The Cinematheque's 50th anniversary party goes film noir, August 19 at Performance Works
It’s followed, on August 20, by screenings of dark classics Sunset Boulevard and Nightmare Alley

Oh, that style. Shown here: Nightmare Alley.
The Cinematheque presents its 50th Anniversary Film Noir Party on August 19 at 7 pm at Performance Works
IF YOU’VE been going to The Cinematheque’s beloved film noir summer series, you know the hardboiled detectives and femmes fatales of the 1940s and 1950s had some serious style.
Now you get your own chance to get decked out in fedoras, trenchcoats, pencil skirts, and shoulder-padded blazers—in other words, to rock your inner Bogey or Bacall.
The Cinematheque is celebrating its 50th anniversary August 19 with a Film Noir party that turns Performance Works into something akin to an old film set.
CBC’s Stephen Quinn hosts the event that features drinks, canapés, music, prizes, and more.
The following night on August 20, keep the mood going, when the arthouse cinema continues the series with Billy Wilder’s iconic Sunset Boulevard, with Gloria Swanson as a forgotten silent film star, screening at 6:30 pm, and Edmund Gouling’s terrifically tawdry, carnival-set Nightmare Alley at 8:45 pm—the same film that inspired Guillermo del Toro’s recent remake.
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