Ténèbres à la lumière...: NOIR CITY XMAS Is Coming!...A NOIR CITY XMAS ...will occur again this year, Wednesday, December 14, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco...

Darkness To Light Translation: la lumière et l'obscurité...

Noirish City....the world of rain soaked streets, dark alleys and dead ends...The Home of Tough Guys, Femme-Fatale, and a cup of (Coffee) murder, gats,...The Maltese Falcon, Val Lewton, Black Angel, Sunset Blvd., dark, light, shadows, Cry of the City, Victor Mature, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Conte, Orson Welles, The Third Man,Touch of Evil, dark figures, Act of Violence, The Big Combo, Out of the Past, Paranoia, dark alleys, rain slick streets, Chiaroscuro......Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sidney Green-street, Elisha Cook and that... "Bird." To read mini reviews of films that are considered...noirs...You can now follow Tony D'Ambra....on Twitter at... FilmnoirReviews

Friday, November 18

NOIR CITY XMAS Is Coming!...A NOIR CITY XMAS ...will occur again this year, Wednesday, December 14, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco...

[Pictured: actor Gene Kelly and actress Deanna Durbin in the very film noirish Christmas tale..."A Christmas Holiday."]

NOIR CITY XMAS Is Coming!
A NOIR CITY XMAS will occur again this year, Wednesday, December 14, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. The FNF presents two noir-stained yuletide yarns starring America's Sweetheart, Deanna Durbin—Robert Siodmak's mesmerizing 1944 Christmas Holiday, and the rarely screened 1945 noir comedy Lady On a Train.

The evening will also include the announcement of the program for NOIR CITY X, the 10th Anniversary edition of the world's most popular film noir festival, and the debut of the latest NOIR CITY poster, featuring Ms. Noir City 2012. Expect other surprises, as well. Mark your calendar!