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Noir City 21
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NOIR CITY, the most popular film noir festival in the world, celebrates its 20th anniversary in the Bay Area with a ten-day extravaganza featuring 24 films from the heart of Hollywood's noir movement, 1948. Every film on the schedule is celebrating its 75th anniversary, with several of the movies having never before been screened at NOIR CITY. Join Film Noir Foundation founder and Turner Classic Movies host Eddie Muller and a slew of special guests for a swanky, sexy, and sinister excursion back in time.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Can it be, Noir City is 21? It’s marking the milestone with 10 days of cross-cultural double bills that pair 12 English-language films with 12 complementary, international noirs. The program features some familiar classics: John Huston’s 1920 heist film, “Asphalt Jungle”; “Third Man” director Carol Reed’s “Odd Man Out,” set in Belfast; and “Union Station,” a crime drama with William Holden, as well as rarities from Mexico, Egypt and a newly restored thriller from Syria.
Sura Wood
Contributing Writer, Film
Film Noir Foundation