Collections/November 2024

Columbia Noir

Featuring an introduction by Imogen Sara Smith and Farran Smith Nehme In celebration of both Noirvember and the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures, we’re revisiting one of our most popular collections with a refreshed slate of seductively shadowy, cynical gems. While rival studios like MGM and Paramount lavished money and top-tier production values on splashy musicals and prestige literary adaptations, the notoriously budget-conscious Columbia was right at home in the seedy world of film noir. The Columbia lot was where directors like Fritz Lang, Charles Vidor, and Samuel Fuller realized pulp-poetry perfection in classics like The Big Heat , Gilda , and The Crimson Kimono . It was also where resourceful genre specialists could overcome financial constraints through sinister, stylized atmosphere and directorial…

13 films — 1 on the Channel, 12 unavailable