by MerciSF | 26-05-2026 | Agenda, Movie, News, See All BAMPFABay Area cultureBerkeleyFilm noirFrançois TruffautFrench cinemaFrench New WaveJean-Pierre Melville
For nearly three months and through 12 iconic films, BAMPFA celebrates the golden age of French film noir with French Noir: From the Shadows into the Light, a major retrospective dedicated to the masterpieces of French crime cinema and noir. From June 4 to August 28,... 
by MerciSF | 26-04-2026 | Agenda, Movie, News, See All Film noirFrench cinemaFrench PremiereThriller
In May, French Première presents L’Affaire Bojarski (The Money Maker), a thriller inspired by a true story, directed by Jean-Paul Salomé. Starring Reda Kateb, Sara Giraudeau, and Bastien Bouillon, the film follows the fascinating fate of Jan Bojarski, a Polish... 
by MerciSF | 22-10-2021 | Agenda, Movie, See All Film noirFrench cinemaFrench filmsSan Francisco
The Noir Film Festival will take place at The Roxie cinema over the weekend of November 12-14. This festival, entitled “The French Had a Name for It”, includes eleven classic French noir films from 1931 to 1970, programmed with the legendary imaginative... 
by MerciSF | 8-05-2020 | Agenda, Movie, See All Film noirFrench movies with subtitlesRoxie Theater
Rififi is a Jules Dassin movie, an American director who left the US to live in France. The film earned Dassin the award for Best Director at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival The foursome band together to commit an almost impossible theft, the burglary of an exclusive...
