THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS

$15.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee.

Time: 1:00pm

About the Film:

Originally released June 25, 1946

Barbara Stanwyck dominates the screen as a coldly ruthless industrial heiress whose passion is reignited by the return of a childhood flame with whom she shares a terrible secret. When Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) returns to his hometown, now controlled by Stanwyck and her husband, alcoholic DA Walter O’Neil (Kirk Douglas, in his film debut), his presence threatens to expose a family scandal that could ruin Iverstown. Sharply scripted by Robert Rossen and evocatively directed by Milestone, this darkly provocative film delivers a timely message about the hazards of rapacious capitalism linked to political power. Featuring a brilliant score by the great Miklós Rózsa.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

THE GRIFTERS

$17.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee.

Egyptian Theatre - Q&A with actor Annette Bening

Time: 4:00pm

About the Film:

Originally released December 5, 1990

The best movie ever made from a book by Jim Thompson, America’s preeminent writer of noir fiction. Roy Dillon (John Cusack) is a young grifter blithely scamming his way through sunny Southern California, until he gets trapped in the battle of wills and wiles waged by the women in his life: mother Lilly (a never-better Anjelica Huston) and girlfriend Myra (Annette Bening channeling Gloria Grahame). Westlake’s script deals flashbacks like a game of three-card monte, while Frears balances Thompson’s humor and horror as the three-way con builds to its shattering conclusion. Featuring memorable performances from Pat Hingle and J.T. Walsh. It’s been 35 years… long enough to call this an all-time classic!

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

TENSION / ALIAS NICK BEAL

$17.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee.

Time: 7:30pm

Schedule:

7:30pm - Introduction

7:40pm - TENSION

9:15pm - Intermission

9:25pm - ALIAS NICK BEAL

Start times are approximate.

About the Film:

TENSION, Dir. John Berry, 95 Min, Park Circus, USA

Originally released November 25, 1949

Audrey Totter pulls out all the stops portraying her ultimate “bad girl,” vile voluptuary Claire Quimby, in one of the most underrated noir films of the forties. Richard Basehart plays a milquetoast pharmacist married to the over-sexed and chronically unfaithful Claire. But this sad sack has a plan to get revenge, so he can start a new life with his knockout neighbor, Cyd Charisse! A murder plot ensues—but the victim isn’t who we expect. Cops Barry Sullivan and William Conrad smell a rat—but is Sullivan pursuing the truth or the red-hot Totter? Despite its credulity-stretching plot, TENSION is a wholly satisfying thriller, laced with acid dialogue.

FORMAT: 35mm

ALIAS NICK BEAL, Dir. John Farrow, 93 Min, Universal, USA

Originally released March 4, 1949

This Faustian tale of soul corruption has campaigning politician Thomas Mitchell making a devilish pact with slick fixer Nick Beal (Ray Milland)—who may be Lucifer incarnate. Beal ensnares the faithful family man in a scandalous affair with delectable devil-doll Audrey Totter, over whom he casts a devious spell. The fabulous and fabulist screenplay by Jonathan Latimer is rendered by director Farrow (THE BIG CLOCK, WHERE DANGER LIVES) in superb style, from foggy waterfront piers to lavish luxury penthouses. Farrow’s masterpiece was unearthed back in 2008 when Universal struck a new 35mm print exclusively for NOIR CITY (2009). Be here for this 2025 encore presentation of a sensational supernatural noir.

FORMAT: 35mm