so now I'm just waiting for a list of the rest of the films they'll be screening. Are you going to try to make it to any of them?

[Raven]

"Are you going to try to make it to any of them?" Heck, I'm hosting the series so I'd better be there!

This link should give you all the remaining dates and the films being shown.

http://host7.evanced.info/durango/evanced/eventcalendar.asp

The next showing will be Feb. 2nd and the film will be "The Postman Always Rings Twice."

Hope to see you.

[Nighthawk]

"Heck, I'm hosting the series so I'd better be there!" I didn't realize that--that's funny.

Thanks for the link to the list. Unfortunately, they're on Wednesday nights, and because of work, it seems impossible for me to be able to make it. Maybe not, though--we'll see...

[Steve-O]

The first ever Film Noir festival in Russia (no word on who Eddie's opposite number is)...

From the PR director of the event:


We are pleased to present Russia’s first-ever festival dedicated to FILM NOIR and THE OTHER SIDE OF HOLLYWOOD where we will show these American cult films at the historical Rodina Cinema Center in St. Petersburg.
Our festival begins on February 17 with a showing of Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950). The next day, we will show John Houston’s The Maltese Falcon (1941). Other entries in our series include The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956); and Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (1974) as it helped usher in a new generation of neo-noir films. As Russia’s first festival of American film noirs, we hope to introduce Russian audiences to the genre by tracing its development from its origins to the present day.
http://www.rodinakino.ru/adss/viewbanner.php3?bannerID=209

http://www.rodinakino.ru/events/film-noir-other-side-hollywood

[Ashirg]

According to the poster you posted, there is going to be a lecture by Anjelika Artyukh "Film Noir: When style becomes a genre" (According to google, she is St. Petersburg film critic and scholar). Here's the trailer for this Russian Festival (with Russian voice-over of the films featured in the festival).


http://www.youtube.com/embed/yDdoWoB46-Q

[Steve-O]

it's going to be a big weekend for noir fans on the Left and Right coasts:

Noir City is in LA...
http://www.noircity.com/img/NCLA_2011_x304.jpg

Presented in collaboration with Film Noir Foundation
The venerable NOIR CITY film festival returns for its 13th year, presenting an astonishing array of rarities mostly available ONLY on the big screen. We’ve scoured studio archives to assemble a feast of film noir that can only be consumed in its original 35mm format, in the glorious darkness of a vintage movie palace!
This year’s program features several new prints preserved by the Film Noir Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, including rarities HIGH WALL, LOOPHOLE, THE HUNTED, STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT and THE DARK MIRROR. In fact, 23 of the 28 films in the series are not on DVD! This may be the last chance to ever see these extraordinary films on a big screen - don’t miss a single one!
This year you can purchase a Film Noir Series pass for $120. Pass holders will get one ticket to each film in the series. Additional tickets can be purchased individually at regular price. Cinematheque members will get a deeper discount by buying tickets individually at the member price. Pass sale ends April 1 when the series begins. Available at the box office or on Fandango.
Join our Film Noir Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Film-Noir-Los-Angeles/198040546892390


and in NY City:

a noir orgy (http://www.newschool.edu/events/noir/events/) which starts tonight and goes on all week.
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This weekend:





Schedule for Saturday, April 2
Curated by Jim Miller, Christiane Paul and Robert Polito

11:00 a.m. - Nightfall
12:20 p.m. - On The Run (Media Studies student film) and Fairy Tale Noir (Media Studies student film)
12:40 p.m. - Noir shorts
2:00 p.m. - No Man of Her Own
3:30 p.m. - I Love You Means I Love You (Media Studies student film)
3:45 p.m. - Noir shorts
4:15 p.m. - Ossessione
6:30 p.m. - The Lady Out of Time (Media Studies student film)
6:45 p.m. - Noir shorts
7:15 p.m. - The Prowler
Schedule for Sunday, April 3
Curated and introduced by Guy Maddin and Kim Morgan

12:00 p.m. - Wicked Woman
1:35 p.m. - Sweet Demise (Media Studies student film)
1:45 p.m. - The Chase
3:30 p.m. - Fairy Tale Noir (Media Studies student film) and On The Run (Media Studies student film)
3:45 p.m. - He Ran All The Way


and Monday:


Conversation with Frances McDormand/Screening of Blood Simple

Monday, April 4, 8:00 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street
Admission is Free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by going to:
www.nsafbloodsimple.eventbrite.com (http://www.nsafbloodsimple.eventbrite.com/)
Eugene Lang College faculty member Cecilia Rubino talks with the Academy Award–winning actress Frances McDormand (http://www.newschool.edu/events/noir/subpage.aspx?id=60941#FrancesMcDormand) on acting and instigating—how actors collaborate with and inspire writer-directors and how this informed her first film, the 1984 American neo-noir Blood Simple, which was the directorial debut of Joel and Ethan Coen.

[Keith]

THURSDAY APRIL 7th @ The Castro Theatre, San Francisco

ORSON WELLES DOUBLE FEATURE

THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI 3:00, 7:00
Orson Welles wrote, directed, produced and starred in this one-of-a-kind film noir about an Irish sailor who accompanies a beautiful woman and her corrupt husband on a cruise, only to become a pawn in murder. Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane co-star. 1947 | 87 min | 35mm

TOUCH OF EVIL - 4:45, 8:45
Welles’ last Hollywood film as writer/director stars Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh as Americans caught in a maze of corruption just over the Mexican border. Dazzling camerawork, a Henry Mancini score and juicy roles for Marlene Dietrich and Orson steal the show. 1958 | 112 min – 1998 restoration | 35mm

[Keith]

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4th @ The Castro Theatre, San Francisco

FARLEY GRANGER (1935-2011) DOUBLE FEATURE

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN - 3:05, 7:00
Tennis pro Granger meets charming psychopath Robert Walker on a train and they forge an unholy pact involving murder. Alfred Hitchcock’s endlessly rewarding thriller was co-scripted by Raymond Chandler. 1951 | 101 min | 35mm

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT - 5:00, 8:55
In this seminal noir, Granger and Cathy O’Donnell beguiling play lovers whose naïve flirtation with danger spells their doom. Possibly the most romantic crime film of all time, Nicholas Ray first feature ranks as one of Hollywood’s most impressive directorial debuts. 1948 | 95 min | 35mm

[Keith]

I WAKE UP DREAMING: THE LEGENDARY & THE LOST (http://roxie.com/events/details.cfm?EventID=27BBD7EA-1143-DBB3-C645DE45F0C5EF8D&View=weeklist&linkDate=%7Bts%20%272011%2D05%2D17%2000%3A00%3A00%27%7D)

The Roxie Theater, San Francisco

FRI MAY 13
PHANTOM LADY
Quintessential mid-40s classic noir from the erotically obsessed poison pen of Cornell Woolrich! An unhappily married man returns home from an evening on the town with a mysterious, nameless woman and finds the cops in his living room and his wife in the bedroom—strangled to death! Cher chez la femme? Starring Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, and Elisha Cook, Jr. Directed by Robert Siodmak. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 88 mins. 1944. NOT ON DVD! FRI at 8:00 only!

DEMENTIA
Cinema-rich nightmare of a young woman’s plunge into madness is a visually sensational voyage to dreamland and a movie unlike any you’ve seen. Shot silent and scored by George Antheil, it also features the raging beatnik bop of Shorty Rogers in an unforgettable set piece that eerily recalls tonight’s co-feature. Totally beat, and how. With Adrienne Barrett, Bruno Ve Sota, Ben Roseman. Written and directed by John Parker. We’re pleased to be presenting the original version of DEMENTIA—not the re-cut, Ed MacMahon-narrated version that was retitled “Daughter of Horror.” 35mm archive print. In B&W. 56 mins. 1955.
FRI at 6:40 and 9:45


SAT MAY 14
MINISTRY OF FEAR
A sadly neglected masterwork of dark suspense from one of the true founding visionaries of the film noir style—Fritz Lang! A man just released from a psychiatric asylum stumbles blindly into a terrifying Nazi plot in wartime London. A sizzling blend of hyperbolic expressionistic imagery and propagandist zeal from a director who understood all too well the terrors of encroaching fascism. Starring Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, and Dan Duryea. Directed by Fritz Lang. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 85 mins. 1944. NOT ON DVD! SAT at 3:45, 7:45

STREET OF CHANCE
A rare adaptation of a Cornell Woolrich novel (The Black Curtain) tells the story of a man who is conked on the head and suddenly finds the last year of his life shrouded in sinister mystery. Is he simply on a desperate search for the truth or is he actually guilty of the murder the police believe he committed? An all-but forgotten slice of classic psychological noir! Starring Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, and Sheldon Leonard. Directed by Jack Hively. In B&W. 16mm. 73 mins. 1942. NOT ON DVD!
SAT at 2:15, 6:00, 9:30


SUN MAY 15
THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES
A carnival clairvoyant comes to believe that he actually does have the power to foresee the future and withdraws from society rather than live with the fear and pain of having his disturbing predictions come true. When a beautiful young woman from his past emerges, it sets off a fateful chain of events that will forever alter the course of their lives. From the novel by—Cornell Woolrich! Starring Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, Virginia Bruce, and William Demarest. Directed by John Farrow. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT! 81 mins. 1948. NOT ON DVD! SUN at 4:00 and 7:30

THE AMAZING MR. X (THE SPIRITUALIST)
An alluring young widow struggling with the grief of her loss, is convinced that the mysterious clairvoyant she meets one evening has the power to reunite her with her recently departed husband. A thrilling race to the truth will uncover many strange secrets! Photographed by the legendary cinematographer John Alton, who brings all of his mindbending talents to the fore in this sensational supernatural noir! Starring Lynn Bari, Turhan Bey, Richard Carlson, and Cathy O’Donnell. Directed by Bernard Vorhaus. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 79 mins. 1948. SUN at 2:30, 5:45, and 9:15


MON MAY 16
GUILTY BYSTANDER
There’s not a single frill to be found in this atmospherically dismal, no-budget obscurity about an alcoholic ex-cop’s desperate search for his kidnapped son. Filmed on location in the most despairing parts of New York. If you like your B noir on the dingy side of cheap, then this bizarre rarity is your cup of meat! Starring Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland, Sam Levene. Directed by Joseph Lerner. In B&W. 16mm. 91 mins. 1950. NOT ON DVD! MON at 8:00 only!

C-MAN
A customs agent decides to track down the rats that knocked off his partner. His search takes him through some of the city’s toughest alleys and gutters. Rugged and grimy crime thriller with the added allure of actual New York location shooting. Definitely deserving rediscovery and not to be missed by fans of down and dirty pulp noir at its dingiest and cheapest. Starring Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Lottie Elwen. Directed by Joseph Lerner. In B&W. 16mm. 75 mins. 1949. NOT ON DVD!
MON at 6:30 and 9:45

TUE MAY 17
THE GREAT FLAMARION
Flamarion, a carnival sharp-shooter falls in love with Connie, his beautiful but scheming assistant who lives under the watchful eye of Al, her alcoholic and abusive husband. Just how far is Connie willing to go to have Flamarion get rid of Al? Erotically charged B noir classic! Starring Eric von Stroheim, Mary Beth Hughes, Dan Duryea, and Esther Howard. Produced by W. Lee Wilder. Directed by Anthony Mann. In B&W. 16mm print. 78 mins. 1945. NOT ON DVD! TUES at 8:00 only!

ONCE A THIEF
A woman desperately trying to escape her violent criminal past only deepens her dilemma when she willingly falls under the control of a merciless conman! The road to Redemption is not an easy one for this gal! Another poverty-row obscurity destined for rediscovery. Starring June Havoc, Cesar Romero, Marie MacDonald, Lon Chaney, Jr., and Iris Adrian. Directed by W. Lee Wilder, Billy’s way less famous older brother. In B&W. 16mm. 88 mins. 1950. NOT ON DVD! TUE at 6:15 and 9:45

WED MAY 18
RUTHLESS
Not even a substantially bigger budget and a star-packed cast could deter the uncontested Master of Maudit, Edgar G. Ulmer, from creating one of his most unique masterworks. The story of a young man, his unexpected rise to prominence and his subsequent downfall at the hands of those he once exploited, has been called the director’s Citizen Kane. Starring Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, and Sydney Greenstreet. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. In B&W. Presented in a beautiful, restored 35mm PRINT courtesy of the UCLA Film Archives. 104 mins. 1948. NOT ON DVD! WED at 8:00 only!

