Noir City begins this Friday

Brush up on your noir knowledge tonight at our Noir City Pub Quiz, and get squared away with your pass or tickets for a week of film noir at SIFF Cinema Egyptian starting February 11, featuring classics and rarities pulled from the pages of “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller’s recently re-published book, "Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir.”

Individual Tickets: $14 Non-Members ($9 SIFF Members)

Passes: $150 Non-Members ($100 SIFF Members)

With both cops and crooks hot on his trail, a framed reporter scrambles to locate a book containing the names of war profiteers and traitors in Cy Endfield’s inventive noir—newly restored by the Film Noir Foundation! Presented on 35mm.

A dangerous love affair between a nightclub singer and the club owner’s best friend puts them both in the crosshairs of the owner’s jealous rage. Presented on 35mm. Based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, this classic noir uses flashbacks to tell the tale of a weary ex-boxer named The Swede, and how love and betrayal destroyed his will to live.

An amnesiac war veteran searches the dark city streets for the man who holds the secret of his identity, only to find himself embroiled in an even bigger mystery. Presented on 35mm. An international diamond smuggling ring brings back more than just hot jewels to the Big Apple, drawing heat from both city and Federal agents. Presented on 35mm.