Noirvember: Film Noir from Yesterday to Today
Nov. 3–19, 2024
This November, the JBFC will be celebrating the rich history of film noir with screenings, lectures, special guests, events, and themed “unhappy” hours for guests to dress up and catch some of the best of the genre on the silver screen. This series will feature film noirs from both the classic era of the postwar years like Gilda and Mildred Pierce and those made in subsequent decades like Klute, Chinatown, Bound, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Dive into the darker side of cinema with a series of lectures on film noir from NYU Tisch professors, join us for special introductions from film historians and critics, and save your seat for a one-of-a-kind murder mystery dinner.
Murder Mystery Dinner
Nov. 19, 2024
Join us for a Night of Mystery and Giving! SOLD OUT: To join the waitlist, email Allie Garner at agarner@burnsfilmcenter.org…
Murder, My Sweet
Nov. 17, 2024
Screening & Lecture with NYU Cinema Studies Professor Chris Straayer
Gumshoe Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) is hired by the oafish Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki) to track down his former girlfriend.…
Chinatown
Nov. 17, 2024
Introduction by Film Critic Odie Henderson
50th Anniversary! Private eye Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II…
Bound
Nov. 14, 2024
Sparks fly when Violet (Jennifer Tilly) sets eyes on Corky (Gina Gershon) in an elevator. Violet is the girlfriend of…
Mildred Pierce
Nov. 13–14, 2024
Nov. 13: Introduction by writer Imogen Sara Smith
When Mildred Pierce’s (Joan Crawford) wealthy husband leaves her for another woman, Mildred decides to raise her two daughters on…
Sweet Smell of Success
Nov. 10, 2024
Screening & Lecture with NYU Cinema Studies Graduate Student Jeff Hughes
A powerful newspaper columnist (Burt Lancaster) and a Manhattan press agent (Tony Curtis) tear into the maelstrom of midtown Manhattan’s…
Klute
Nov. 10, 2024
This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an…
Gilda
Nov. 7, 2024
Introduction by Film Critic Sheila O’Malley
“Gilda, are you decent?” Rita Hayworth tosses her hair back and slyly responds, “Me?” in one of the great star…
Film Noir 101
Nov. 4, 2024
Join Dana Polan, Martin Scorsese Professor of Cinema Studies and department chair of NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ Martin…
The Killers
Nov. 3, 2024
Screening & Lecture with NYU Cinema Studies Professor Dana Polan
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called “the Swede.” When the killers find the Swede,…
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Nov. 2–16, 2024
When Toontown’s owner is found murdered, all fingers point to cartoon superstar Roger Rabbit. With nowhere else to turn—and the…
