
The iconic image from the Coen brothers’ Blood Simple.
Each year, Vancouver’s premiere arthouse Cinematheque presents a festival of dark shadows, lonely streets, tough guys and tougher dames. This year’s Film Noir festival (Aug. 4-22) includes not only seminal works from the genre’s postwar heyday, but also “neo-noir” selections from the sixties and the eighties, too.
All told, Cinematheque (1131 Howe St) is screening 13 films, nine for the first time. Here are some highlights.
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Killers, thieves and gumshoes – Cinematheque’s Film Noir series is back!