WHISPERING CITY
A famous actress lies near death after a terrible car crash. She tells the girl reporter who comes to interview her a horrible, long-buried secret—one that will eventually pull her into a terrifying web of corruption, insanity, and murder! An unusual and seldom seen rarity—filmed in Quebec—that will remain in your memory long after your dark walk home. Starring Paul Lukas, Mary Anderson, and Helmut Dantine. Directed by Fyodor Otsep. In B&W. 16mm print. 98 mins. 1947. NOT ON DVD! WED at 6:10 and 9:55


THUR MAY 19
CUSTOMS AGENT
Blaming himself for the death of his partner, a reckless U. S. Customs Agent hatches a plan that will enable him to snag the killers and bust a huge smuggling ring in the bargain. This snappy B programmer—with plenty of verve to spare, delivers the goods and then some. Starring William Eythe, Marjorie Reynolds, Griff Barnett. Directed by Seymour Friedman. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 71 mins. 1950. NOT ON DVD. THURS at 8:00 only!

SMOOTH AS SILK
A rarely screened, ingenious B noir that offers up a short but twisted tale of duplicity involving a dangerous femme fatale and her uncanny ability to manipulate the fates of no fewer than three formidable chumps at one time! Swift and unpredictable, this film is a well-kept secret destined to become a fixture in the noir universe. Starring Kent Taylor, Virginia Grey, Milburn Stone, John Litel. Directed by Charles Barton. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT! 64 mins. 1947. NOT ON DVD! THURS at 6:40 and 9:30


FRI MAY 20
DANGEROUS BLONDES
This film is a comedy, an intentional one at that, but it’s also an exciting thriller—people get killed! And so fully enrolled in the early 40s noir ethos, it seems like a natural fit for this year’s Roxie line-up. A married pair of amateur detectives go head to head with the cops in an effort to solve a string of grisly murders. Guns, gals, and gags; whatta deal! Starring Evelyn Keyes, Allyn Joslyn, Edmund Lowe, and William Demarest. Directed by Leigh Jason. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 81 mins. 1943. NOT ON DVD! FRI at 8:00 only!

CAFÉ HOSTESS
This frisky and swiftly-paced Columbia B potboiler tells the sordid tale of a down-on-her-luck young woman who works as a “percentage girl” at the Club 46—hustling unsuspecting boozers and setting them up for the big roll at the hands of the goons who work the door. Coming at the very start of the noir cycle, this curio survives as a knowing nod to what was lurking just down the alley. Starring Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, and Bruce Bennett. Directed by Sidney Salkow. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT! 65 mins. 1940. NOT ON DVD!
FRI at 6:40 and 9:40


SAT MAY 21
RIDE THE PINK HORSE
A world of doom and deception unfolds in a Mexican border town when an American stranger steps off the bus one fateful afternoon. What is his mysterious mission and why has the lovely young Mexican girl taken to following his every move? One of the most eagerly anticipated films of our series, this full-blown noir epic, is primed for major revival status. Starring Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, Andrea King, Thomas Gomez, and Art Smith. Directed by Robert Montgomery. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 101 mins. 1947. NOT AVAILABLE ON DVD! SAT at 3:45 and 7:30

I LOVE TROUBLE
Private eye Stuart Bailey finds himself up to his neck in exactly the kind of trouble that made him a prime example of the hardboiled movie dick in the postwar era. This snazzy Columbia B was Bailey’s only film appearance: ten years later the same character (created by Roy Huggins) would take the form of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. in the TV noir cult classic 77 SUNSET STRIP. Here, the role goes to Franchot Tone. Co-starring Janet Blair, Janis Carter, Glenda Farrell, and Stevan Geray. Directed by S. Sylvan Simon In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 93 mins. 1948. NOT AVALABLE ON DVD! SAT at 2:00, 5:45, and 9:30


SUN MAY 22
711 OCEAN DRIVE
An ambitious working stiff quickly rises to the top of the L.A. gambling rackets only to be challenged by ruthless gangsters looking to take control of his burgeoning criminal empire. Tough and hard-boiled from the pseudo-docu-noir school, it shows its iconic star to full advantage. Starring Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger. Directed by Joseph M. Newman. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 102 mins. 1950. NOT ON DVD.
SUN at 3:45 and 7:30

THE WEB
An elaborate frame-up sends an eager but hasty lawyer headlong into a morass of mayhem and murder when he agrees to be the armed bodyguard for an eccentric millionaire. As usual our hero is in way over his thick head as every turn he takes pulls him closer to certain death! Featuring an all-star cast at peak form: Edmond O’Brien, Ella Raines, William Bendix, and Vincent Price. Directed by Michael Gordon. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 87 mins. 1947. NOT ON DVD!
SUN at 2:00, 5:45, and 9:30


MON MAY 23
Johnny Legend presents two ultra-lost 35mm gems of prime 50s sleaze-noir!
THE VIOLENT YEARS
If this ultra-bizarre girl-gang opus reminds you of an Ed Wood film it’s because Wood wrote it (but didn’t direct) in the prime of his incredible career. See what happens when neglected teenage girls turn their anger and frustration to lives of vicious crime and shockingly vulgar sexuality! Starring Jean Moorhead, Arthur Milan, Theresa Hancock, Timothy Farrell. Screenplay by Edward D. Wood, Jr. Directed by Thomas Morgan. Presented in a RARE 35mm PRINT! In B&W. 65 mins. 1956. MON at 8:00 only!

