"A swanky, sexy, and sinister excursion back in time."
We plug classic movie events here, and one of the best, the outstanding Noir City film festival, opens Friday.
The 20th anniversary Noir City fest will trip the footlights fantastic at Oakland's art deco movie palace, the Grand Lake Theater on 3200 Grand Avenue.
Film Noir Foundation founder and Turner Classic Movies host Eddie Muller elaborates: “The Grand Lake may be smaller in capacity than the Castro," said Muller, "but it's a jewel of a movie palace, and it intends to remain a movie house—so it's a great fit for what we do—which is to offer a contemporary equivalent of the classic movie-going experience for a new generation of fans.”
The 20th anniversary extravaganza is a 24-film salute to the gritty netherworld of film noir.
A host of famous and infamous thrillers produced in 1948 will be part of the bullet-riddled, Tareyton-burned, Jack Daniels-stained, lipstick-smudged fun.
The cinematic lineup represents such directors as Orson Welles, John Huston, Anthony Mann, Nicholas Ray, Robert Siodmak and Frank Borzage - and shall be presented in proper big screen glory.
The official Noir City press release adds:
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.
Every film on the schedule is celebrating its 75th anniversary, with several of the movies having never before been screened at NOIR CITY. Included: a personal favorite of the gang at Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog, the 1948 version of UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (a.k.a. The Symphony Story), a diabolical masterpiece written and directed by the great Preston Sturges.
Film Noir Foundation president Eddie Muller shall host and provide the informative, entertaining intros and outros we have been seeing on TCM's Noir Alley.
The 20th Anniversary Noir City Film Festival
When: January 20 to January 29, 2023
Where: Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, CA
Why: It's BIG SCREEN FUN!
Who Benefits: The Film Noir Foundation, the cause of film preservation and most of all. . . the moviegoing audience!
Sincerely hope that the intense storms the Bay Area has been undergoing over the past ten days to two weeks will abate long enough for movie fans to get out to the Grand Lake and enjoy this great festival.
For more info, check out the Noir City website.
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