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Tonight’s the night, Faustketeers! Noir City Hollywood kicks off an epic line up with a Cornell Woolrich double shot (triple, technically) NO ABRAS NUNCA ESA PUERTA and THE WINDOW. I’ll be watching and posting along at home and hope you’ll join me!

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Noir City Hollywood Festival Returns With Focus on Race and Gender in Film Noir — and More 35mm Restorations

Sidney Poitier — film noir icon? That may not be one of the phrases that popped up most frequently in the recent obituaries and appreciations for the late actor, but Poitier did take his turn at no…

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Today at #NoirCityHollywood, the American Legion Post 43 - Hollywood, CA Theatre hosts a military-themed double feature: ACT OF VIOLENCE (1949) and SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT (1946), both presented in 35mm. FNF board member Alan K. Rode will introduce the films. Tickets for the Legion Post 43 screenings are on sale at Brown Paper Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4533664?date=2214101

Tuesday, March 10 7:30 PM Military Noir Double Feature: 

ACT OF VIOLENCE, 1948, Warner Bros., 81 min. Dir. Fred Zinnemann. A dark masterpiece made during the Metro tenure of producer Dore Schary, this is emblematic film noir. Psychically scarred Robert Ryan stalks war hero Van Heflin from sylvan Big Bear Lake to the nocturnal underbelly of downtown L.A. Robert Surtees stunning cinematography captures the dark side of the postwar boom, as well as superb performances from the entire cast, including a jaw-droppingly gorgeous 20-year-old Janet Leigh and a revelatory Mary Astor as a blowsy, street-wise hooker. Zinnemann’s only foray into film noir is one of the best of the classic era.

Archival Print! 

SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT, 1946, 20th Century Fox, 111 min. Dir. Joseph Mankiewicz. An amnesiac vet (John Hodiak) prowls through the Los Angeles underworld searching for the mysterious Larry Cravat, the lone clue to his true identity. Mankiewicz’s vastly underrated noir is a timeless trip through the noir netherworld, a place where no one can be trusted. With Richard Conte, Lloyd Nolan, Nancy Guild and a rogue's gallery of familiar faces lending vivid support.

Introductions by Alan K. Rode of the Film Noir Foundation and American Legion Post 43. Join us for cocktails at the Post 43 bar starting at 6:00 PM.

Special Ticket Price: $15. No vouchers.

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#NoirCityHollywood returns to the Egyptian Theatre today with two double bills:THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT & FLY-BY-NIGHT, 1:00 p.m. and  THE HOUSEMAID & MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS, 7:30 p.m. FNF prez and Noir Alley host Eddie Muller in person! Festival details at http://bit.ly/2vHKd2O

1:00 PM 

35 mm!

THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT

NACHTS, WENN DER TEUFEL KAM

1957, Beta Film, 97 min, West Germany, Dir: Robert Siodmak

The greatest practitioner of Hollywood noir (PHANTOM LADY, THE KILLERS, CRISS CROSS, et al), returned to Germany in the 1950s to finish his career; this powerful film was his payback to the Nazis who chased him from his homeland. Based on the true story of murderer Bruno Lüdke, it’s a tense policier that also explores how those who did not flee the Reich struggled to maintain their integrity and morality in the face of overwhelming corruption and evil.35 mm!

FLY-BY-NIGHT

1942, Universal, 74 min, USA, Dir: Robert Siodmak

Don’t miss this little-seen gem, one of the first Hollywood efforts of noir maestro Robert Siodmak. Shifting with Hitchcockian aplomb between suggestive light comedy and thickly shadowed suspense, Siodmak stuffs two features’ worth of stylish set pieces into a sprightly running time, making this as good as wartime B picture as anything produced in the era. Richard Carlson’s and Nancy Kelly’s romance-on-the-run chemistry, laced with witty innuendo (and plenty of Kelly’s fine gams) is reminiscent of Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll in THE 39 STEPS. Great fun, and surprisingly sexy for its time. THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT in German with English subtitles. Print courtesy of the Goethe-Institut.

7:30 PM

THE HOUSEMAID

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1960, Janus Films, 109 min, South Korea, Dir: Kim Ki-youngSee the classic that inspired Bong Joon Ho’s PARASITE! The Kims, a hardworking middle-class family, move into a bigger home and need help with the chores. A love letter from one of Mr. Kim’s students leads to a fateful decision - hiring Myung-sook (Lee Eun-shim), a young woman whose provocative behavior turns their drab domestic life into a nightmare of repressed desires, unleashed. Relentless, claustrophobic, and unpredictable; a wicked combination of soap opera, noir, and horror - as amusing as it is shocking. Considered one of the greatest Korean films ever, THE HOUSEMAID was forgotten for more than forty years, until rediscovered through the efforts of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project and the Korean Film Archive. 35 mm!

MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS

1945, Sony Repertory, 65 min, USA, Dir: Joseph H. Lewis

Unemployed Julia (Nina Foch) gets a dream job working for a wealthy widower, only to awaken in a nightmare - married to a man with a scheming mother-in-law (George Macready and Dame May Whitty), neither of whom she’s ever seen before! Director Joseph H. Lewis (GUN CRAZY, THE BIG COMBO) made his mark in Hollywood with this incredibly tense and well-acted mystery thriller, one of the best B films of the era. “She went to sleep as a secretary… and woke up as a madman’s bride!” THE HOUSEMAID in Korean with English subtitles. Screening format: DCP.

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‪With (and by) Eddie Muller at #NoirCityHollywood #FilmNoir

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In celebration of NOIR CITY Hollywood, all NOIR CITY fans can now try MUBI for FREE! MUBI is a curated online cinema streaming the best independent and classic films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have 1 month to watch it. Visit mubi.com/noircity to start your free 30 days.