DANCE HALL RACKET
The brilliant sick comic Lenny Bruce appeared in only one dramatic feature, and this is it: an early 50s sub-poverty row curio that must be seen to be believed! Bruce, who also wrote it, plays a hopped-up sadistic killer, the henchman of a local gangster whose sleazy dance-hall is really a front for a illicit rackets. Honey Bruce, Lenny’s then real-life wife, plays a stripper while his mom, one-time vaudeville performer Sally Marr, plays the club hostess. Ultra-lost! Directed by Phil Tucker. In B&W. Presented in a RARE 35mm print! Approx 60 mins. 1953.
MON at 6:40 and 9:20


TUE MAY 24
CELL 2455, DEATH ROW
This somewhat fictionalized retelling of the Caryl Chessman story—the man who met his controversial fate in San Quentin’s gas chamber—is a thrill-packed noir crime saga throbbing with B movie energy. Extremely rare and not to be missed! Starring William Campbell, Marian Carr, Kahtryn Grant, and Vince Edwards. Directed by Fred F. Sears. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 77 mins. 1955. NOT ON DVD. TUES at 8:00 only!

CHAIN GANG
Exciting, two-fisted B crime drama about a tough, crusading newspaper reporter who goes undercover in a rural prison chain gang in order to expose the sadistic conditions there. When his ruse is discovered his chances of survival grow increasingly dim. Starring Douglas Kennedy, Marjorie Lord, Emory Parnell. Directed by Seymour Friedman. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 70 mins. 1950. NOT ON DVD. TUES at 6:30 and 9:30

WED MAY 25
WORLD FOR RANSOM
Incredibly rare low-budget cold-war drama that oddly presages its notorious director’s next film, KISS ME DEADLY (see tomorrow!) with its timelier than ever doomsday preoccupations. A brash soldier-of-fortune in Singapore finds himself tied up in a plot to kidnap a scientist—one of only three people in the world who know how to detonate an Atomic Bomb! Starring Dan Duryea, Patric Knowles, Marian Carr, Gene Lockhart. Directed by Robert Aldrich. In B&W. Digital transfer from one of the only known film prints. 82 mins. 1954. NOT ON DVD!
WED at 8:00 only!

THE 49th MAN
Another rare and red-hot cold-war B noir! When grimly determined federal agents get wind of an insidious plot to smuggle A-Bomb parts into the US in order to nuke a major American city, a desperate race against the clock is ignited! Starring John Ireland, Richard Denning, Suzanne Dalbert, and Mike Connors. Directed by Fred F. Sears. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 73 mins. 1953. NOT ON DVD. WED at 6:30 and 9:40


THUR MAY 26
KISS ME DEADLY
Mickey Spillane’s brutal private dick, Mike Hammer, blasts his way through the darkest and most corrupt corridors of Los Angeles in search of the “great whatsit,” an elusive and explosive key to nothing less than the end of the world. One of Noir’s most deliberately adult films, visually and thematically innovative—then and now. Starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Maxine Cooper, Gaby Rodgers, and Jack Elam. Directed by Robert Aldrich. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 106 mins. 1955. THURS at 8:00 only!

WITNESS TO MURDER
One of the great, unsung noirs of the 1950s is this sizzling psychological stunner. Brilliantly photographed by John Alton, it stars Barbara Stanwyck as a woman who witnesses a murder one night when she sees her neighbor in an apartment across the street strangle a woman to death. But will anyone other than the killer believe her? Similar to and released the same year as Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW, it actually trumps that film in sheer perversity. The incredible supporting cast includes George Sanders, Gary Merrill, and Juanita Moore. Directed by Roy Rowland. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 83 mins. 1954. NOT ON DVD.
THURS at 6:15 and 10:00

[Movie Memories]

Seems to be a lot going on in the SF area. Looks like I live on the wrong coast.

[Alan K. Rode]

I believe that the posted schedule is from 2010.

[Keith]

I believe that the posted schedule is from 2010.

You're right. Edited.

[Arthur Bannister]

I WAKE UP DREAMING: THE HAUNTED WORLD OF THE B FILM NOIR (http://roxie.com/events/details.cfm?EventID=27BBD7EA-1143-DBB3-C645DE45F0C5EF8D&View=weeklist&linkDate=%7Bts%20%272011%2D05%2D17%2000%3A00%3A00%27%7D)

Wow, what a line-up! Some amazing rarities in there.

[ElliotLavine]

Thanks for posting the details of my upcoming series at the Roxie, Keith. You have the titles and dates right, but the actual name of this series is I WAKE UP DREAMING 2011: THE LEGENDARY & THE LOST. I've been programming the Roxie since '91 and I think this year's noir line-up is the best yet. Hopefully many of you other California noirists will be able to make it over to 16th Street & Valencia in San Francisco's lively Mission District next month for this incredible show! - Elliot Lavine

[Steve-O]

Night Has a Thousand Eyes in 35mm would be great to see...

[Andrew666]

Festivals come and go, but Elliott Lavine's I Wake Up Dreaming noir festival at the Roxie in San Francisco from May 13th - 26th looks a bit special with some very rare gems indeed.

http://rlv.zcache.com/roxie_theater_san_francisco_postcard-p239551549988465253qibm_400.jpg

They include Dementia, John Parker's 1955 experiment with Adrienne Barrett (Friday, May 13). The film has no dialogue at all and follows one insane woman's nightmarish journey through skid row one dark and stormy night.

Ride The Pink Horse (1947) with Robert Montgomery and Andrea Quinn is set in the border town of San Pablo. Mysteries build on mysteries with Montgomery in fine form - and there's a carousal with a pink horse.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JBxNKxmvCQ
If you can't get to the Roxie, you can watch The Web here - but it's a poor print

Vincent Price is always worth seeing, even if it's only a TV commercial and in The Web (1947) (Sunday, May 22), he features as a millionaire who appears gentle at first, but his character is slowly revealed and darkens as the film moves on. It's a terrific movie, which I remember seeing years ago on the BBC late one night. Having gained our sympathy in the first reel, Price then abuses our choice of protagonist by revealing his evil - only he could have done it. It also stars Ella Raines.

Burgess Meredith in 1942's Street of Chance (Saturday, May 14), gets bonked on the head and then begins to see the world as a different place to what he thought it was. A whole year of his life appears to be missing - it's based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich and stars the breathtaking Claire Trevor as well.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_huWBo2azb3E/Sr6Ocq20SJI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/r3wIBhvpmCg/s400/Claire+Trevor.jpg
Claire Trevor

Ministry of Fear (Saturday, May 14), Fritz Lang's 1944 spy thriller in noir style with Ray Milland and Marjorie Reynolds. Dan Duryea pops up in a scene-stealing role and the whole thing was written by Graham Greene.

