NOIR CITY: CHICAGO returns to the Music Box Theatre August 25 - 31, 2017, with an epically suspenseful series of criminal capers!
“The Big Knockover” celebrates the history of the heist film from black-and-white Hollywood classics such as THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) and KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952), to 1974’s THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, to the stunning contemporary thriller from Argentina EL AURA (2005). This year’s focus on hold-ups, heists, and schemes gone awry provides the perfect opportunity to venture beyond the 1940s and ‘50s to show how noir has expanded and transformed over the decades.
sleestakk has logged 15 out of 18 movies in Noir City: Chicago 2017. Back to Lists Overview.
| Title | Director(s) | Year Released | Watched | Viewed On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The | Joseph Sargent | 1974 | Yes | 04/01/2023 |
| High Sierra | Raoul Walsh | 1941 | Yes | 03/14/2022 |
| Asphalt Jungle, The | John Huston | 1950 | Yes | 11/28/2018 |
| Charley Varrick | Don Siegel | 1973 | Yes | 08/30/2017 |
| Six Bridges to Cross | Joseph Pevney | 1955 | Yes | 08/29/2017 |
| Brink's Job, The | William Friedkin | 1978 | Yes | 08/29/2017 |
| Blue Collar | Paul Schrader | 1978 | Yes | 08/27/2017 |
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Michael Cimino | 1974 | Yes | 08/27/2017 |
| Plunder Road | Hubert Cornfield | 1957 | Yes | 08/27/2017 |
| Big Risk, The | Claude Sautet | 1960 | Yes | 08/26/2017 |