Noir City Hollywood Festival Returns to the Egyptian Theatre

The Noir City Hollywood Festival will celebrate its silver anniversary this March with a return to the Egyptian Theatre!

The festival will open Friday night, March 22nd, and run through Sunday, March 31st.

This will be the first time the festival has been held at the Egyptian since March 2020, when the festival was "overtaken by events" and had to close down midway through.

With the Egyptian undergoing extensive renovations in the ensuing years, the abbreviated 2022 festival took place at the Hollywood Legion Theatre and the full-length 2023 festival was held at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.

23 films will be screened during this year's festival, with a combination of double bills and single-title screenings.

The complete schedule is listed below, including format; please note that NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1948) will be a special screening in nitrate 35mm. Click on any hyperlinked title to read my past review.

March 22nd: NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR (1952) (DCP) and THE WINDOW (1949) (35mm)

March 23rd: KISS OF DEATH (1947) (DCP)

UNION STATION (1950) (DCP) and CAIRO STATION (1958) (DCP)

March 24th: DESERT FURY (1947) (35mm)

LA BETE HUMAINE (1938) (DCP) and HUMAN DESIRE (1954) (DCP)

March 25th: ARMORED CAR ROBBERY (35mm) and ASSAULT ON THE PAY TRAIN (1962) (DCP)

March 26th: BRUTE FORCE (1947) (35mm) and HARDLY A CRIMINAL (1949) (35mm)

March 27th: BLACK TUESDAY (1954) (35mm) and LE TROU (1960) (DCP)

March 28th: THE NARROW MARGIN (1952) (35mm), with an introduction by Mark Fleischer, and RIFIFI (1955) (DCP)

March 29th: BITTER RICE (1949) (DCP) and THIEVES' HIGHWAY (1949) (DCP)

March 30th: THE MIND READER (1933) (35mm)

NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947) (35mm nitrate)

March 31st: UNDER THE GUN (1951) (35mm) and NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL (1955) (35mm)

LE SAMOURAI (1967) (DCP)

This will be my 14th year attending the festival. I've already purchased tickets for opening night, the entire March 23rd schedule, and the matinee of DESERT FURY on Sunday. I anticipate attending additional screenings as the festival continues.

For more information or to purchase tickets please visit the American Cinematheque website.

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); Noir City Hollywood Festival Returns in August (2023); Last Week at the Noir City Hollywood Festival (2023).

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