The 49th Man (Wednesday, May 25)(1953) is perhaps not strictly noir but with John Ireland and Suzanne Dalbert it's good value and 1948's private-eye mystery I Love Trouble (Saturday, May 21) with Franchot Tone and Janet Blair is fascinating as the early progenitor of the TV series 77 Sunset Strip.

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I Love Trouble - Stu Bailey & the Dames

[Keith]

I must go to this.

[Keith]

70mm print of VERTIGO @ The Castro Theatre, San Francisco

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 - FRIDAY, JUNE 10 - 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM

[Steve-O]

Wow, what a line-up! Some amazing rarities in there.

Tonight they're screening Cafe Hostess and Dangerous Blondes. Boy are these rare ones! Never heard of either...

FRI MAY 20
DANGEROUS BLONDES
This film is a comedy, an intentional one at that, but it’s also an exciting thriller—people get killed! And so fully enrolled in the early 40s noir ethos, it seems like a natural fit for this year’s Roxie line-up. A married pair of amateur detectives go head to head with the cops in an effort to solve a string of grisly murders. Guns, gals, and gags; whatta deal! Starring Evelyn Keyes, Allyn Joslyn, Edmund Lowe, and William Demarest. Directed by Leigh Jason. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT. 81 mins. 1943. NOT ON DVD! FRI at 8:00 only!

CAFÉ HOSTESS
This frisky and swiftly-paced Columbia B potboiler tells the sordid tale of a down-on-her-luck young woman who works as a “percentage girl” at the Club 46—hustling unsuspecting boozers and setting them up for the big roll at the hands of the goons who work the door. Coming at the very start of the noir cycle, this curio survives as a knowing nod to what was lurking just down the alley. Starring Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, and Bruce Bennett. Directed by Sidney Salkow. In B&W. 35mm STUDIO ARCHIVE PRINT! 65 mins. 1940. NOT ON DVD!
FRI at 6:40 and 9:40

[Harry Fabian]

Noir City 3 Chicago has been announced August 12-18 at the Music Box Theatre. Looks like the best yet with a record number of films and no repeated screenings this year. I count 10 noir and proto noir being screened that are not on dvd-including 7 I've never seen on TCM or anywhere else. One of the highlights will be a new 35mm print of "Loophole" funded by FNF. Details of festival on page 4 of the Music Box's Summer Schedule here:
http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/calendars/MBT_Summer_2011.pdf

[Adam Lounsbery]

My wife and I are moving from Brooklyn to Chicago in July, so to say that I'm excited about Noir City 3 at the Music Box is an understatement.

[Harry Fabian]

Perfect timing-I am sure you will really enjoy it.

[Night Editor]

Thanks for the heads-up on what the program will be.

I also noticed that the Music Box as part of their regular schedule is playing a couple of very good new Euro noirs, 'The Robber' and 'Rapt'.

Be there or... just rent' em.

[HighGallows]

ATTENTION TWIN CITIES, MN RESIDENTS:


LAURA (1944) will be playing at the Heights Theatre (http://www.heightstheater.com/) on Thursday, June 23 at 7:30.

http://www.heightstheater.com/eventpics/laura%20europe.jpg
"35mm print courtesy Criterion Pictures and Twentieth Century-Fox"

[Andrew666]

For those with easy access to New England's capotal, you might want to check out ArtsEmerson's Noir Nights from June 9-12.

The location is the Bright Family Screening Room, in the Paramount Center, 559 Washington St.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr307/JaySeaver/IMG_20101120_153428.jpg

Noir Nights uses new and archival prints from Noir City, the Film Noir Foundation's annual Los Angeles festival circus.

http://pics.filmaffinity.com/The_Dark_Mirror-788022164-large.jpg

The films being shown at this mini-Boston festical are Dark Mirror (1946), directed by Robert Siodmak, with Olivia DeHaviland playing twin sisters; Cry of the City (1948) also by Siodmak, with Richard Conte and Victor Mature; So Evil My Love (1948) with Ray Milland; Alias Nick Beal (1949), with Thomas Mitchell and Ray Milland again; Tight Spot (1955), with Ginger Rogers as a gangster's moll; and finally Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956), with Dana Andrews and Joan Fontaine.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFS0LNVaRjA
Scene from Tight Spot

Sounds like a great way to spend a week's holiday.

[Steve-O]

here's a link (http://boston.com/community/blogs/hub_arts/2011/05/noir_nights_at_artsemerson.html)

[Juke Joint Jonny]

Attention Seattle area residents. I will be hosting "Film Noir Thursdays" at The Historic Everett Theatre starting June 9th.

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[Hard-Boiled-Rick]

Thanks to the Film Forum, it’ll be a hot, steamy, and racy summer in the naked city.

The Film Forum presents over 40 pre-code films from July 15 – August 11. The kind of risqué films Mom, Mr. Hays, and Mr. Breen disapproved.

Do you believe American cinema lost its innocence with classic film noir? American cinema never lost its innocence with film noir. The moral ambiguity of pre-code Hollywood proves American cinema never had it to begin with. See for yourself.

Here is a small sample of proofs:


Baby Face (1933) in this uncensored version, Barbara Stanwyck sleeps her way to the top
The Maltese Falcon (1931) hard-boiled Hammett – the way it was meant to be
The Story of Temple Drake (1933) adapted from Faulkner’s shocking Sanctuary – stars Miriam Hopkins
Red-Headed Woman (1932) features Jean Harlow – say no more
Blonde Venus (1932) Von Sternberg presents Miss Marlene Dietrich
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Ginger Rogers is in the money, skimpily clad in coins
The Public Enemy (1931) James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell and a grapefruit

…and many more wild and racy antics that probably amused grandpa but not grandma

Manhattoes, bridge and tunnel people, and guests of the naked city, download Film Forum's entire Essential Pre-Code schedule http://www.filmforum.org/pdf/ff2_cal91_FINAL.pdf

Baby Face (1933)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-NJY1F2oCE

[Andrew666]

A personal favourite - The Story of Temple Drake (1933):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQo-i_e86KY
The whole movie!!

