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Noir City 20
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NOIR CITY, the Bay Area Film Noir Festival, began in San Francisco in January, 2003. It immediately grew into the largest film noir-specific annual event in the United States, the centerpiece of the Film Noir Foundation’s public awareness campaign. Viewers are drawn every January from all over the world, eager to submerge themselves in an extravaganza of rare films, special guests, music, literary tie-ins — a communal celebration of all things noir.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Break out the cocktail dresses and fedoras: Noir City returns full throttle after a three-year hiatus, toasting its 20th anniversary with an eclectic slate of classic, 35mm noir from a single prodigious year: 1948. Swapping movie palaces this year—the city’s Castro for the Grand Lake- the fest includes gems to satisfy diehards such as “Lady from Shanghai,” “Naked City,” “Key Largo” and “They Live by Night” and lesser known titles like “The Velvet Touch” and “Larceny.
Sura Wood
Contributing Writer, Film
Film Noir Foundation