The Kit Film Noir Festival at Columbia: March 23-27

The Kit Noir Film Festival at Columbia University will return in-person for the first time in three years on March 23-27. 

THE THIRD ANNUAL DR. SAUL and DOROTHY KIT FILM NOIR FESTIVAL

Film Noir & the Jewish Experience: From WWII to the Blacklist
Lenfest Center for the Arts, March 23–27, 2022
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The 2022 edition pays homage to the role Jewish filmmakers played in the creation of film noir, and it showcases films that speak to the Jewish experience during a time of extreme political turmoil. The slate of films and speakers will be identical to our 2020 festival, which we postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This year's lineup features 11 films released between 1945 and 1957, with a majority of titles screening on 35mm film. All events will take place at the Lenfest Center for the Arts between March 23–27th. Screenings will be accompanied by discussions featuring film scholars Ann Douglas, Noah Isenberg, Vincent Brook, and Steven Ross. The series will also include a free pre-festival virtual screening on March 19–20 of Odds Against Tomorrow. 

See below for the full festival schedule. Proof of vaccination and indoor masking will be required for all screenings and lectures. 

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

MARCH 19-20

Free pre-festival virtual screening: Odds Against Tomorrow

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23*

7:30 PM: Keynote Lecture by Ann Douglas, Columbia University

*Free live-streaming will be available

THURSDAY, MARCH 24

Edgar G. Ulmer Double Feature 

7:30 PM: Detour and Ruthless

Introduced by Noah Isenberg, University of Texas at Austin

FRIDAY, MARCH 25

Double Feature 

7 PM: Crossfire and Ace in the Hole

SATURDAY, MARCH 26

World War II and the Holocaust 

1 PM: The Spiral Staircase

3:30 PM: Act of Violence

Followed by a virtual lecture by Vincent Brook, UCLA

7 PM: Notorious and The Stranger (Double Feature)

SUNDAY, MARCH 27

The Blacklist and the Media 

1 PM: He Ran All the Way

3:30 PM: "Kill the Hollywood Jews: The Prewar Origins of Film Noir"

Lecture by Steven Ross, USC*

*Free live-streaming will be available

5:30 PM: Scandal Sheet

8 PM: Sweet Smell of Success

TICKETS

$12 General Admission

$10 Senior (65 and older)

$8 Student*

Packages: $40 for four films / $75 for all films - Purchase Here

*Students will have access to free rush tickets 30 minutes prior to each screening, pending availability and with a valid CUID.

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For more information, contact filmnoir@columbia.edu. 

Trailer by Sam Fentress (CC '19) and Matthew Rivera (CC '18). 

Programmed by Ann Douglas, Department of English and Comparative Literature.

Managed by Rob King, Film & Media Studies and Soheil Rezayazdi, Columbia Film.