[Movie Memories]

One of the most devastating consequences of the Hays Code was to take away these roles from women. They lost the right to play the kind of role that was equal to the male.

Women were portrayed as having responsible jobs, displaying sexuality, and even having babies without the benefit of marriage.

Even the subject of divorce was handled in a new way. In 1930's "The Divorcee," with Norma Shearer, the wife catches her husband cheating and, in retaliation, she cheats on him. This same situation after the Code would have called for the wife to be understanding and forgiving having accepted the husbands explanation that the affair meant nothing.



The moral ambiguity of pre-code Hollywood proves American cinema never had it to begin with.


I couldn't agree more. The pre-Code woman could be, and was, often played as having questionable morals. After the Code there were no more roles of this type for actresses like Clara Bow, Mae West, Jean Harlow, those that Rick has mentioned and a good many others. Even a Betty Boop cartoon was censured by the Code for the character having too short a skirt.

An excellent book on the harm the Hays Code did to women's role in film is "Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood," by Mick LaSalle.

Here's a quote from the book - "The Code came to prevent women from having fun. It was designed to put the genie back in the bottle - and the wife back in the kitchen."

The Hay's Code dropped a moral hammer on women's roles!

[Adam Lounsbery]

The Maltese Falcon (1931) hard-boiled Hammett – the way it was meant to be
The original version of The Maltese Falcon might not be the equal of John Huston's more famous version, but it's pretty good, and it contains my all-time favorite visual metaphor for sexual intercourse.

When Ricardo Cortez is about to get it on with a woman in his living room, the shot cuts to the record on the Victrola just as the stylus hits the end of the groove. The stylus and the heavy tonearm bang back and forth in the end of the groove over and over. Fade to black.

Beats a train going into a tunnel any day.

[Steve-O]

And isn't it interesting the best pre-codes are about women? Nice thread. Baby Face, Temple Drake are outrageous even today.

[Nighthawk]

That Seattle lineup looks great, especially considering that a decent DVD copy of "The Big Combo" doesn't exist.

[Andrew666]

May is always a great time to be in Hong Kong for Francophiles. This year’s Le French May festival, which also runs into June, includes "NOIR - A Film Noir Retrospective Bridging France and Hong Kong".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2-q9z59plU

The festival includes great recent movies like tonight’s opener - Jacques Audiard's fantastic prison drama UN PROPHETE – and also a selection of classics from geniuses such as Jean-Pierre Melville, Bertrand Tavernier and Claude Chabrol.

One of the strengths of the programme, however, will be on the Honk Kong side of the coin. "Carte Blanche to Johnnie To" is a collection of the very best Hong Kong gangster films. Audiences will have the chance to see A BETTER TOMORROW, CITY ON FIRE and AS TEARS GO BY - all very well known to Western audiences. They will also have the opportunity to see ‘lost’ films such as Ann Hui's THE SECRET and Wong Tin Lam's 1960 thriller THE WILD, WILD ROSE. In addition, Tsui Hark will be introducing the controversial DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS: FIRST KIND – not screened in Hong Kong for over thirty years.

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Grace Chang, star of The Secret, with Dinah Shore

The programme runs until 26 June

[Keith]

Anyone know of any Film Noir screenings going on in New York in the next week?

[Davidmk]

It figures a good one in boston & i'm allready booked up with tix to other things :(

[Keith]

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6th @ CASTRO THEATRE (http://www.castrotheatre.com), SAN FRANCISCO

ROBERT MITCHUM DOUBLE FEATURE

OUT OF THE PAST (1947) - 3:15 PM, 7:00 PM

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THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) - 5:00 PM, 8:55 PM

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[Juke Joint Jonny]

My Film Noir series in Everett WA (just north of Seattle) has been extended into August!
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[SuperDanX]

Heads up for readers in London, BFi is screenings a newly restored print of 'Gilda' from July 22nd to Aug 4th. Hopeing to get down there myself at some point.

Newly restored print has also got my hopes up for Gilda on Blu Ray, yes please!

[Steve-O]

Noir City Chicago! (http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/collections/noir-city-chicago-3/) August 12 - 18, 2011

Films Include:


High Wall August 12, 7:30pm
Quintessential postwar noir, resurrected in a new 35mm print by the Film Noir Foundation! Brain-damaged vet Robert Taylor confesses to murdering his unfaithful wife and is sentenced to a sanitarium. His doctor (sexy Audrey Totter) gradually realizes he might not be guilty. Special thanks to Warner Bros. and UCLA Film & Television Archive. (1947, 99m, Curtis Bernhardt)

The Dark Mirror August 12, 9:30pm
Not on DVD!
Witnesses place Ruth Collins (Olivia de Havilland) at the scene of a grisly murder. When it’s discovered she has a twin, Dr. Elliot (Lew Ayres) is brought in to psychologically evaluate them both. Noir master Robert Siodmak deftly directs this Oscar-nominated original story, guiding de Havilland through two sensational performances. Preservation funded by the Film Foundation. (1948, 85m, Robert Siodmak)

The Mob August 13, 1:30pm; August 13, 5:30pm
Not on DVD!
The tale of an undercover cop (Broderick Crawford) infiltrating a waterfront labor racket was a huge hit and a forerunner to 1950s’ crime exposés, subsequently overshadowed by the higher pedigreed On the Waterfront (1954). 1954, Allied Artists [Warner Bros.] 80 min. Scr. Warren Douglas. Dir. Harold D. Schuster. Featuring early work from actors Charles Bronson, Neville Brand, and Ernest Borgnine. (1951, 89m, Robert Parrish)

New York Confidential August 13, 3:30pm; August 13, 9:30pm
Ripped from Kevaufer Crime Committee headlines of the 1950s is the saga of a mob kingpin (Broderick Crawford) whose hold on the syndicate is complicated by a newly imported hit man (Richard Conte), a restless mistress (Marilyn Maxwell), and Brod’s beautiful but fragile daughter (Anne Bancroft). Once thought lost, this rarity returns to NOIR CITY in 35mm courtesy of Kit Parker Films. (1955, 87m, Russell Rouse)

