Noirvember is back at the Coolidge this year

Hard-boiled antiheroes and seductive femme fatales. Haunting shadows and rain-drenched streets. Stunning black & white cinematography. All of these are among the hallmarks of film noir, a term coined by French film critics in the mid-1940s to describe the burgeoning crop of films that took a hard-edged look at moral complexities and shattered dreams of postwar life in America.

In this series, we’ll take a look at some of the seminal films that emerged from this movement, as well as the visually stunning (and equally morally complex) reimaginings of the genre that took place in the waning years of the 20th century.

What's on

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Barbara Stanwyck Sticker

In honor of the series, we've got new vinyl stickers for sale featuring Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity! Stop by concessions to purchase your very own piece of Noirvember sticker, designed by Alex Kittle.

This Week

  • Gillo Pontecorvo's vivid recreation of the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s.

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  • Showcasing the best in documentary short films from around the world!

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  • A bold, iconoclastic take on one of the world’s most compelling stories, from filmmaker From Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Jessie Buckley & Christian Bale.

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  • The debut feature from filmmaker Harry Lighton, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling.

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  • A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.

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  • A frisky, feminine, film noir about psychoanalysis and many other things… 

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  • Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in a new cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann.

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  • Boston's one and only open mic night for filmmakers!

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  • Mira Nair’s luminous look at the complexities of love, starring Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury.

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  • Showcasing the best in live action short films from around the world!

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  • In this five-week class, explore women's voices at the intersection of direction and cinematography.

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  • Featuring cinematography by Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever).

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  • Friday the 13th Double Feature

    Celebrate the unluckiest of holidays at the Coolidge as we present a slasher double-feature fright to the death between Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger!

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  • The story of an underdog. And his dog.

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  • David Lynch's startling debut feature is a lasting cult sensation influenced by the writings of Franz Kafka and Nikolai Gogol.

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  • IT’S THE SECOND UNLUCKIEST DAY OF THE YEAR…

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  • Among the most important documentaries ever made, The Thin Blue Line, by Errol Morris, erases the border between art and activism.

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  • Pre-film seminar by Dr. Shilpa Parnami of Boston University. 

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