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Year in and year out, Eddie Muller and the Film Noir Foundation (FNF) team deliver an impeccably curated selection of films noir, combining canonical classics with wonderful rarities ripe for rediscovery. There will be a distinctly feminine slant to the proceedings at Noir City DC this year as we shine a spotlight on women whose cinematic legacies are entwined with the rise of film noir. Many of this year’s films star the six actresses profiled in Muller’s 2001 book “Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir,” which was reissued in April of this year in a newly revised and expanded edition. 

 

Jane Greer, Marie Windsor, Audrey Totter, Evelyn Keyes, Coleen Gray and Ann Savage are the core cadre of women featured in this year’s program, which includes many of their signature films, including, respectively, OUT OF THE PAST (1947), THE NARROW MARGIN (1952), TENSION (1949), THE PROWLER (1951), THE KILLING (1956) and DETOUR (1945). 

 

In addition to those acclaimed favorites, the program also highlights films starring nine other actresses notable for their performances in crime films of the era: Joan Bennett, Peggie Castle, Rhonda Fleming, Marsha Hunt, Ella Raines, Ruth Roman, Jan Sterling, Claire Trevor and Helen Walker. (Not coincidentally, the expanded edition of Muller’s book includes new profiles of these women.)

Special thanks to the Film Noir Foundation for their invaluable work, including Eddie Muller, Foster Hirsch, Alan K. Rode, Daryl Sparks and Katherine Majeed.

Special Guests

Film historian and Film Noir Foundation board member Foster Hirsch will introduce screenings October 10–12.
Film historian and Film Noir Foundation board member Alan K. Rode will introduce screenings October 17–19.

Noir City DC All-Access Pass

$200

The All-Access Pass gives you admission for one to every screening in Noir City DC at a significant discount.

*Silver Cinema Club discounts currently available in person only.

Stay in Silver Spring and save!

We have partnered with Courtyard Silver Spring Downtown in the heart of Downtown Silver Spring — and just steps away from AFI Silver — to offer a limited number of discounted rooms for Noir City DC attendees October 9–25. Book before September 12 to secure a special rate!

 

Reservations can be made online here or by calling the hotel at 301.589.4899 and referencing Noir City DC.