Friday, January 31
WEST GERMANY
THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT
NACHTS, WENN DER TEUFEL KAM
7:00 PM
The hunt for a serial killer in Nazi Germany runs afoul of the Reich when the culprit doesn't fit their desired profile. Late classic by a noir master!
35mm print
German with English subtitles
1957, West Germany. 97 min.
Dir. Robert Siodmak
BLACK GRAVEL
SCHWARZER KIES
9:00 PM
A black-market trucker, whose former flame is married to a U.S. officer, tries to hide a fatal hit-and-run. Rescued Cold War cinema at its bleakest.
Digital presentation
German with English subtitles
1961, West Germany. 113 min.
Dir. Helmut Käutner
Saturday, February 1 Matinée
MEXICO
ANOTHER DAWN
DISTINTO AMANECER
1:30 PM
A chance encounter plunges former lovers into the steamy underworld of Mexico City. Featuring visual magic courtesy of DP Gabriel Figueroa.
35mm print
Spanish with English subtitles
1943, Mexico. 108 min.
Dir. Julio Bracho
TWILIGHT
CREPÚSCULO
3:40 PM
A surgeon's life spirals into romantic obsession when he is enraptured by a gorgeous artist's model. Hallucinatory, hot-blooded melodrama!
35mm print
Spanish with English subtitles
1945, Mexico. 108 min.
Dir. Julio Bracho
Saturday, February 1 Evening
MEXICO
NIGHT FALLS
LA NOCHE AVANZA
7:30 PM
A champion athlete is a world-class cad; which of his many lovers and rivals will finally do him in? Classic noir by the great Roberto Gavaldón.
Digital presentation
Spanish with English subtitles
1952, Mexico. 85 min.
Dir. Roberto Gavaldón
SALÓN MÉXICO
9:15 PM
A dancer at a notorious Mexico City club must stand up to her pimp to save her younger sister. Perhaps the ultimate example of cabaretera noir.
Digital presentation
Spanish with English subtitles
1949, Mexico. 95 min.
Dir. Emilio Fernández
Sunday, February 2
SWEDEN/POLAND
A WOMAN'S FACE
EN KVINNAS ANSIKTE
2:00, 7:00 PM
Legendary star Ingrid Bergman, pre-Hollywood, plays a disfigured gang boss who goes against her criminal cohorts in a last chance at redemption.
Digital presentation
Swedish with English subtitles
1938, Sweden. 100 min.
Dir. Gustaf Molander
ASHES AND DIAMONDS
POPIOL I DIAMENT
4:00, 9:00 PM
Existential thriller tracking one night in the life of a young resistance fighter plotting assassination. A renowned masterpiece of world cinema.
35mm print
Polish with English subtitles
1958, Poland. 103 min.
Dir. Andrzej Wajda
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