Loophole August 13, 7:30pm
Not on DVD!
NOIR CITY is proud to resurrect one of the most rare films of the original noir era. An innocent bank clerk (Barry Sullivan), made the fall guy in an embezzlement scheme, is mercilessly pursued by a scarily righteous lawman (Charles McGraw, in an signature performance). Presented in a brand new 35mm print funded by the Film Noir Foundation! Thanks to Warner Bros. and UCLA Fim & Television Archive. (1954, 80m, Harold D. Schuster)

The Blue Dahlia August 14, 1:30pm; August 14, 5:39pm
At the pinnacle of Ladd–Lake mania, crime fiction legend Raymond Chandler fashioned this original, booze-fueled screenplay for the co-stars, and ended up with an Oscar nomination for his trouble. Ladd plays a veteran who finds a more sophisticated form of murder and mayhem on the home front, while Veronica Lake vamps through the proceedings at her most glamorously iconic. (1946, 96m, George Marshall)

Larceny August 14, 3:30pm; August 14, 9:45pm
Not on DVD!
John Payne and Dan Duryea play dandy grifters bent on bilking a wealthy war widow (Joan Caulfield). Both are tangled up with saucy Shelley Winters, who’s more dangerous than a loaded .38. A riotously entertaining, little-known gem, presented in a brand new 35mm print courtesy of Universal Pictures. (1948, 89m, George Sherman)

The Hunted August 14, 7:45pm
Not on DVD!
Laura Mead (Belita) has served her time for robbery and still claims her innocence. She returns to the city where her former cop lover (Preston Foster) sent her up. Is she back for a fresh start—or revenge? A strange, hypnotic noir from Poverty Row director Jack (Decoy) Bernhard, resurrected in a new 35mm print by the Film Noir Foundation! Thanks to Warner Bros. and UCLA Film & Television Archive. (1948, 88m, Jack Bernhard)

Deadline USA August 15, 5:30pm; August 15, 9:30pm
Not on DVD!
Humphrey Bogart stars as Ed Hutcheson, veteran editor of the New York Day, which is about to be sold to its main competitor. With only hours left before the presses stop, ‘Hutch’ decides to go out in a blaze of glory, taking down the city’s biggest racketeer. An eerily prescient eulogy for “old school” journalism, it’s one of the greatest of all newspaper movies. (1952, 87m, Richard Brooks)

Chicago Deadline August 15, 7:30pm
Not on DVD!
Alan Ladd is a reporter obsessed with a young woman he finds dead in a cheap brothel. Connecting the dots all around Chicago, he cobbles together the sad history of a good girl (Donna Reed) gone wrong. Incredibly rare, not screened for decades before being resurrected by the Film Noir Foundation, rarity makes excellent use of various Chicago locales to tell an ink-stained version of Laura. (1949, 86m, Lewis Allen)

The Story of Molly X August 16, 5:30pm; August 16, 9:30pm
Not on DVD!
Writer-director Wilbur had an obsession with producing prison movies, but this ultra-rarity has a twist: the protagonist is a brass-knuckled dame (June Havoc) who takes over her boyfriend’s Frisco gang after he’s killed. After murdering the culprit in cold blood, she winds up in women’s prison—and you know what happens in those places… (1949, 85m, Crane Wilbur)

Crashout August 16, 7:30pm
Not on DVD!
Six prisoners crash out of the pen to unearth a stashed robbery payroll. Director Lewis Foster’s frantic film is full of wild flourishes and stunningly brutal action. Featuring leggy Beverly Michaels, wholesome Gloria Talbott, you’ll only find this buried treasure at NOIR CITY! (1955, 89m, Lewis R. Foster)

The Glass Key August 17, 5:30pm; August 17, 9:10pm
Dashiell Hammett’s groundbreaking novel of big city corruption is given a brisk adaptation by noir scribe par excellence Latimer, and features charismatic performances from Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. Ladd plays a savvy “fixer” mixed up in a murder case that could derail the ambitions of his boss, a politician with a shady past. (1942, 85m, Stuart Heisler)

Among The Living August 17, 7:30pm
Not on DVD!
Albert Dekker stars as identical twins, one a brain-damaged psychopath who stirs up a Gothic whirlwind of insanity, family skeletons and murder. Costarring a lushly nubile Susan Hayward, venerable Harry Carey, and pre-tragedy Frances Farmer. This rarely screened horror-noir hybrid features stunning camerawork by Renoir collaborator Theodore Sparkhul. (1941, 67m, Stuart Heisler)

Sorry, Wrong Number August 18, 5:30pm; August 18, 9:45pm
Barbara Stanwyck gives a tour de force performance as a bedridden woman who, through crossed phone wires, overhears a murder being planned. This engrossing extension of the legendary 22-minute radio drama is pure noir, tracking an ill-fated romance that spirals into deceit, despair, and death. Featuring Burt Lancaster in one of his earliest roles. (1948, 89m, Anatole Litvak)

Brute Force August 18, 7:40pm
Burt Lancaster plots a breakout for the inmates of Cell R-17, so they can escape the sadism of fascistic bull Hume Cronyn. Featuring an incredible cast of character actors, all making the meanest movie of their careers. The climactic bust-out remains a shocker, as the escape erupts into full-throttle warfare. The most unforgettable men-behind-bars movie ever made! (1947, 98m, Jules Dassin)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxxQ4rsRuLc

[Keith]

Wednesday, August 24 @ Castro Theatre, San Francisco

Double Indemnity 2:40, 7:00

The Postman Always Rings Twice 4:40, 9:05

[Harry Fabian]

With so many not-on-dvd noir at Chicago, think I might have to stay in the city for a bit. The Music Box Theater's most current pdf newsletter says Eddie Muller and Foster Hirsch will be there in person this year: http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/calendars/MBT_Summer_2011.pdf (page 3)

[Adam Lounsbery]

I hope I'm not stepping on any toes by saying this ... if you're Foster Hirsch's best friend or something, I apologize in advance ... but he really ruined the screening of Elia Kazan's Baby Doll that I saw at Film Forum a few years ago. He opened the film by saying he'd be brief, then spoke for almost 20 minutes in depth about the film, including details that you really would rather hear after the movie than before it, especially if it's the first time you're seeing it ... things like how it was actually filmed in cold weather even though everything's supposed to be hot as hell and all the actors are supposed to be dripping sweat. Once you know something like that you can't stop thinking about it while you're watching the movie.

