NOIR CITY SEATTLE: It's All About the Women

NOIR CITY returns to Seattle. 

Winsome to Wicked … It’s All About the Women 

NOIR CITY: Seattle, February 14-20, at a new venue — SIFF Cinema Downtown (2100 4th Street). This year’s program shines a spotlight on women whose cinematic legacy is entwined with the rise of film noir. Twelve of the eighteen films screening will be presented in glorious 35mm, including the Film Noir Foundation’s restoration of Cry Danger (1951). NOIR CITY: Seattle is also proud to screen the new 4K restoration by Universal Pictures of Robert Siodmak’s Phantom Lady (1944). Many of the festival films feature the actresses profiled in Eddie Muller’s 2002 book Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir, which is being reissued in April 2025 in a revised and expanded edition. 

Opening Night starts at 5:30 p.m. with a special performance by the Dmitri Matheny Quintet performing jazz from the silver screen. Lyrical flugelhornist Matheny will be joined by his all-star band prior to the screening of The Narrow Margin (1952). FNF founder and TCM host Eddie Muller will present all festival screenings opening weekend, February 14-16. Local noir experts and authors Vince and Rosemarie Keenan will take over hosting duties February 17-20.