Annual Noir City Film Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, CA

Embark on a film event as dark as it is enlightening with the Noir City Film Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, CA.

This week long festival will feature some of the most intense, dramatic films noir ever created, as well as showcase a variety of filmmakers and actors such as Sean Penn. This living legend's neo-noir drama will be shown, after which Penn will take the stage to talk about the film before introducing his favorite noir.

Other special guests will include Stanley Rubin, Farley Granger, Coleen Gray, and James Ellroy. Rare films will include Martin Scorsese's City That Never Sleeps, and The Man Who Cheated Himself. Other features of the festival will include live jazz performances, seminars, and much more. Step into the black and white world of classic film noir for an experience unlike any other you'll have in the City by the Bay!