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Just some thoughts on current happenings:
Classic film screenings from around the world this January include:
Sorcerer
Port of Shadows
In New York City, New York, Film Forum is presenting
Sorcerer (1977, a New 4K Restoration) Held Over until Thursday, January 15
and
Port of Shadows (1938, a New 4K Restoration) Friday, January 9 – Thursday, January 15
Click on the respective film image for more information and on the Film Forum banner for other motion pictures playing this month.
ROBERT REDFORD THE SUNDANCE KID
POLISH FILM CLASSICS
In Lyon, France the Institut Lumiere continues with
ROBERT REDFORD THE SUNDANCE KID a series of films
from November 21, 2025 to January 27, 2026
and
POLISH FILM CLASSICS a series of films
from December 18, 2025 to January 27, 2026
Click on the respective image above for more information on these series’. Click on the Institut logo for all of the films showing this month.
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Marathon Man (1976, a 35mm print) Thursday, January 8, Inception (2010, a 35mm print) Monday, January 12, Harakiri (1962) Saturday, January 17, Heat (1995, a 35mm print) Saturday, January 17, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Thursday, January 28, Citizen Kane (1941, a 35mm print) Sunday, January 25, Vertigo (1958, a 4K presentation) Sunday, January 25, Enter the Void (2009) Wednesday, January 28, Jaws (1975, a 4K presentation) Thursday, January 29, and Casablanca (1942, a 35mm print) on Saturday, January 31.
* Note: Some of the showtimes are matinees only.
Click on the film’s respective image for more information. To see January’s complete programming, click on The Prince Charles Cinema banner above.
Rope
Rocco and His Brothers
In Bergen, Norway The Cinemateket i Bergen will present Rope (1948) Thursday, January 8, and Rocco and His Brothers (1960, a 35mm print) on Sunday, January 11 at 4 pm only.
For more information on either film’s showing, click on the respective movie image above. For further information on the other films presented at The Cinemateket, click on the banner image above.
In Sydney, Australia The Ritz Theatre will present Oldboy (2003, a 35mm print, as part of their This Is Celluloid: A Year of 35mm and 70mm Screenings) on Monday, January 12.
Click on the film image for more information on this screening. For other films playing at The Ritz Theatre, click on the banner above.
In Los Angeles, California The Beverly Cinema will present a double bill of The Long Goodbye (1973, a 35mm print) and Night Moves (1975, a 35mm print) on Tuesday, January 13, Wednesday, January 14 and Thursday, January 15.
Click on the poster image for more information on this presentation. To see the rest of January’s schedule, click on The Beverly Cinema banner above.
Some Like It Hot
In San Francisco, California, The Roxie Theatre will present Some Like It Hot (1959, a 35mm print) on Wednesday, January 14.
For more information on this showing, click on the movie image above. For more information on the other films being presented at The Roxie, click on the theatre picture.
In Como (part of greater Perth) Western Australia, The Revival House will present Se7en (1995, a 35mm print) on Thursday, January 15.
Click on the respective poster image for more information on this screening. To see the other films showing this month, click on the theatre banner above.
42nd Street
In Culpeper Virginia, The Library of Congress at the Packard Campus Theater is presenting 42nd Street (1933, a 35mm print) on Thursday, January 15.
Click on the poster image for more information on this film’s screening. To see the rest of January’s schedule, click on the Packard Campus image above.
Noir City will take place in Oakland, California from January 16 - January 25.
From the Noir City Site:
NOIR CITY 23
The joint will be jumping when the venerable NOIR CITY film festival kicks out the jams at the Grand Lake Theatre, January 16–25, 2026, with an exciting 10-day program of crime and mystery films featuring . . . musicians! From early examples of Hollywood noir like Blues in the Night (1941) to jazz-fueled sixties’ gems like All Night Long (1962) and A Man Called Adam (1966), the movies feature genuine musical legends performing alongside film noir favorites including Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Kirk Douglas, Ann Sheridan, and Robert Mitchum.
Among the real-life musicians appearing onscreen at NOIR CITY 23: Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Louis Armstrong, Keely Smith, Dexter Gordon, Ella Fitzgerald, Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peggy Lee, Oscar Levant, Dave Brubeck, Charlie Mingus, and many more.
“Back in the 1940s, nightclubs and jazz played a significant role in creating the noir vibe,” explains festival founder and host Eddie Muller. “So, it was fun to craft a program in which music plays a role in every story, either through the setting or because the characters are musicians.” As he usually does, Muller balances the roster between established classics (To Have and Have Not (1944), Gilda (1946), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), and seldom-screened titles like The Strip (1951), The Crimson Canary (1945), and Face the Music (aka The Black Glove), a 1954 British rarity that provided the “kicker” for this year’s festival.
