THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT '21
RETURN OF THE SUPPRESSED •"GREAT FILMS, LESS FILLING!"
OCT 24 • NOV 12-14 • DEC 12 / ROXIE THEATRE
Presented by Mid-Century Productions
SUN MATINÉE, OCT 24
Belmondo before BREATHLESS
(1959) 2:00
(1958) 3:45
SUN EVENING, OCT 24
Gabin: Familiar & Rare
TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI
HANDS OFF THE LOOT!
(1954) 6:45
DES GENS SANS IMPORTANCE
PEOPLE OF NO IMPORTANCE
(1956) 8:30
FRI, NOV 12
Hossein Tribute
TOI LE VENIN
BLONDE IN A WHITE CAR
(1958) 6:00
LA MORT D'UN TUEUR
DEATH OF A KILLER
(1964) 7:45
(1970) 9:20
SAT MATINÉE, NOV 13
At the dawn of film noir
LES AMOURS DE MINUIT
THE LOVERS OF MIDNIGHT
(1931) 1:00
AU NOM DE LA LOI
IN THE NAME OF THE LAW
(1932) 3:00
SAT EVENING, NOV 13
The best of '65
COMPARTIMENT TUEURS
THE SLEEPING CAR MURDERS
(1965) 6:30
PIÈGE POUR CENDRILLON
TRAP FOR CINDERELLA
(1965) 8:30
SUN MATINÉE, NOV 14
Vampiric "heroes"
LE SILENCE DE LA MER
THE SILENCE OF THE SEA
(1949) 1:30
LE VAMPIRE DE DÜSSELDORF
THE SECRET KILLER
(1965) 3:30
SUN EVENING, NOV 14
Triangles have sharp edges!
VOICI LE TEMPS DES ASSASSINS
DEADLIER THAN THE MALE
(1956) 6:30
VOYAGE SANS ESPOIR
JOURNEY WITHOUT HOPE
(1943) 8:45
SUN MATINÉE, DEC 12
NOIR NOEL: Hossein Tribute
LES SALAUDS VONT EN ENFER
THE WICKED GO TO HELL
(1956) 2:00
(1962) 3:30
SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14 TRIANGLES HAVE SHARP EDGES!
DEADLIER THAN THE MALE / VOICI LE TEMPS DES ASSASSINS 6:30
A devious, desperate jeune fille (Danièle Delorme) seeks revenge on a prominent Parisian chef (Jean Gabin) via a duplicitous love affair. "Much darker and more perverse than Panique: Duvivier has fashioned a femme fatale for the ages." —James Travers
(1956) 107 min. Directed by Julien Duvivier. Screenplay by Julien Duvivier, Maurice Bessy, Charles Dorat. Photography: Armand Thirard. Music by Jean Wiener. With Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme and Gérard Blain.
SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14
JOURNEY WITHOUT HOPE / VOYAGE SANS ESPOIR 8:45
The full-on film noir version of LES AMOURS DE MINUIT, with shattering emphasis on danger created by the cunning, desperate criminal (Paul Bernard) and the bravura lighting from photographer Robert Lefebvre. Simone Renant lives up to her character's name--Marie-Ange—in a heartfelt performance that captures all of the emotional torment in play as she fights to save the man she loves from the man who refuses to give her up.
(1943) 85min. Director, Christian-Jaque. Screenplay/adaptation by Pierre Dumarchais, Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon & Christian-Jaque from a story by Georg C. Klaren & Maurice Krol. Photographed by Robert Lefebvre (Casque D'Or). Music by Maurice-Paul Guillon & Jean Marion. With Simone Renant, Jean Marais, Paul Bernard.
