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Fri, Jan 24
JOURNEY INTO FEAR  7:30
THE THIRD MAN  9:00

Sat, Jan 25 Matinee
BORDER INCIDENT  12:00
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND  2:00
VICTIMS OF SIN  4:00

Sat, Jan 25 Evening
TOO LATE FOR TEARS  7:30
THE HITCH-HIKER  9:30

Sun, Jan 26
DRUNKEN ANGEL  1:15, 6:00
STRAY DOG  3:30, 8:15

Mon, Jan 27
THE MURDERERS ARE AMONG US  7:15
BERLIN EXPRESS  9:00

Tues, Jan 28
DEATH OF A CYCLIST  7:15
DEATH IS A CARESS  9:00

 

Wed, Jan 29
IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY  7:15
BRIGHTON ROCK  9:00

Thu, Jan 30
NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR  7:15
HARDLY A CRIMINAL  9:00

Fri, Jan 31
THE BLACK VAMPIRE  7:15
THE WAGES OF FEAR  9:00

Sat, Feb 1 Matinee
PEPE LE MOKO  12:00
JENNY LAMOUR  2:00
RIPTIDE  4:00

Sat, Feb 1 Evening
TWO MEN IN MANHATTAN  7:15
RIFIFI  9:00

Sun, Feb 2
img SINGAPORE  1:00, 7:00
MACAO  3:00, 8:45
THE SHANGHAI GESTURE  5:00


Monday, Jan 27, 2014— GERMANY  

THE MURDERERS ARE AMONG US

DIE MÖRDER SIND UNTER UNS

Scr. and Dir. Wolfgang Staudte. Germany, 1946. 85 min.

7:15 PM

A doctor, haunted by his service as a Nazi, falls in love with a camp survivor—but is compelled to seek vengeance on his commanding officer. The first German film to directly deal with the wounds of WWII. Stark, symbolic, and stunning. Hildegarde Knef and Wilhelm Borchert star.

Berlin Express

Scr. Harold Medford, from a story by Curt Siodmak. Dir. Jacques Tourneur. United States, 1948. 87 min.

9:00 PM

The first American film shot (partially) on location in Allied-occupied Berlin tells the fictional tale of a German scientist being stalked by assassins on a train bound for a United Nations conference. An effective postwar thriller, beautifully shot. Robert Ryan and Merle Oberon star.

 

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Tuesday, Jan 28 — Double Dose of Death    

Death of a Cyclist

Muerte de un ciclista

 Scr. and Dir. Juan Antonio Bardem. Spain, 1955. 88 min.

7:15 PM

An adulterous couple—wealthy socialite and university professor—hit a cyclist on their way back from an illicit tryst. Fearing exposure of the affair, they leave the man to die. Gradually the noose tightens around them. A Cannes festival winner, starring Lucia Bosé and Alberto Closas.

 

Death is a Caress

DØden er et kjŒrtegn

Scr. Otto Carlmar. Dir. Edith Carlmar. Norway, 1949. 92 min.

9:00 PM

A young mechanic, recently engaged, falls under the spell of a sophisticated married socialite who's brought in her car for repairs. The sexual bliss is ecstatic—but short-lived. A familiar noir plot plays quite differently in Norway, especially through the eyes of a female director.

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Wednesday, Jan 29 — BRITAIN  

It Always Rains on Sunday

Scr. Angus MacPhail and Henry Cornelius, from the novel by Arthur La Bern. Dir. Robert Hamer. Britain, 1947. 92 min.

7:15 PM

A former barmaid, now the harried matriarch of a family in impoverished Bethnal Green, jeopardizes everything when she shelters the escaped fugitive who once was her lover. A slice-of-life noir and prototype of British "kitchen sink" drama. Googie Withers stars.

Brighton Rock

Scr. Terence Rattigan, based on the novel by Graham Greene. Dir. John Boulting. Britain, 1947. 92 min.

9:00 PM

This archetypal British noir tells the taut and tragic tale of young gangster Pinkie (Richard Attenborough) and the turmoil he brings to a beleaguered resort town trying to emerge from the ruins of war. Voted #15 in BFI's poll of Britain's greatest films.

 

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Thursday, Jan 30 — ARGENTINA  

Never Open That Door

No abras nunca esa puerta

Scr. Alejandro Casona, from stories by Cornell Woolrich. Dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen. Argentina, 1952. 85 min.

7:15 PM

A pair of classic Woolrich short stories, "Someone on the Phone" and "The Hummingbird Comes Home" are transposed to Buenos Aires with stunning results. Featuring camerawork by the great Pablo Tabernero, it's better than most U.S.-made Woolrich adaptations.

NOT ON DVD

Hardly a Criminal

Apenas un delincuente

Scr. Raimundo Calcagno and Israel Chas de Cruz. Dir. Hugo Fregonese. Argentina, 1949. 88 min.

9:00 PM

A bank employee (Jorge Salcedo) uses a loophole in Argentine law to concoct the perfect crime, planning to reap the rewards of his embezzlement after serving six years in prison. A vivid cross between Naked City and Brute Force, and an evocative look at mid-20th century Buenos Aires.

NOT ON DVD

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