Winter/Spring Film Series

Criss Cross
Friday, February 18 | 8 pm
Museum Auditorium

"The Fury of Love Untamed! The Fury of Hatred Unchecked," warned the trailer for this classic LA noir. The hero of such films is usually a poor sap, completely under the control of a powerfully wicked woman. But virile Burt Lancaster is nobody's fool–except his sensuous ex-wife’s. The foreboding shadows, the flashback, the cynical voice-over: it's all there, lovingly filmed in the streets of the now-vanished Bunker Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Criss Cross
(1949) Directed by Robert Siodmak. Burt Lancaster, Yvonne de Carlo, Dan Duryea. (88 min.)

A chump (Lancaster in one of his earliest films) and a temptress, divorced but still passionately entwined, become entrapped in a security truck robbery doomed by a double double cross. Working-class Los Angeles is the setting for what Rough Guide to Film Noir calls “the most underrated noir of the classic era.” Universal Studios Archive print.

Upcoming
Friday, February 25: Film Noir February ends with Quai des Orfèvres.

Tickets
$3.50 Museum members, students, Cinema Inc. and Galaxy Cinema members
$5 All others

Winter/Spring Film Series Pass
Valid for 10 admissions
$35 ($25 Museum members, students, Cinema Inc. and Galaxy Cinema members)
Please note that film series passes must be exchanged for individual film tickets at the Box Office.

Tickets are available online, by phone at (919) 715-5923, and in person at the Museum Box Office. Many films sell out, so be sure to get your tickets soon. Same-day tickets are not available online.

See you at the movies!

East in the Evening: Full Moon Rising

Friday, February 18 | 5:30 pm
Free

Howl at the moon! We kick off the return of our themed Friday nights with a full moon party featuring Peter Lamb and the Wolves. This local jazz quintet blends eclectic melodies and sounds from around the world with a New Orleans groove that you can dance to. Enjoy a glass of wine or a microbrew from our bar and share small plates seasoned with a bit of full moon flair.

Upcoming

30 Americans
Opens March 19 | Ticketed

30 Americans brings together established and emerging African American artists whose work explores issues of race, gender, identity, history, and popular culture. The exhibition features more than 70 works of art and includes painting, drawing, photography, video, sculpture, and mixed-media installations.

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