This year’s 5th Annual Noir Film Festival, which started Friday today at the Guild Cinema in Nob Hill, Albuquerque (3405 Central Ave NE  255-1848), features some rarely screened titles that should have local film noir fans very excited:

JUNE 20 & 21 (FRIDAY & SATURDAY):

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (3:00, 7:00)
Dir. Billy Wilder - 1944 - 107m

THE HIDDEN ROOM (a.k.a. OBSESSION) (5:10, 9:10)
Dir. Edward Dmytryk - 1949 - 96m - UK

JUNE 22 & 23 (SUNDAY & MONDAY):

REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT
The Original “Playhouse 90″ Live Television Version (3:30, 7:00)
Dir. Ralph Nelson - 1956 - 90m

99 RIVER STREET (5:15, 8:45)
Dir. Phil Karlson - 1953 - 86m

JUNE 24 & 25 (TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY):

REPEAT PERFORMANCE (5:15, 8:30)
Dir. Alfred L. Werker - 1947 - 91m

THE PRETENDER (7:00 ONLY)
Dir. W. Lee Wilder - 1947 - 69m

JUNE 26 & 27 (THURSDAY & FRIDAY):

TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY (3:10, 7:00)
Dir. Felix E. Feist - 1951 - 90m

KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (5:00, 8:45)
Dir. Phil Karlson - 1952 - 99m

JUNE 27 & 29 (SATURDAY & SUNDAY):

WIDMARK AND DASSIN
NIGHT AND THE CITY (2:30, 6:30)

ROAD HOUSE (4:30, 8:30)
Dir. Jean Negulesco - 1949 - 95m

JUNE 30 & JULY 1 (MONDAY & TUESDAY):

RARELY-SCREENED JOSEPH LOSEY
THE BIG NIGHT (5:30, 8:35)
Dir. Joseph Losey - 1951 - 75m

QUICKSAND (7:05 ONLY)
Dir. Irving Pichel - 1949 - 79m

JULY 2 & 3 (WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY):

CINEMATOGRAPHER JOHN ALTON IN TECHNICOLOR
SLIGHTLY SCARLET (5:00, 9:00)

JOSEPH LOSEY IN THE U.K.
THE CRIMINAL (7:00 ONLY)
Dir. Joseph Losey - 1960 - 97m - UK - Shown on digital video

JULY 4 & 5 (FRIDAY & SATURDAY):

CRY OF THE CITY (3:30, 7:05)
Dir. Robert Siodmak - 1948 - 95m

RARE SCREENING
CELL 2455, DEATH ROW (5:30, 9:05)
Dir. Fred F. Sears - 1955 - 77m

JULY 6 & 7 (SUNDAY & MONDAY):

RESTORED 35MM PRINT
THE BLACK BOOK (a.k.a. REIGN OF TERROR) (3:30, 7:00)
Dir. Anthony Mann - 1949 - 89m

STRANGE ON THE RANGE!
TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (5:20, 8:45)
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis - 1958 - 81m

JULY 8 & 9 (TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY):

THE CRIMSON KIMONO (5:20, 9:05)
Dir. Sam Fuller - 1959 - 81m

RICHARD WIDMARK
NO WAY OUT (7:00 ONLY)
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1950 - 106m

Full details here.