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NOIR CITY celebrates its 10th anniversary as the world's most popular film noir festival with a 10-day extravaganza featuring San Francisco treats, a Dashiell Hammett marathon, freshly preserved 35mm rarities, by-popular-demand encore screenings, surprises galore, and super special guest star ANGIE DICKINSON! Join us January 20-29, 2012 for what promises to be the darkest and most delirious incarnation yet of San Francisco's most popular classic film festival: NOIR CITY!

Among the rarities being presented this year: a brand new 35mm print of 1949's The Great Gatsby, starring Alan Ladd as F. Scott Fitzgerald's legendary lovelorn hero. The film has been buried for decades, but Muller's perseverance persuaded Universal Pictures to strike a preservation print for NOIR CITY. The studio also is providing a brand new 35mm print of 1954's Naked Alibi, starring noir's favorite bad girl, Gloria Grahame. The Film Noir Foundation has also funded a new 35mm preservation of the "lost" 1946 classic Three Strangers, which had no viewable prints and has never been released on DVD. NOIR CITY is also proud to have been chosen to premiere the Film Foundation's recently completed preservation of the superb 1950 Michael Curtiz film The Breaking Point, starring John Garfield.

Everyone Comes to Eddie's,
The NOIR CITY Nightclub

Swedish American Hall , 2174 Market St.
(within walking distance of the Castro Theatre!)

TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE OUR NOIR CITY PATRONS, THE TICKET PRICE FOR EVERYONE COMES TO EDDIE'S HAS BEEN REDUCED TO $40 PER TICKET BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25! WE WANT EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE NOIR CITY'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 28!

NOTICE: For those individuals who have already purchased a $75 NOIR CITY Nightclub ticket, the Film Noir Foundation will refund your $35 on Saturday night at the door to "Eddie's"

Swinging lounge tunes, torrid torch songs, classic burlesque, and a helping of neo-noir rock-and-roll is the bill of fare Saturday night, January 28, 2012, as the NOIR CITY film festival breaks out of the majestic Castro Theatre to present Everyone Comes to Eddie's, a swanky, sexy, and slightly sinister soiree in which the Swedish American Hall is transformed into a vintage 1940s-era nightclub. The one-night special event is an added celebration of NOIR CITY's 10th anniversary. Performances include the mid-century musical stylings of Mr. Lucky and the Cocktail Party with Ralph Carney, vintage noir-inspired torch songs from the luscious Laura Ellis, spectacular striptease from world-renowned burlesque beauty Evie Lovelle, and the dark, mysterious, and danceable sounds of Kansas City's The Latenight Callers, described as "the house band at David Lynch's pool party." Expect more surprises as the night unfolds! "People who make a point of attending all the films on the festival schedule need not fear," said impresario Eddie Muller. "We're running the same double bill that day and night at the Castro, so you can see films in the afternoon and party that night." Cocktail attire preferred.

Tickets for the show, a fundraiser for the Film Noir Foundation, are now priced at $40 each (as of January 25). Admission includes hors d'oeuvres and an open bar, plus entertainment. NOIR CITY Passports do not grant party admission. Separate ticket required. Sorry, no passes. Tickets are now available at the Castro Theatre or online through Brown Paper Tickets.

Join Eddie Muller and Miguel Pendás as they take you on a curated tour (with video clips) of locations from classic films noirs set in San Francisco. From the ritzy homes of the Nob Hill rich to sleazy working-class dives on the Embarcadero, you'll see where some of the highlights of 1940s and '50s cinema were created, including Dark Passage, Thieves' Highway, Sudden Fear, Woman on the Run, Vertigo, The Sniper, The Lineup, and many more. Presented only twice during the NOIR CITY X festival: Sunday, Jan. 22 and Wednesday, Jan. 25. Meet on the front steps of City Hall at 11:45 am; bus departs at 12:00 noon for the approximately three-hour tour, rain or shine. Seating is limited. $75 per person. Tickets are exclusively available online.

Get a passport to NOIR CITY. Passports ($120) grant the bearer admission to every screening on the schedule. Passport holders will have a chance to mingle with fellow noir lovers at the opening reception where they can chat, imbibe, and dig the coolest music. Passports can be purchased through Brown Paper Tickets, as well as individual tickets for double features. Patrons can also purchase tickets for the same low price at the Castro box office on the day of show.

For extended coverage of the FNF's screenings, festivals, and other activities as well as articles on noir-related events, film reviews, and more, subscribe to our quarterly electronic magazine, NOIR CITY. Start by adding your name to our mailing list and then making a donation to the FNF of $20 or more. Peruse samples of our articles here.

Ready for an entertaining read and a chance to help preserve film noir? The NOIR CITY SENTINEL ANNUAL #3 is available here., and it's the finest edition yet. 272 pages of essays, interviews, profiles, tributes, and reviews of classic and modern film noirs, illustrated with exceptional photographs. This volume includes some of the best features from the 2010 NOIR CITY SENTINEL, as well as new never-before-seen material. Included are pieces from Eddie Muller, Foster Hirsch, Megan Abbott, Alan Rode, Don Malcolm, Marc Svetov, Will Viharo, and many more. All for the low price of $20.

The Film Noir Foundation has joined forces with Back Alley Noir to bring film noir devotees the very latest news. When readers have a question for the Foundation or want to post their own noir news, they can do so via BAN’s discussion board , the official discussion board for the FNF.

The Film Noir Foundation can be found on both Facebook, Myspace and Twitter. If you haven't signed up, maybe you should. Maybe you'll meet someone who will betray you and leave you for dead on the internet. At the least, you'll have access to a vast repository of noir posters and photos.