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The Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival hosted a packed house last night for the opening of the ninth annual tribute to all things Noir. Noir fans, local residents and several stars came out and walked the Black Carpet before the screening of BIGGER THAN LIFE - the 1956 Film Noir Classic starri… Continue

Opening Night for the 2009 Arthur Lyons Film Noir Film Festival, which is being presented by the Palm Springs Cultural Center, is just days away, and the Opening Night Festivities promise to make the Ninth edition of the popular annual event the best ever! BIGGER THAN LIFE, a forgotten, noir-stained classic directed by the great Nicholas Ray (Rebel without a Cause, In a Lonely Place, They Live by Night), opens the Festival, and will be screened at 7:30pm, with an Opening Reception immediately f… Continue

Long before she became Blanche Hudson in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE, and long before her daughter Christina made her infamous as MOMMIE DEAREST, Joan Crawford had already earned her place as one of the Queens of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Her movie career encompassed more than 45 years an… Continue

Actress Patty McCormack has played many roles in her long career, including numerous credits in film, on Broadway, and in television (with over 250 television appearances). Most recently, she played Pat Nixon, wife of President Richard M. Nixon, in the Oscar-nominated Ron Howard fil… Continue

Noir Enthusiasts will enjoy www.Crimeculture.com - a crime fiction site with which we have a reciprocal link.

www.Crimeculture.com was established in 2002 as an academic internet site for anyone teaching or studying crime fiction, film and graphic art. Recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of university courses being offered on crime-related topics.

The authors, Lee and Katharine Horsley, established the site because they hope it will be an exciting conte… Continue

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We're happy to report that the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Film Festival is now on Facebook. That's right. We have our own page. Better yet, our online blog links directly to the Facebook page. To find us on FaceBook, either search for the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Film Festival page or click HERE Continue

Hello Everyone, I just thought I would ask this question to provide an opportunity for the members here to begin some discussion. For myself, it was "The Woman in the Window". My wife and I watched it this past week. I have seen it before but this was her first viewing. I have enjoyed the Film Noir genre for most of my life and have had the pleasure this last year or so of finally getting my wife to give the genre a chance. For years it was - "too dark and depressing," or "only black and whit… Continue

The following Guest Appearances have been confirmed:*

ROBERT LOGGIA is scheduled to be the SPECIAL SCREENING GUEST
for the screening of THE GARMENT JUNGLE (1957)

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