The Film Noir Foundation is a non-profit public benefit corporation created as an educational resource regarding the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of film noir as an international cinematic movement.

It is the mission of the Foundation to find and preserve films in danger of being lost or irreparably damaged, and to ensure that high quality prints of these classic films remain in circulation for theatrical exhibition to future generations.

The centerpiece of the Foundation's public awareness campaign is the annual NOIR CITY festival held in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information on the Foundation, and how you can be a supporter, visit the Film Noir Foundation website.

NOIR CITY ANNUAL #14

2022's NOIR CITY Annual 14, the best of the best from the Film Noir Foundation's 2021 NOIR CITY Magazines, is here—essays, profiles, interviews, and appreciations of classic and modern noir films from today's top writers.

This year's contributors are Imogen Sara Smith, Jake Hinkson, Ray Banks, Nora Fiore, Randy Dotinga, Dana Delany, Brent Calderwood, Vince Keenan, Nick Feldman. Farran Smith Nehme, Steve Kronenberg, Sean Axmaker, Nick Kolakowski, John Wranovics, Ben Terrall, S.A.Cosby, Danilo Castro, Rachel Walther, and Eddie Muller. Book layout and design by Michael Kronenberg. And, as with any purchase from the FNF, when you buy NOIR CITY Annual 14, you'll be helping fund the non-profit foundation's film restoration efforts. BUY HERE

FILM NOIR FOUNDATION VIDEO ARCHIVES

Our Video Archives feature an expanding catalog of noir-related video, including exclusive interviews and festival guest appearances.

FEATURED INTERVIEW 

Festival producer Alan K. Rode and writer/producer Kirk Ellis discuss director Budd Boetticher (July 1916 – November 2001) prior to a screening of the director’s 1945 film Escape in the Fog on May 12, 2024, at the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs. WATCH

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