Then, when he moderated the after-film discussion with Carroll Baker and Eli Wallach, he talked at length about his own interpretation of the film, history of the film, etc., and even interrupted them at points. He never asked any follow-up questions of them or drew out any information.

Then, at the end, he said they'd be happy to sign autographs in the lobby. When I went to the toilet I overheard Eli Wallach, coming down the hall, saying, "Why did he say that? I don't want to sign a bunch of shit."

Hirsch's Film Noir: Dark Side of the Screen was the first book about noir that I ever read, and it has a place in my heart, but I thought he was a really overbearing presenter.

[Steve-O]

Let me just say - in defense of Foster - that he's a great guy. I met him at Noir City a few years back in San Francisco. He was getting ready to introduce a movie with Eddie. We talked for a few minutes and he went over some of the things he was going to talk about. A very nice guy and a fellow East-coaster. He went on stage with Eddie and the running joke was he was kind of the absent-minded professor that would ramble on and end up giving away too much of the plot. Eddie would stop him politely and remind him to not give the movie away. Then a few minutes later he would veer back into spoilers. The audience in the know (around the front) would hiss him down and Eddie would stop him again. The introduction was actually quite amusing. Mr. Hirsch is one of a few of the original noir historians and I value his writing. Hopefully he'll be careful in Chicago... but I personally find him charming.

Public speaking is a funny thing. I saw Kim Morgan - who has been writing about film and noir for a while now - in NYC introducing a movie. There were only a half dozen people in the seats and she new all of us. She said she's never been more scared to speak. I said, "Why? You know all of us!" and she said, "It's because I feel like I'm in school again and giving speaking in front of the whole class." She ended up doing great and calling on all of us by name during her introduction. But yeah it's probably easier to speak to a group of strangers...

[Adam Lounsbery]

That all makes a lot of sense, and I'm glad to hear your take on it, Steve-O. I felt kind of lousy after bad-mouthing Hirsch this morning, but it's an experience that really stuck with me and I just felt like venting a little. He seemed like a nice guy, and he definitely knew his stuff, but it was just a situation where I felt he dominated two older actors who I wanted to hear more from, and who I felt could have used more coaxing and questioning than long discussions of the film itself.

[Adam Lounsbery]

I walked to the Music Box Theatre today and saw Project Nim. It turns out the theater is a much closer walk to my house than I thought. I picked up a flyer for Noir City 3. The program looks amazing. I can't wait.

The only problem is that my wife is talking about wanting to get a day pass to the Gathering of the Juggalos this year, which coincides with the same weekend as Noir City 3. I can't tell how serious she is.

[Steve-O]

The Prowler (http://www.ffm-montreal.org/cgi-bin/ffmfilms?Action=fest_detail&num=28766&lng=EN) on the big screen for those of you in Montreal!

[Nighthawk]

The only problem is that my wife is talking about wanting to get a day pass to the Gathering of the Juggalos this year, which coincides with the same weekend as Noir City 3.

That sounds like grounds for a trial separation at minimum.

[Keith]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 @ CASTRO THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO

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TAXI DRIVER (1976) NEW 35MM RESTORATION! | 113 min | 35mm | 3:30, 7:15
Robert De Niro channels his definitive performance in Martin Scorsese’s unsettling tour through the metropolitan madness of one Travis Bickle. Pushing the envelope, this film established Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader as the most daring talents of their generation. Co-starring Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel and the superlative final score by Bernard Herrmann. For this restoration, the original negatives were meticulously cleaned and transferred at 4K resolution without a single frame altered digitally.

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BLAST OF SILENCE (1961) | 77 min | 35mm | 5:35, 9:20
Swift, brutal, and black-hearted, writer/director/star Allen Baron’s New York City noir Blast of Silence is a sensational surprise. This low-budget, carefully crafted portrait of a hit man on assignment in Manhattan during Christmas time follows its stripped-down narrative with mechanical precision, yet also with an eye and ear for the oddball idiosyncrasies of urban living and the imposing beauty of the city. At once visually ragged and artfully composed, and featuring rough, poetic narration performed by Lionel Stander, Blast of Silence is a stylish triumph.

[Harry Fabian]

Music Box Theater in Chicago is screening a series of films adapted from the novels of Graham Greene:

Oct. 22-23: This Gun for Hire
Oct. 29-30: Ministry of Fear
Nov. 5-6: Brighton Rock
Nov. 13: The Fallen Idol
Nov. 20: Our Man in Havana
Nov. 26-27: The Third Man

http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/calendars/MBT_Fall_2011.pdf

[Harry Fabian]

AFI Silver Theater has announced the films for Noir City DC 2 festival October 15-November 2. Multiple days and times for most films, so please check their calendar for specifics : http://www.afi.com/silver/new/nowplaying/calendar.aspx

The films:

THE MALTESE FALCON
LOOPHOLE
THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME
A DOUBLE LIFE
HIGH WALL
CRY TOUGH
ANGEL FACE
BEWARE, MY LOVELY
SUDDEN FEAR
MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS
THE DARK MIRROR
THE HUNTED

Trying to decide if it's worth a 12-14 hour drive each way to see "They Won't Believe Me"-have seen everything else.

[High Hat Post]

The Big Combo and Pitfall in Los Angeles, February 8th! (http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2012-02-08/big-combo-1955-pitfall-1948-million-dollar-theater)

I called the theatre and they confirmed all the UCLA screenings are on 35mm film. No digital projection! :)

Here's a full schedule (http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/ucla-film-television-archive-broadway)...LOTS of amazing films coming up soon!

[Surly]

I mentioned this elsewhere, but a 35 mm print of The Brasher Doubloon screens in Chicago tonight at the Portage Theater at 7:30.