Noir City
February 10–16, 2023
Noir City returns to SIFF and celebrates its 15th anniversary with 18 films from the heart of Hollywood's noir movement, 1948. Each film in this year's lineup will be celebrating its 75th anniversary, playing at SIFF Cinema Egyptian February 10–16.
Join Eddie Muller—Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies host, and "Czar of Noir''—as host February 10–12 and acclaimed authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan February 13–16. Rosemarie and Vince are also known as "Renee Patrick" for their five Lillian Frost/Edith Head mystery novels set in Los Angeles between 1937–40.
Tickets: $15 | $10 (SIFF members)
Tickets available to purchase on individual film detail pages.
Passes: $150 | $100 (SIFF members)
SCHEDULE:
Friday, February 10
6:30pm - Key Largo (35mm)
9:00pm - The Lady from Shanghai
Saturday, February 11
1:00pm - Larceny (35mm)
3:15pm - The Spiritualist (35mm)
6:00pm - The Big Clock
8:30pm - Unfaithfully Yours
Sunday, February 12
1:00pm - They Live by Night (35mm)
3:30pm - Raw Deal
6:00pm - Hollow Triumph (35mm)
8:15pm - Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (35mm)
Monday, February 13
6:00pm - The Hunted (35mm)
8:30pm - Call Northside 777
Tuesday, February 14
6:00pm - So Evil My Love (35mm)
8:45pm - Sleep, My Love (35mm)
Wednesday, February 15
6:00pm - The Naked City
8:30pm - Cry of the City (35mm)
Thursday, February 16
6:00pm - Night Has a Thousand Eyes (35mm)
8:15pm - All My Sons (35mm)
Noir City: Key Largo
USA | 1948 | 100 min. | John Huston
February 10, 2023
A WWII veteran runs up against a gangster holding the staff and guests of a hotel hostage as a hurricane bears down on them. Hosted by Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies' "Noir Alley").
Noir City: The Lady from Shanghai
USA | 1947 | 87 min. | Orson Welles
February 10, 2023
Orson Welles’ ingenious story of a seaman who signs on to work a cruise, only to find himself caught in a conspiracy. Hosted by Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies' "Noir Alley").
Noir City: Larceny
USA | 1948 | 89 min. | George Sherman
February 11, 2023
John Payne and Dan Duryea play dandy grifters bent on bilking a wealthy war widow – and get tangled up with saucy Shelley Winters. Hosted by Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies' "Noir Alley").
Noir City: The Spiritualist
USA | 1948 | 78 min. | Bernard Vorhaus
February 11, 2023
The clever story of a psychic insinuating himself into the mansion of a wealthy widow convincing her he can communicate with the dead. Hosted by Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies' "Noir Alley").
Noir City: The Big Clock
USA | 1948 | 95 min. | John Farrow
February 11, 2023
The editor of America’s most popular true-crime magazine finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of his publisher’s mistress. Hosted by Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies' "Noir Alley").
Noir City: Unfaithfully Yours
USA | 1948 | 105 min. | Preston Sturges
February 11, 2023
The mordantly hilarious tale of a jealous orchestra conductor envisioning three distinct plots to murder his supposedly unfaithful wife. Hosted by Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies' "Noir Alley").
Noir City: They Live by Night
USA | 1948 | 95 min. | Nicholas Ray
February 12, 2023
A crime story that’s really about love struggling to survive in a cruel unforgiving world. One of the finest noir films ever made. Hosted by Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies' "Noir Alley").
Noir City: Raw Deal
USA | 1948 | 79 min. | Anthony Mann
February 12, 2023
Social worker Marsha Hunt and gangster’s moll Claire Trever duke it out for the soul of homme fatale Dennis O’Keefe. Screening hosted by Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies' "Noir Alley").
Noir City: Hollow Triumph
USA | 1948 | 83 min. | Steve Sekely
February 12, 2023
Fugitive crook Johnny Muller (Paul Henreid) finds the perfect hiding place—in the guise of a psychiatrist who is his identical twin ... almost. Hosted by Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies' "Noir Alley").
Noir City: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
USA | 1948 | 79 min. | Norman Foster, Robert Siodmak
February 12, 2023
War profiteering is the backdrop of this London-set noir where a traumatized American GI goes on the run after killing a man in a pub. Hosted by Eddie Muller (Film Noir Foundation founder, Turner Classic Movies' "Noir Alley").
Noir City: The Hunted
USA | 1948 | 88 min. | Jack Bernhard
February 13, 2023
A police detective begins keeping tabs on his paroled old flame (Belita). Does she want to reclaim her life … or seek revenge? Hosted by acclaimed authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan ("Renee Patrick").
Noir City: Call Northside 777
USA | 1948 | 111 min. | Henry Hathaway
February 13, 2023
A Chicago reporter (Jimmy Stewart) is determined to free a convicted killer he believes has been unfairly imprisoned. Hosted by acclaimed authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan ("Renee Patrick").
Noir City: So Evil My Love
United Kingdom | 1948 | 112 min. | Lewis Allen
February 14, 2023
Romantic obsession leads a widow into aiding a charming rogue in a nefarious and deadly scheme. Hosted by acclaimed authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan ("Renee Patrick").
Noir City: Sleep, My Love
USA | 1948 | 97 min. | Douglas Sirk
February 14, 2023
A woman awakens on a speeding train with no memory of how she got there. Her husband proposes hypnosis to uncover her mental instability. Hosted by acclaimed authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan ("Renee Patrick").
Noir City: The Naked City
USA | 1948 | 96 min. | Jules Dassin
February 15, 2023
Two detectives scour the streets of New York City searching for a killer, in Jules Dassin’s masterful police procedural. Hosted by acclaimed authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan ("Renee Patrick").
Noir City: Cry of the City
USA | 1948 | 95 min. | Robert Siodomak
February 15, 2023
Victor Mature is the lawman and Richard Conte the fugitive crook he pursues across Manhattan with tragic results. Hosted by acclaimed authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan ("Renee Patrick").
Noir City: Night Has a Thousand Eyes
USA | 1948 | 81 min. | John Farrow
February 16, 2023
A phony vaudeville mentalist is one day cursed with the actual ability to predict the future. Hosted by acclaimed authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan ("Renee Patrick").
Noir City: All My Sons
USA | 1948 | 94 min. | Irving Reis
February 16, 2023
A wealthy industrialist (Edward G. Robinson) grapples with guilt over a shady wartime business deal. Hosted by acclaimed authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan ("Renee Patrick").
