Rated: R    Runtime: 90min.

NOT NECESSARILY NOIR

Two THRILLING Weeks of Unusual Motion Picture Entertainment!

For the past twenty years the Roxie has been presenting a steady diet of pure bred 100% All-American Film Noir. Now comes an exciting new cavalcade of boundary benders that beg the issue of just what constitutes the whole notion of noir—a whopping twenty-four films of mixed genres, spanning the years 1941 through 1999—all with a decidedly bent perspective on the human condition.

ALL PROGRAMS ARE DOUBLE FEATURES; TWO GREAT FILMS FOR ONE LOW ADMISSION PRICE! ALL FILMS (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED) PRESENTED IN 35mm PRINTS! MOST NOT AVAILABLE ON DVD!

This breathtaking array of dark cinematic diversity offers up a thoroughly mixed bag of styles and genres—from the demented and disquieting horror noir hybrids of the 1940s (THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK and HOUSE OF HORRORS) to the cold war shivers induced by 1950s sci-fi noir (INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and THE CREEPING UNKNOWN), to cult western noir from the 50s (DAY OF THE OUTLAW and TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN), to 1960s mindbenders (MIRAGE, THE SADIST, MICKEY ONE), to the brutal violence of 70s shockers (OBSESSION, LAST EMBRACE, BLUE COLLAR, HARDCORE, ROLLING THUNDER) to the post-mod neo-noir of the 80s and beyond (BREATHLESS, THIEF, CUTTER’S WAY, BAD LIEUTENANT).

Programmed exclusively for the Roxie Theater by Elliot Lavine

Friday, August 20 – Thursday, September 2

Friday August 20
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS - 7:30 and 11:00
THE CREEPING UNKNOWN aka “The Quatermass Xperiment” - 5:45 and 9:15

Saturday August 21
MIRAGE - 4:00, 8:00
13 WEST STREET - 2:15, 6:15, 10:00

Sunday & Monday August 22 & 23
THE STRANGE ONE - SUN at 4:00 & 8:00; MON at 8:00 only!
SOMETHING WILD - SUN at 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00; MON at 6:00 & 10:00

Tuesday August 24
Good friend and local fellow curator Peter Conheim is contributing this pair of compelling western noirs to our line-up!
DAY OF THE OUTLAW - 8:00
TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN - 6:15 and 9:50

Wednesday August 25
The legendary Johnny Legend brings us this night’s incredibly important program!
THE SADIST - 8:00
A TOWN HAS TURNED TO DUST - 6:15 and 9:45

Thursday August 26
THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK - 7:00 and 9:50
HOUSE OF HORRORS - 5:30 and 8:30

Friday August 27
OBSESSION - 6:00 and 10:00
LAST EMBRACE - 8:00

Saturday August 28
BREATHLESS (The American Version) - 4:00 and 8:00
ROMEO IS BLEEDING - 2:00, 6:00 and 10:00

Sunday & Monday August 29 & 30
BAD LIEUTENANT - SUN at 3:45 and 8:00; MON at 8:00 only!
BLUE COLLAR - SUN at 1:30, 5:45 and 9:50; MON at 5:45 and 9:50

Tuesday August 31
THIEF - 7:30
CUTTER’S WAY - 5:30 and 9:45

Wednesday, September 1
MICKEY ONE - 6:10 and 9:50
THE WOMAN CHASER - 8:00

Thursday, September 2
HARDCORE - 8:00
ROLLING THUNDER - 6:00 and 10:00