NOIR NIGHTS
The Nights
Sunday, May 19 | 5:00pm
$25 Cash only
Available 1 hour before screening
First come, first serve
Film noir, what critic Roger Ebert once called“the most American film genre,” is known for low-key lighting as dark as a killer’s heart, camera angles more skewed than a gumshoe’s moral compass, and weaving plots as convoluted as was to circumvent the production code.
Join us for a film series of dimly lit alleys, ambivalent motivations, and hapless, hard-drinking men and women who would just as soon kill you as love you.
The Films
UPCOMING SCREENING
Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan (Susan Harrison), who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas (Marty Milner). Hunsecker strongly disproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
JUNE 9
Body Heat (1981)
Shyster lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt) begins a passionate affair with Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner), wife of a wealthy Florida businessman (Richard Crenna). With the help of one of his criminal clients, bomb maker Teddy Lewis (Mickey Rourke), Ned hatches a scheme to kill Matty's husband so that they can run away together with his money. But complications build upon double-crosses, launching the hapless lawyer into a situation far more treacherous than he imagined.