October 2, 2014

The Maltese Falcon Kicks off N. Carolina Film Noir Fest

The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina, will begin their film noir festival “Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know: The Unreliable Men of Film Noir” with a screening of Peter Lorre’s first Warner Bros. movie The Maltese Falcon (1941) on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014.

The Maltese Falcon begins at 8 pm in the Museum Auditorium, located in the East Building of the Art Museum. NCMA film curator Laura Boyes will introduce each film.

Admission for each movie is $7 for adults, and $5 for MCMA members, children age 7 to 18, and college students with ID. Series tickets are not available.

Tickets may be purchased through the North Carolina Museum of Art website. Click the green “Buy Tickets” button. Tickets purchased online may be printed at home or left for will-call at the auditorium. A fee will be added to each online order.

The festival will run from Friday, Oct. 3 to Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. The full schedule is available on the North Carolina Museum of Art website. All films will be shown in 35mm prints.

The North Carolina Museum of Art is located at 2110 Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Parking is available in the Blue Ridge Lot, on the right after entering the Museum complex. Additional parking is available behind the West Building, on the left after entering the Museum complex. More information about parking may be found on the museum website.

For more information, please contact the museum at (919) 839-6262.

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