“Who’s Crazy Now?”

Noir City 9: “Who’s Crazy Now?”
Runs February 11 – 17, 2011 @ SIFF Cinema

Presented by the Film Noir Foundation &
Seattle International Film Festival

By the chatter, Noir City 9 exceeded everyone’s luridly retro dreams at its San Francisco premiere, last month. This year’s festival is organized around the theme “Who’s Crazy Now?” and features a typical mixture of amazing –the beloved, the abandoned, the beautiful, the fatally campy.

Dark Mirror

Stranger on the Third Floor

Hunted

Crackup

I’m pleased to say that the Crazy Train pulls into Rain City on Friday. What Seattleites need to know: It’s at SIFF Cinema, in McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street, all week. Follow the below link. Use alcohol and antidepressants wisely.

http://www.siff.net/cinema/seriesDetail.aspx?FID=221

And that’s right, Los Angeles. You wait until March. Cry me a river.

©Tony Diaz, 2011

The Endless Night: A Valentine to Film Noir

Eddie Muller introduced this sublime noir montage at Noir City 8. A year later, I’m still a little bit in awe. I think it’s the most beautiful homage to a film genre I’ve ever seen: