Written, directed, and co-staring Orson Welles, Touch of Evil is now widely regarded as one of the best classic-era films noir. A stark, perverse story of murder,…
Named by Cahiers du Cinema as the second-best film of all time (behind Citizen Kane), Night of the Hunter stars Robert Mitchum as the itinerant…
Kinonik’s presentation of 16mm films continues with this Phillip Marlowe mystery that would later influence French New Wave filmmakers Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. A…
dir. Micahel Curtiz | 111 min | 1945Michael Curtiz’ Mildred Pierce is a masterful take on James M. Cain’s grim novel about a woman who works tirelessly…
dir. Jules Dassin | 115 min | French with English subtitlesA world-wide smash, Rififi is widely considered the trailblazer of the action-heist genre. It raised eyebrows for…
dir. Billy Wilder | 107 min | 1944Followed by a Q&AThis cinematic classic tells the story of a James M. Cain true crime novel about an insurance…
dir. Billy Wilder | 110 min | 1950An iconic exploration of the film industry, this Oscar winner is set in the epicenter of the dream factory…
dir. Jacques Tourneur | 97 min. | 1947 | followed by a Q&AA former private eye makes a rendezvous with his past when he becomes…
dir. John Ford | 119 min | 1956 | Followed by a conversation led by Kinonik Ford’s masterpiece, The Searchers was named the greatest American western by the…
Kinonik’s survey of film noir on 16mm continues this summer with this perfect action classic. Raoul Walsh’s protagonists had a knack for going too far,…