DEAD RECKONING

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

Time: 1:00pm

About the Film:

Originally released December 31, 1946

World War II paratrooper Rip Murdock (Humphrey Bogart) gets ****** into a maelstrom of mayhem and murder after his jump-mate Johnny Drake disappears on their way to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bogie traces his missing pal to Gulf City, Florida, where he encounters a morgue stiff with a phony identity, an ominous nightclub owner (Morris Carnovsky), and—most notably—an alluring and mysterious chanteuse named Coral Chandler (Lizabeth Scott). Bogie is at the top of his game in this postwar drama, a virtual catalog of the genre’s most time-honored tropes: vengeful vet, femme fatale, hardboiled voiceover, serpentine flashbacks—all leading to an explosive denouement!

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: USA

BOUND

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

Egyptian Theatre - Q&A with actor Jennifer Tilly

Time: 4:00pm

About the Film:

Originally released August 31, 1996

For their debut effort as filmmakers, The Wachowskis put a queer spin on a traditional noir thriller, resulting in a neo-noir cult classic. Jennifer Tilly plays Violet, who’s grown weary of being the abused trophy wife of sadistic gangster Caesar (a sensational Joe Pantoliano). Things heat up considerably when Violet encounters Corky (Gina Gershon), a lesbian ex-con working as a handyman in the couple’s apartment building. Their affair triggers a flood of sex, deceit, double-crosses, and startling violence. The graphic sex and violence may have divided critics, but the Wachowskis had the last laugh creating a film true to the spirit of the noir classics they loved, while also earning landmark status as the first film to bring lesbian protagonists to mainstream American cinema.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

THE PROWLER / ACE IN THE HOLE

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

Time: 7:30pm

Schedule:

7:30pm - Introduction

7:40pm - THE PROWLER

9:15pm - Intermission

9:25pm - ACE IN THE HOLE

Start times are approximate.

About the Films:

THE PROWLER, Dir. Joseph Losey, 92 Min, Ivy Video, USA

Originally released May 23, 1951

Losey’s greatest American film, from a script by legendary screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, is resurrected in all its bleak splendor in this 35mm restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive, the first film ever rescued by the Film Noir Foundation. Materialistic cop Webb Garwood (Heflin) stalks a lonely, affluent Los Angeles housewife (Evelyn Keyes) and decides to win her love in the time-honored noir tradition: by knocking off her husband. Intense performances by the two leads drive this Cain-style tale of adultery, which was audacious and disturbing for its time. Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of the rarest—and most unusual—of all films noir in its original 35mm glory!

FORMAT: 35mm

35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive; preservation funding provided by the Film Noir Foundation.

ACE IN THE HOLE, Dir. Billy Wilder, 111 Min, Paramount, USA

Originally released July 4, 1951

On its release, critics called this the most bitter, cynical, mean-spirited movie ever made. It still might hold the honor. What’s certain is how scarily prescient Wilder’s tale of media manipulation (originally released as THE BIG CARNIVAL) turned out to be. Kirk Douglas is stupendously rotten as a disgraced reporter reclaiming the spotlight by prolonging the plight of a trapped miner. Jan Sterling is unforgettable as the miner’s less-than-compassionate wife. It may not feature many of the tropes and iconography of classic noir, but its withering depiction of human nature and American culture is as pitch-black as any film of the era. A genuine masterpiece.

FORMAT: 35mm