Noir City: DC
(Film Festivals) WhenFrom October 15, 2016 <m>(Saturday)m>To October 27, 2016 <m>(Thursday)m> WhereAFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (US)
Phone: 301.495.6700
Website: http://www.afi.com/silver/
Event Details
The annual NOIR CITY: D.C. film festival returns to the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, to present 23 films over 13 days, October 15-27. One of the highlights of this year's festival is the U.S. premiere of the new German film Fritz Lang, starring Heino Ferch as the famed director. The fictional film, written and directed by Gordian Maugg, explores Lang's experiences researching the script for M, and delves provocatively into the mystery of Lang's first wife, "Lisa Rosenthal," the suspicious circumstances surrounding her death by gunshot, and Lang's attempts at expiating his guilt. The story also examines the relationship of Lang and his lover, screenwriter Thea von Harbou. It will play before a screening of Lang's restored 1931 classic about the murderous "Vampire of D?sseldorf."
Following the lead of this year's flagship festival in San Francisco, the D.C. edition centers around the theme "The Art of Darkness." While some traditional noirs will play, such as Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place (1950), with noir icons Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, and Charles Vidor's Gilda (1946), starring Rita Hayworth and Glen Ford, many of the films screening are more noir-stained than noir. These include Terence Young's rarely-screened Corridor of Mirrors (1948) in which a wealthy eccentric in Post-War England tries to recreate his previous incarnation in Renaissance Italy with the help of a young beauty. In addition, two bonus features, not thematically linked to the rest, will also screen: The Killers (1946) and The Narrow Margin (1952).