Friday, January 24
ARGENTINA World Premiere FNF RestorationS!
THE BEAST MUST DIE
LA BESTIA DEBE MORIR
7:30 PM
A writer adopts a new identity to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his son. Based on a landmark 1936 novel of psychological suspense.
35mm print
Spanish with English subtitles
1952, Argentina. 104 min.
Dir. Román Viñoly Barreto
THE black vampire
EL VAMPIRO NEGRO
9:45 PM
A proto-feminist reimagining of Fritz Lang's 1931 classic M, about the hunt for a serial killer who preys on children. Extraordinary in every respect.
Digital presentation
Spanish with English subtitles
1953, Argentina. 90 min.
Dir. Román Viñoly Barreto
Saturday, January 25 • Matinée
FRANCE
PANIC
PANIQUE
1:30 PM
A social outcast is framed for the murder of a woman in a rural French village. The finest film in the storied career of director Julien Duvivier.
Digital presentation
French with English subtitles
1947, France. 99 min.
Dir. Julien Duvivier
razzia
RAZZIA SUR LA CHNOUF
3:30 PM
French legend Jean Gabin plays a gangster trying to manage the influx of drugs into the Parisian underworld. A lurid, yet oddly dignified film.
Digital presentation
French with English subtitles
1955, France. 105 min.
Dir. Henri Decoin
Saturday, January 25 • Evening
FRANCE
FINGER MAN
LE DOULOS
7:00 PM
Jean-Paul Belmondo is a shady character insinuating himself in the lives of career criminals—but is he a rat? A Melville crime masterpiece.
Digital presentation
French with English subtitles
1962, France. 108 min.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
ANY NUMBER CAN WIN
MÉLODIe EN SOUS-SOL
9:15 PM
Aging mastermind Jean Gabin plots his greatest caper—but can he trust his super-sexy young cohort (Alain Delon)? An underrated heist classic!
35mm print
French with English subtitles
1963, France. 118 min.
Dir. Henri Verneuil
Sunday, January 26
SOUTH KOREA
THE HOUSEMAID
HANYO
2:00, 7:00 PM
A middle-class Korean family spirals into a delirious nightmare after hiring a young housemaid. A unique mix of soap opera, noir, and horror.
Digital presentation
Korean with English subtitles
1960, South Korea. 111 min.
Dir. Kim Ki-young
black hair
geomeun meori
4:20, 9:00 PM
The mistress of a yakuza is scarred and tossed aside after she's raped by one of his henchmen. Only she's not going down without a fight.
Digital presentation
Korean with English subtitles
1964, South Korea. 105 min.
Dir. Lee Man-hee
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