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BIG night @roxietheater last night for the opening salvo of FRENCH 5 1/2--thanks for the overwhelming support! Two vastly different films--SLEEPING CAR MURDERS & THE FLYING WARDROBE--kept the audience spellbound. Weekend tickets still available at roxie.com!!!

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What they said! Read all about it and don't wait to grab seats for four nights and two days of "Quadruple Exposure"--all four decades of French noir (30s thru 60s) on glorious & guilt-ridden display. At @roxietheater--where else? Tickets still available at roxie.com

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

6 years ago

What they said! Read all about it and don't wait to grab seats for four nights and two days of "Quadruple Exposure"--all four decades of French noir (30s thru 60s) on glorious & guilt-ridden display. At @roxietheater--where else? Tickets still available at roxie.com

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What he said! Four nights and two matinees filled with noir as only the French can do it--see you @roxietheater!!

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

6 years ago

What he said! Four nights and two matinees filled with noir as only the French can do it--see you @roxietheater!!

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Thanks to @MickLaSalle for his shoutout in the SF Chronicle Datebook vis-a-vis FRENCH 5 1/2, which starts Friday night with the slam-bang SLEEPING CAR MURDERS, followed by noirish surrealism in THE FLYING WARDROBE. Another fascinating journey to French noir’s “lost continent”!

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View Paul Westmacott's evocative trailer for THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT 5 1/2, opening @roxietheater Friday May 10: impossibly rare gems from all four decades of French noir. Forget the official story--classic noir began (& ended, as we'll show you this Noirvember) in France!

After all the French noir you'll be seeing @roxietheater from May 10-13 you will want to join Jean Gabin in a rainshower cleansing! 13+ films over four days, from the 30s to the 60s, including the first noir ever, 1932's LA NUIT DU CARREFOUR. Ticket info: midcenturyproductions.com

Jean Gabin & Henri Vidal team up for the only time in their careers in Edmond T. Gréville's lurid thriller set on the Marseille docks, PORT DU DESIR. It's the first of 2 films with Gabin as FRENCH 5 brings it all back home @roxietheater on closing night (Tues Nov 20). Viva Gabin!

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

7 years ago

Jean Gabin & Henri Vidal team up for the only time in their careers in Edmond T. Gréville's lurid thriller set on the Marseille docks, PORT DU DESIR. It's the first of 2 films with Gabin as FRENCH 5 brings it all back home @roxietheater on closing night (Tues Nov 20). Viva Gabin!

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Ever wonder what happened to the great Arletty after her immortal turn in CHILDREN OF PARADISE? See part of the story Monday November 19 @roxietheater when FRENCH 5 screens Jacqueline Audry's ace adaptation of Sartre's HUIS-CLOS (you may know it as NO EXIT). It's Hell on wheels!!

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

7 years ago

Ever wonder what happened to the great Arletty after her immortal turn in CHILDREN OF PARADISE? See part of the story Monday November 19 @roxietheater when FRENCH 5 screens Jacqueline Audry's ace adaptation of Sartre's HUIS-CLOS (you may know it as NO EXIT). It's Hell on wheels!!

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#noirvember @roxietheater (in the little theater) Sun 11/18 @ 4:15pm, Pierre Chenal shows men on both sides of the law acting badly in RAFLES SUR LA VILLE, a pulpy pin-prick at the lust-madness of the patriarchy. Tickets are limited, buy now at roxie.com!

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#Noirvember Ask @MickLaSalle & he'll tell you that the most groundbreaking look at film noir is @RoxieTheatre starting Thursday Nov 15--THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT 5. Sunday Nov 18 shows the range of 50s French cinema & how it used noir more creatively than anyone else. See it!!

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

7 years ago

#Noirvember Ask @MickLaSalle & he'll tell you that the most groundbreaking look at film noir is @RoxieTheatre starting Thursday Nov 15--THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT 5. Sunday Nov 18 shows the range of 50s French cinema & how it used noir more creatively than anyone else. See it!!

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Another epic day of ultra-rare French noir @roxietheater moves into night just as it does in UNDER THE PARIS SKY, the first of 2 early-50s films from the ever-innovative Julien Duvivier. Remember, the only noir festival happening in #Noirvember is THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT 5!

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

7 years ago

Another epic day of ultra-rare French noir @roxietheater moves into night just as it does in UNDER THE PARIS SKY, the first of 2 early-50s films from the ever-innovative Julien Duvivier. Remember, the only noir festival happening in #Noirvember is THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT 5!

