Noir-vember: The Big Sleep

Our annual Noir-vember Film Fest! Join us for one, a couple, or all of our film noir screenings this year!

All screenings begin at 6:30pm

Monday, Nov 3

They Live by Night (1948) Directed by Nicholas Ray in his directorial debut and starring Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger. Based on Edward Anderson's novel Thieves Like Us, the film follows a young fugitive who falls in love with a woman and attempts to begin a life with her.

Monday, Nov 10

Touch of Evil (1958) Written and directed by, and starring Orson Welles. The screenplay was loosely based on Whit Masterson's novel Badge of Evil from1956. The cast includes Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, and Marlene Dietrich.

Along the US / Mexico border, a time bomb placed inside a vehicle explodes, killing two people. Mexican special prosecutor Miguel Vargas, who is honeymooning in town with his new American wife Susie, takes an interest in the investigation, which is being conducted by veteran police captain Hank Quinlan and his fanatically loyal assistant, Pete Menzies.

Monday, Nov 17

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Directed and cowritten by John Huston and starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, and Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest roles. Based on the 1949 novel by W.R. Burnett, it tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city.

Monday, Nov 24

The Big Sleep (1946) Directed by Howard Hawks. William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, and Jules Furtham co-wrote the screenplay, which adapts Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in a story that begins with blackmail and leads to multiple murders.