Noir City Chicago 2025 is a week-long film festival dedicated to celebrating classic film noir and neo-noir. The event will be held at Chicago's Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., from September 5 to 11. Presented by the Film Noir Foundation, the festival is a must-see for fans of hardboiled crime stories, high heels and fedoras, and shadowy cinematography. The lineup for the festival is curated to include both renowned classics and obscure rarities, often presented in double-bills, and will feature screenings of 35mm prints alongside digital restorations.
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| Joan Bennett and Edward G. Robinson in Scarlet Street |
The 2025 program promises an eclectic mix of films, including classics like Stanley Kubrick's The Killing and Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street, as well as a selection of neo-noirs such as The Grifters and The Hot Spot. The festival will be hosted by Eddie Muller, the founder of the Film Noir Foundation and host of TCM's "Noir Alley," for the opening weekend. Following that, screenings will be presented by Film Noir Foundation board member Alan K. Rode. This year's event highlights the lasting legacy and influence of film noir, providing audiences with a chance to experience these gripping tales of desperation, greed, and betrayal on the big screen.
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