Restored Film Noir classics with a special introduction by Eisner Award winning New Yorker cartoonist Paul Karasik. Paul has selected three films shot by cinematographer John Alton, one of the architects of Noir, for this screening series.
Join us in the lobby beforehand for a glass of Pinot Noir and Dark Chocolate.
Roy Morgan (Richard Basehart) is a burglar who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops. After Morgan kills a police officer, Sergeants Brennan (Scott Brady) and Jones (James Cardwell) have little success in putting the clues of the case together. But when Jones is wounded in a shoot-out with Morgan, Brennan employs all facets of detective work, including forensics and informants, to find the elusive and clever criminal.
“The iconic locations are shot with a gritty beauty by cinematographer John Alton, whose chiaroscuro lighting defines the subgenre. Watch for a young Jack Webb as a tireless investigator…” – Washington City Paper
“The film finds a particularly vivid median between the emerging docudrama tenor and Alton’s gloriously Expressionistic imagery.” – 48 Hills
Paul Karasik has selected these films as prime examples of Must-See Film Noir. Paul is an Eisner Award-winning cartoonist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker and whose graphic novels have been translated worldwide.
