2026 Noir City Hollywood Festival Schedule Announced

The Noir City Hollywood Festival, presented by the Film Noir Foundation and the American Cinematheque, returns to the Egyptian Theatre in April 2026.

This year's festival opens Friday, April 3rd, and runs through Sunday, April 12th. Movies will be screened Friday through Sunday evenings, with weekend matinees along with the evening screenings.

The theme is "Face the Music!" All of the films shown this year have a musical theme, and there will be live music performances at each screening.

As usual, Noir City Hollywood will be hosted by the Film Noir Foundation's Eddie Muller and Alan K. Rode. The festival also features a pair of very special guests, actors Pat Boone and Elliott Gould, as well as author Steven C. Smith.

I plan to attend a significant number of screenings. I'm especially excited that it will be my first chance to see ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959) and SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) theatrically.

The complete schedule is listed below, including screening format. Please click on any hyperlinked title to read my full review.

Please check the American Cinematheque website for times and additional information.

April 3rd: BLACK ANGEL (1946) (35mm) and BLUES IN THE NIGHT (1941) (35mm)

April 4th: HANGOVER SQUARE (1945) (DCP); Bernard Herrmann biographer Steven C. Smith will sign copies of his book HITCHCOCK AND HERRMANN before the film and then join Eddie Muller for the introduction

ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959) (DCP)

THE YELLOW CANARY (1963) (DCP) and THE CRIMSON CANARY (1945) (35mm); an interview with Pat Boone will follow THE YELLOW CANARY

April 5th: TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944) (35mm)

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (1955) (DCP)

A MAN CALLED ADAM (1966) (DCP) and ALL NIGHT LONG (1962) (DCP)

April 10th: THE MAN I LOVE (1946) (35mm) and NORA PRENTISS (1947) (DCP)

April 11th: THE LONG GOODBYE (1973) (DCP) with Elliott Gould interviewed after the film

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) (DCP)

KING CREOLE (1958) (DCP) and YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN (1950) (DCP)

April 12th: THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1955) (35mm)

ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959) (DCP)

KANSAS CITY (1996) (DCP) and PETE KELLY'S BLUES (1955) (DCP)

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); Noir City Hollywood Festival Returns to the Egyptian Theatre (2024); A Look Back at the Noir City Hollywood Festival (2024); 2025 Noir City Hollywood Festival Schedule Announced (2025).

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