Noir City Hollywood Festival Returns in August

The 24th Noir City Film Festival opens at the Aero Theatre on August 4, 2023.

The Aero, located on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica, will host the festival for ten consecutive days, with closing night on August 13th.

The festival will be screening 24 films from 1947 and 1948, mostly from the latter year. Fourteen of the films will be screened in 35mm.

I've reviewed all but a couple of films being shown at the festival; here is the schedule along with review links.

August 4th: KEY LARGO (1948) and SORRY, WRONG NUMBER (1948)

August 5th: HOLLOW TRIUMPH (aka THE SCAR) (1948)

A DOUBLE LIFE (1947) and THE VELVET TOUCH (1948)

August 6th: THE HUNTED (1948)

CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948) and LARCENY (1948)

August 7th: I WALK ALONE (1948) and T-MEN (1947)

August 8th: CRY OF THE CITY (1948) and THE NAKED CITY (1948)

August 9th: BLOOD ON THE MOON (1948) and PURSUED (1947)

August 10th: TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (1948) and WHIPLASH (1948)

August 11th: RAW DEAL (1948) and HE WALKED BY NIGHT (1948)

August 12th: THE SPIRITUALIST (aka THE AMAZING MR. X) (1948)

August 12th: THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1947) and MOONRISE (1948)

August 13th: BODYGUARD (1948)

NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES (1948) and THE BIG CLOCK (1948)

This will be my 13th year attending the festival. It's wonderful news that the festival is back to its normal length this year!

That said, I'll personally be attending fewer 2023 screenings. I've seen many of the films showing at festival in the recent past; I'd happily rewatch all of them, but the parking situation at the Aero is deeply problematic. Given that I also have a lengthy commute from Orange County before facing the parking situation, I'm going to carefully select a handful of films I've never seen or have never seen in a theater.

For more information please visit the American Cinematheque website.

Updates: Here is my review of A DOUBLE LIFE (1947), and here's a photo-filled look back at the festival.

Key posts on past Noir City Hollywood Festivals: A Visit to the Noir City Film Festival (2010); A Visit to the 13th Noir City Film Festival (2011); First Preview of 14th Annual Noir City Film Festival; Schedule Announced for Noir City 14 in Hollywood; Final Week of Noir City 14 Schedule Announced; A Visit to the 14th Annual Noir City Film Festival (2012); Schedule Announced for Noir City 15 in Hollywood; A Visit to the 15th Annual Noir City Film Festival (2013); Schedule Preview of Noir City 16 in Hollywood; A Visit to the 16th Annual Noir City Film Festival (2014); 17th Annual Noir City Film Festival Opens in Hollywood This Friday; A Visit to the 17th Annual Noir City Film Festival (2015); 18th Annual Noir City Film Festival Opens in Hollywood This Friday; A Visit to the 18th Annual Noir City Film Festival (2016); 19th Annual Noir City Film Festival Opens in Hollywood March 24th; A Visit to the 19th Annual Noir City Film Festival (2017); 20th Annual Noir City Festival Opens in Hollywood April 13th; A Visit to the 20th Annual Noir City Film Festival (2018); 21st Annual Noir City Hollywood Festival Opens March 29th; A Visit to the 21st Annual Noir City Film Festival (2019); 22nd Annual Noir City Hollywood Festival Opens March 6th; A Visit to the 22nd Annual Noir City Film Festival (2020); Noir City Hollywood Festival Returns April 15-17, 2022; A Visit to the Noir City Film Festival (2022).

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