Noirvember: Film Noir in the ‘50s
Friday, November 7 – Thursday, November 20
Pickup on South Street
- Mon, Nov 10
Director: Samuel Fuller Run Time: 80 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1953
Starring: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley
Sam Fuller is so inextricable from ‘50s noir that his films appear twice in this series. In this,...
Pushover
- Tue, Nov 11
Director: Richard Quine Run Time: 88 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1954
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone, E.G. Marshall
Archival 35mm Print! Following a daring bank heist, cop Paul Sheridan (MacMurray) is assigned to keep covert tabs...
Clash by Night
- Tue, Nov 11
Director: Fritz Lang Run Time: 105 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1952
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe, J. Carrol Naish
Livin’ in my house! Lovin’ another man! Is that what you call bein’ honest? That’s just givin’ it a nice name!
The Night of the Hunter
- Wed, Nov 12
Director: Charles Laughton Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1955
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
It’s a hard world for little things.
Sweet Smell of Success
- Tue, Nov 18
Director: Alexander Mackendrick Run Time: 97 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1957
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Jeff Donnell
Beware these “Gentlemen” of the press!
The Killing
- Tue, Nov 18
Director: Stanley Kubrick Run Time: 85 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1956
Starring: Coleen Gray, Ted de Corsia, Sterling Hayden, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen
Ex-con Johnny Clay plans a $2 million racetrack heist to be performed with clockwork precision, but his inventive...
Touch of Evil
- Thu, Nov 20
Director: Orson Welles Run Time: 111 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1958
Starring: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff
Original Release Version! New 4K Restoration!
The Crimson Kimono
- Thu, Nov 20
Director: Samuel Fuller Run Time: 82 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1959
Starring: Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta, Anna Lee
The second appearance from Sam Fuller in our series is a boundary-pushing noir set in L.A.’s Little Tokyo....