The Inaugural Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival: March 21-25

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: Paris 1946 and American Film Noir

Wednesday–Sunday, March 21–25, 2018

Programmed by Rob King, Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies, Columbia University School of the Arts. Most films shown on 35mm. Click here or see below for full schedule.

The Lenfest Center for the Arts, Columbia University
615 West 129th Street, New York, NY 10027

Paris 1946. The war is over and American films are once again in Parisian theaters. The French immediately notice a shift in the sensibility of Hollywood’s crime films. They call it noir.

This festival—the first in a ten-year series exclusively devoted to the legacy of film noir—returns us to that pivotal moment in film history some seven decades ago. For its inaugural year, the Kit Noir Festival will present eight of the films that screened in France that season and inspired the label film noir. #kitnoir

Wednesday, March 21
7:30 pm: Keynote Lecture by James Naremore, University of Indiana, followed by a reception
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The Lantern

Thursday, March 22
7:30 pm: The Maltese Falcon
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The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room

Friday, March 23
7:30 pm: Double Indemnity
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The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room

Saturday, March 24
12:00 pm: The Lodger
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The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room

3:00 pm: Laura
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The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room

5:00 pm: Notes on Film Noir in 2018: Paul Schrader in Conversation with Annette Insdorf
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The Lantern

7:00 pm: Murder, My Sweet
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The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room

Sunday, March 25
1:00 pm: The Suspect
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The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room

3:30 pm: Phantom Lady, followed by a lecture by Thomas Elsaesser, Film & Media Studies**
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The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room

7:00 pm: Scarlet Street
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The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room

This festival is funded by a generous gift from alumnus Gordon Kit (Columbia College ’76), in honor of his parents.

Tickets: $12 General Admission / $10 Seniors (65 and older) / $8 Student*
Packages: $40 for four films / $75 for all eight films
Advance ticket sales available online only
Day-of screening ticket sales available on-site, pending availability
Festival on-site box office hours:
Thursday, March 22 starting at 5 pm
Friday, March 23 starting at 5 pm
Saturday, March 24 starting at 11 am
Sunday, March 25 starting at 12 pm

*FREE CU Student Rush for students with a current CUID: A Student Rush Line will form 30 minutes prior to each screening in the Lenfest lobby, and valid student CUID holders will be admitted beginning 10 minutes prior to each screening, pending availability. The number of available student rush seats will vary for each screening and are not guaranteed. To secure a guaranteed seat for any screening, discounted $8 student tickets are available in advance.

**Pending availability, free admission will be available for the March 25 lecture by Thomas Elsaesser following the screening of Phantom Lady. A line will form in the Lenfest Center lobby beginning at 4:45 pm.

Artists and programs subject to change without notice. Photography and recording devices prohibited. All sales final. No refunds. No exchanges.

For more information, contact filmnoir@columbia.edu