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#Noirvember The most revelatory film noir festival of the year is the only one that happens in Noirvember! Read @MickLaSalle on THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT 5, starting @roxietheater Thursday November 15. As he says: "MAKE THIS ALL YOU DO FOR SIX WHOLE DAYS." French noir rules!

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

7 years ago

#Noirvember The most revelatory film noir festival of the year is the only one that happens in Noirvember! Read @MickLaSalle on THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT 5, starting @roxietheater Thursday November 15. As he says: "MAKE THIS ALL YOU DO FOR SIX WHOLE DAYS." French noir rules!

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FRENCH 5 update: Anouk Aimee & Serge Reggiani are young lovers caught in a maelstrom of familial decadence & deceit in THE LOVERS OF VERONA (1949), André Cayatte's reworking of ROMEO & JULIET, playing @roxietheater Sunday Nov 18, 1:00pm. Tickets/passes @ roxie.com

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Three great films with Henri Vidal Saturday 11/17 showcase the "tragic hunk" of French noir who died in 1959 at age 40. Don't miss QUAI DE GRENELLE, LA PASSANTE & PORTE DES LILAS @roxietheater: it all begins at 5:45. FRENCH 5 brings you 20 incredible rarities in six days!

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

7 years ago

Three great films with Henri Vidal Saturday 11/17 showcase the "tragic hunk" of French noir who died in 1959 at age 40. Don't miss QUAI DE GRENELLE, LA PASSANTE & PORTE DES LILAS @roxietheater: it all begins at 5:45. FRENCH 5 brings you 20 incredible rarities in six days!

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Henri Vidal spent the early 50s looking for challenging, unusual roles--LA PASSANTE (@roxietheater at 7:30 Sat 11/17) is one of his finest performances: a beautiful blend of noir, melodrama & art film by underrated director Henri Calef. Another superb French noir rediscovery!

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

7 years ago

Henri Vidal spent the early 50s looking for challenging, unusual roles--LA PASSANTE (@roxietheater at 7:30 Sat 11/17) is one of his finest performances: a beautiful blend of noir, melodrama & art film by underrated director Henri Calef. Another superb French noir rediscovery!

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The first of three superb 1950s noirs featuring Henri Vidal, the "tragic hunk" of 50s French cinema (and film noir in particular, with 14 noirs in his abbreviated filmography). FRENCH 5 @roxietheater is the biggest French film noir festival in the history of American rep cinema!

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

7 years ago

The first of three superb 1950s noirs featuring Henri Vidal, the "tragic hunk" of 50s French cinema (and film noir in particular, with 14 noirs in his abbreviated filmography). FRENCH 5 @roxietheater is the biggest French film noir festival in the history of American rep cinema!

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"Tweener" show @roxietheater Sat 11/17 4:15 pm in Little Roxie: Pierre Chenal shows his pulp bonafides in LA BETE A L'AFFUT (1959), where Henri Vidal & Françoise Arnoul meet, mate, and go on the lam just about as fast as you can say "bonjour." Limited seats: it repeats Tuesday!

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Marina Vlady is tres jolie Saturday afternoon November 17 in LE CRANEUR: this highly "unusual" good girl tries to keep Raymond Pellegrin (who else?) from becoming a police statistic. The frenetic fun begins at one: 1pm sharp @roxietheater (tickets and passes on sale now!).

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A stellar cast (Micheline Presle, Madeleine Robinson, François Perier) supports Jeanne Moreau in LES LOUVES...read David Cairns' essay on it at mubi.com/notebook/posts… and don't miss this chance to see it on the big screen @roxietheater on Friday Novmeber 16!

Don Malcolm @dmalcolmjr

7 years ago

A stellar cast (Micheline Presle, Madeleine Robinson, François Perier) supports Jeanne Moreau in LES LOUVES...read David Cairns' essay on it at mubi.com/notebook/posts… and don't miss this chance to see it on the big screen @roxietheater on Friday Novmeber 16!

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7:15 Friday November 16th: JEANNE MOREAU returns @roxietheater in French "carny noir" JUSQU'AU DERNIER (1957), where she's all that's keeping hangdog boyfriend Raymond Pellegrin from certain death at the hands of mob boss Paul Meurisse. Tickets/info at midcenturyproductions.com...

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