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.

NOIR CITY SEATTLE: February 10-16

NOIR CITY returns to Seattle this Friday, February 10, to celebrate its 15th anniversary in the Emerald City with 18 films from the heart of Hollywood's noir movement, 1948. Playing at SIFF Cinema Egyptian February 10–16, each film in this year's lineup is celebrating its 75th anniversary. 

Join Eddie Muller, Film Noir Foundation founder and host of Turner Classic Movies' Noir Alley, on February 10–12 and local noir authors Vince and Rosemarie Keenan on February 13–16 for film introductions. 

NOIR CITY: Seattle's film selection is an eclectic mix of star-studded classics (The Big Clock, The Naked City, They Live by Night) and lesser-known gems rarely seen on the big screen (Larceny, So Evil My Love, Unfaithfully Yours). 2023's festival will also be presenting films never before screened at Seattle's NOIR CITY: Key Largo, Call Northside 777, and All My Sons. Plus, there will be three films lensed by noir's greatest cinematographer, John Alton: The Spiritualist, Raw Deal, and Hollow Triumph. 

NOIR CITY: Seattle film schedule, passes, and tickets for individual screenings are available here. 

NOTE: More NOIR CITY dates have been confirmed! 

NOIR CITY: Chicago plays August 25-31 at Chicago's Music Box Theatre

NOIR CITY: D.C. plays October 13-26 at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD.