The Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival explores U.S.-Mexico border crisis in first all-virtual festival
The Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival explores U.S.-Mexico border crisis in first all-virtual festival Courtesy of / Soheil Rezayazdi The above photo is a still from Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil” (1958), which will be presented at this year’s virtual Kit Film Noir Festival. By Caroline Val | March 15, 2021, 12:44 AM
For many years, the sultry and mysterious presence of Hollywood film noir has remained a genre of intrigue in the world of cinema. Films like “Sunset Boulevard,” “The Big Heat,” and “In a Lonely Place” are still popular today, with recognizable stars like Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall emerging and film movements like French New Wave drawing inspiration from the genre.