Based on the # 1 New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove, A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grump who no longer sees purpose in his life following the loss of his wife. Otto is ready to end it all, but his plans are interrupted when a lively young family moves in next door, and he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol. She challenges him to see life differently, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world around. A heartwarming and funny story about love, loss, and life, A Man Called Otto shows that family can sometimes be found in the most unexpected places.
THE 14TH FILM NOIR FESTIVAL: ARGENTINE NOIR
DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION
Felix Lane (Narciso Ibanez Menta) is a famous mystery writer with the world at his feet, until his nine-year-old son is killed in a hit-and-run accident. Adopting a new identity and planting himself firmly in the lives of the family he believes is responsible, Felix's revenge unfolds swiftly and with plenty of collateral damage. Featuring an almost unbearably intense performance by Ibanez Menta, The Beast Must Die is an unforgettable and emotional noir that should not be missed. Based on a novel by Cecil Day-Lewis (Daniel's dad).
In Spanish with English subtitles
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon cinema.
THE 14TH FILM NOIR FESTIVAL: ARGENTINE NOIR
DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION
Alfredo Gasper (Carlos Cores) isn't making any money in the newspaper trade. When he starts a get-rich-quick scheme, he meets a desperate Hungarian refugee, Paar Liudas (Vassili Lambrinos), who hopes to bring his family to Buenos Aires. At first, the pair are fast friends who work perfectly together - but once the money starts flowing, Alfredo's barely checked paranoia rises to the surface. This moody and gorgeous noir evokes Edgar Allen Poe's best work, won the Argentine Film Critics Association award for Best Picture and Director in 1957, and was ranked the 49th best photographed film of all-time in American Cinematographer magazine.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon cinema
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, Blake Edwards' Breakfast at Tiffany's is not only a gorgeous romance, but a film whose visual design changed movies and fashion forever. Audrey Hepburn was never better as Holly Golightly, and her high chignon hairdo, cigarette holder, and little black dress are now iconic, copied by models, drag queens, and actresses of every age. Virtually plotless, Golightly's goal to marry a rich man, while falling for George Peppard's definitely-not-rich Paul, makes for the perfect rom-com.
DCP - Paramount
THE 14TH FILM NOIR FESTIVAL: ARGENTINE NOIR
DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION
In Buenos Aires, a serial killer (Natthan Pinzon) is murdering children, and soon the police, and the underworld, are working to rid the streets of this madman. If this sounds familiar, it is - The Black Vampire is the third remake of Fritz Lang's M. But this time the plot focuses on the women of the story, specifically Amalia (Olga Zubarry). She's a cabaret singer desperate to keep her young daughter out of the madman's clutches, and herself away from the investigator in charge (Roberto Escalada), who's taken a creepy liking to her.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon cinema.
THE 14TH FILM NOIR FESTIVAL: ARGENTINE NOIR
35MM PRESENTATION
Lucio (Nestor Zavarce) is a prankster and class clown, a happy-go-lucky teenager whose police officer father has almost completely written off. When one of his classmates, a young girl, tells Lucio about a mysterious stranger, he agrees to keep it a secret... until she vanishes. Soon, more young girls are missing, and no one will believe Lucio, who must take matters into his own hands. Based on a novella by Cornell Woolrich, and framed like a fairy tale, If I Die Before I Wake is a disturbing nightmare of a noir, whose climax was so intense it was kept from American screens until recently.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon cinema.
35mm print courtesy of the Film Noir Foundation Collection at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
THE 2023 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) is in trouble. Her father has just been convicted and sent to prison for being a Nazi spy, and now she's being pursued by a government agent, T. R. Devlin (Cary Grant) who wants her to spy for the United States. How? By becoming the lover of a South American fascist, Alexander Sebastian (Claude Rains). Problem is, Devlin has also fallen for the patriotic Alicia, while having to push her deeper and deeper into a deadly game of espionage. Bergman was never better playing the distraught Alicia, who is caught not just in a trap of international intrigue, but in a misogynistic hellscape of awful men seeking to destroy her psychologically.
Presented by The Heights and The Trylon Cinema.
DCP - Walt Disney Pictures.
THE 2023 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is a Canuck visiting London, catching a music hall show. Shots ring out. A mysterious woman faints into his arms. Back at her flat, she mentions something called the 39 Steps before a knife is thrust into her back. Grabbing a map of Scotland from her cold hands, Richard hops a train to Scotland, where is the pursued and the pursuer, as a nationwide manhunt is out to find him as he is out to find the secret of the 39 Steps. Widely considered the first of Hitchcock's great entertainments, The 39 Steps is a must see on 35mm. "Oh, my God, what a masterpiece." - Orson Welles.
Presented by The Heights and The Trylon Cinema.
35mm print - Park Circus
THE 2023 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
Alfred Hitchcock's first film in America is a rapturous gothic masterpiece, owing nearly as much to the Master of Suspense's vision as to producer David O. Selznick. An unnamed woman (Joan Fontaine) and the dashing Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier) meet on the French Riviera and married. He brings her to his seaside castle, Manderley, which is overseen by the steely Mrs. Danvers, whose obsession with the first Mrs. de Winter--Rebecca--is driving the new wife to the brink of insanity. Nominated for nine Academy Awards, it won two, including Best Picture, the only Hitchcock film to do so.
Presented by The Heights and The Trylon Cinema.
DCP - Walt Disney Pictures
THE 2023 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
Cary Grant's John "The Cat" Robie is a retired burglar enjoying his retirement on the French Riviera. Problem is, there's a new Cat in town, plundering jewels from the ritziest hotels with utter abandon. Robie's old gang, trying to run a gourmet restaurant (!), is furious at him for bringing them under police scrutiny, and so our hero must trap the Cat and clear his name. Enter Grace Kelly's Frances, who might be the perfect bait to catch a thief... or the Cat herself. Hitchcock's suspenseful rom-com is perfectly irresistible, a visually stunning confection of sexual chemistry, humor, and suspense.
Presented by The Heights and The Trylon Cinema.
DCP - Paramount Pictures.
THE 2023 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
Marnie (Tippi Hedren) is a compulsive thief, in seclusion after lifting ten grand from a former employer. When she later applies for a job at a publishing company owned by Mark Rutland (Sean Connery), she finds herself attracted to her new boss, but he's got dark secrets of his own, including an unhealthy obsession with Marnie's past. One of Hitchcock's most disturbing psychological thrillers, like "Vertigo", "Marnie" was little revered in its day, but is now widely acclaimed as a masterpiece. "Hitchcock's greatest film." - "The New Yorker"
Presented by The Heights and The Trylon Cinema.
DCP - Universal Pictures.
