mildred pierce
Femme Noir turns the spotlight on the women who didn’t just haunt classic noir—they defined it. While the genre is often remembered for hard-boiled men in trench coats, the 1940s quietly gave us something far more radical: complex, dangerous, ambitious, wounded, and brilliant female protagonists who bent the moral universe of noir around themselves. In an era that constrained women both onscreen and off, these films dared to center women who desired power, pleasure, autonomy, revenge—and sometimes all at once. Femme Noir is about reclaiming that legacy and recognizing how revolutionary these performances truly were. Across five Sundays, we’ll explore the many faces of noir femininity through The Seventh Victim, Double Indemnity, Leave Her to Heaven, Beyond the Forest, and Mildred Pierce—films that showcase femmes fatales, anti-heroines, and morally complicated women who refuse to stay in their lane. Expect sharp dialogue, psychological tension, and performances that feel shockingly modern. The series is free for members. We’ll also be welcoming special guest drop-ins (guests TBA) to offer insight, context, and conversation—because these women deserve more than a footnote. They deserve the big screen, in the daylight, with an audience ready to look again. MILDRED PIERCE SYNOPSIS: A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.CrimePT1H51MNR2026-04-19Joan Crawford
Jack Carson
Zachary Scott
Michael Curtiz
Jerry Wald
mildred pierce"mildred pierce"Showtimes
April 19, 2:30 pm
April 19, 2:30 pm
April 21, 5:00 pm
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