Muller acknowledges that some of this year’s offerings veer outside the proscribed boundaries of noir, but he offers no apologies: “Jazz is America’s greatest contribution to the twentieth century,” he declares, “and mixing it up with film noir is a perfect way to showcase the music for a younger generation. The stories may be dark and depressing, but the music always soars.”
Many of the films on the schedule are fictions in which music plays a major part; others are based on actual performers, like the 1955 Doris Day vehicle Love Me or Leave Me in which Day gives a scintillating performance as 1920s singing and dancing sensation Ruth Etting. Kirk Douglas’ Young Man with a Horn from 1950 (also starring Day) is based on the life of cornetist Bix Beiderbecke (with Harry James providing the actual horn work). Similarly, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dexter Gordon give memorable portrayals in, respectively, A Man Called Adam and Round Midnight (1986), playing composites of real-life jazz artists. “Jazz may dominate the program,” Muller notes, “but we’ve also got samplings of classical (1946’s Humoresque), country (1958’s Thunder Road), and rock ‘n’ roll (1958’s King Creole) — I finally hit on a theme that accommodates my favorite Elvis movie.”
To see Noir City 23’s complete schedule, click on the poster image above.
The 39 Steps
In Detroit, Michigan The Redford Theatre will present The 39 Steps (1935) on Friday, January 16.
Click on the top image for more information. To see the entire month’s programming, click on The Redford Theatre banner above.
Sunset Boulevard
In Valencia, Spain, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca at the Edificio Rialto will present Sunset Boulevard (1950, as part of their BILLY WILDER series) on Saturday, January 17 and Sunday, January 18.
Click on the film’s image for more information on this screening. To discover more of January’s programming including other films playing in Valencia, Spain at the Edificio Rialto, Castelló, Spain at the Raval Theatre and the Paranimf of the Universitat Jaume I, and in Alicante Spain at the Arniches Theatre, click on the banner image above.
The Conversation
In Hollywood (part of greater Los Angeles) California, The American Cinematheque Egyptian Theatre will present The Conversation (1974, as part of ‘Walter Murch: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ along with a Q&A with editor and sound designer Walter Murch) on Friday, January 23.
For more information on this programme, click on the film image above. To see the entire month of January’s programming including other films showing at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Aero Theatre in Santa Monica (also part of greater Los Angeles), and The Los Feliz 3 Theatre in Los Feliz (also part of greater Los Angeles), click on the American Cinematheque banner.
In theatres across the U.S. Flashback Cinema is presenting Interstellar (2014) on Saturday, January 24, Sunday, January 25 and Wednesday, January 28.
Click on the poster image for more information on this screening. To see the entire month’s programming, click on The Flashback Cinema banner above.
In Auckland, New Zealand, Academy Cinemas is presenting The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) on Tuesday, January 27.
To obtain more information on any of this programme, click on the poster image. To see January’s complete schedule, click on the Academy banner above.
In Hollywood (part of greater Los Angeles) California, The Vista Theater will present A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, a 35mm print) on Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31 both dates at Midnight only.
To discover more about the screening of A Nightmare on Elm Street, or the other films playing this month at the Vista Theater, click on either of the above images.
These are the reviewed films showing on Turner Classic Movies in the U.S. for the remainder of this month:
Fans of film noir who haven't seen John Brahm's 1946 The Locket do not want to miss the opportunity to experience this hypnotically mesmerising drama. A previous recommendation here, The Locket is a dream-like journey crying out to be discovered. The locket can be found Friday, January 9 at 5 pm PST.
If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative. It has been previously reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Double Indemnity. Thoughts of adultery, greed and murder will manifest themselves on TCM Friday, January 9 at 7 pm PST.
Barbara Stanwyck
Besieged with production problems, and sometimes wrongfully criticised because of them, this next TCM recommendation is, nevertheless, an accomplished and splendorous piece of dramatically dynamic adventure storytelling: the 1962 version of Mutiny on the Bounty, reviewed here and showing on TCM Saturday, January 10 at 10:45 am PST.
(From left) Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard
Unlike the hardened criminals he portrayed in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and The Killing (1956), Crime Wave's Sterling Hayden has him playing hardened cop Detective Lt. Sims. Previously reviewed here, Crime Wave (1953) will hit Saturday, January 10 at 3:30 pm PST.
(From left) Phyllis Kirk, Timothy Carey, Gene Nelson, Mack Chandler, Sterling Hayden
TCM's current schedule can be seen by clicking on any of the above TCM related images. To confirm the correct Pacific Standard (West Coast) showtime information, subtract 3 hours from the Eastern Standard (East Coast) showtime listed on TCM’s schedule.
(To be continued… ) A.G.