Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival

Founded in 2000 by the local writer, noir enthusiast, and former Palm Springs City Council Member, Arthur Lyons, the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival now draws Film Noir enthusiasts to Palm Springs from cities throughout Southern California, nationwide, from Canada, and even from Great Britain.

The Palm Springs Cultural Center took the Festival over after Arthur died to ensure that the Festival could continue as a local cultural event. We renamed the event in Arthur’s honor and brought in Alan K. Rode to program, curate and direct it.

Known in the world of Noir for showing the very best of rare Noir classics, the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival is a favorite for fans of this genre. This Festival is one of several in the United States focused on this uniquely American Art Form. The festival regularly screens hard to find films that are not available anywhere else, and draws Film Noir enthusiasts from all over the country.

Film Schedule:

Opening Night

7:30 PM: Body and Soul (1947) Enterprise/Paramount 104 min. D: Robert Rossen. The undisputed champion of boxing movies depicts the seamy world of the so-called “sweet science” as an unforgettable metaphor for loss and redemption. The great John Garfield heads a stellar cast of: Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Canada Lee, Ann Revere, Joseph Pevney, Lloyd Gough and William Conrad. Nominated for three Academy Awards (Garfield, screenwriter Abe Polonsky and Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish winning for editing) with groundbreaking photography by James Wong Howe. Much of the picture’s superb talent in front of and behind the camera including: Garfield, Canada Lee, Ann Revere, producer Bob Roberts, director Robert Rossen, screenwriter Abraham Polonsky and others would tragically comprise a casting call for the Blacklist several years later.

Scheduled Special Guest: Actor/Writer Jim Beaver

Festival opening night reception for all access pass holders & special guests following the screening.

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