Shades of Noir
Films noir aren’t always black & white, both literally and figuratively. While the genre was defined by the hard-boiled stories and the aesthetics of classics from the 1940s, the notion of noir has expanded to include neo-noirs and neon-noirs. Enjoy an international sampling of films that show the range of this genre. Drive (11/5 & 11/8), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) (11/7 & 11/8), The Hitch-hiker (11/13 & 11/15), Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (11/22), Three Men to Kill (11/22), Bound (11/28), Underworld Beauty (11/28 & 11/29). Cinematheque Members can purchase a “Noir-member” pass to see all 7 films for $35.
Drive
- Thu, Nov 5
- Sun, Nov 8
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2011
Starring: Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Ryan Gosling
There are no clean getaways.
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
- Sat, Nov 7
- Sun, Nov 8
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Tay Garnett Run Time: 113 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 1946
Starring: Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, John Garfield, Lana Turner, Leon Ames
Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!
The Hitch-Hiker
- Fri, Nov 13
- Sun, Nov 15
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Ida Lupino Run Time: 71 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1953
Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, José Torvay, Sam Hayes, William Talman
Who'll be his next victim... YOU?
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
- Sun, Nov 22
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Carl Reiner Run Time: 89 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 1982
Starring: Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Carl Reiner, Rachel Ward, Steve Martin
Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...
Three Men to Kill
- Sun, Nov 22
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Jacques Deray Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1980 Language: French
Starring: Alain Delon, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Lyne Chardonnet, Michel Auclair, Pascale Roberts
Michel Gerfaut (Alain Delon) is a classic noir archetype, the man caught in a web of confusion fighting...
Bound
- Sat, Nov 28
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Run Time: 105 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1996
Starring: Christopher Meloni, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan
For money. For murder. For each other.
Underworld Beauty
- Sat, Nov 28
- Sun, Nov 29
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Seijun Suzuki Run Time: 87 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1958 Language: Japanese
Starring: Hideaki Nitani, Hiroshi Kondō, Mari Shiraki, Michitarō Mizushima, Shinsuke Ashida
The Japanese New Wave’s enfant terrible Seijun Suzuki announced his arrival on the scene in thrilling style with...