Under the Mink: Film Noir at Columbia Pictures

Fri 19 Sep - Mon 29 Sep

Under the Mink showcases four film noirs from the heydey of Columbia Pictures.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, when returning GIs found a changing America and the national psyche began to show pressure cracks, a new style of filmmaking was born. “Film noir” was the term which came to encompass the crime thrillers of the 1940s and 50s, with a unified aesthetic of cockeyed shadows and heavy contrast, nocturnal streets and urban alienation, hardboiled voiceover and tough poeticism.

Following the re-release of Gilda in November 2024, Under the Mink showcases four more film noirs from the heydey of Columbia Pictures – each with the theme of doomed romance at their centre.

Featuring a rich shared palette of stars - from Humphrey Bogart to Gloria Grahame - the noirs made by Columbia Pictures in this postwar period were low on budget but had heaps of style.

Under the Mink is a series of films curated by Christina Newland – lead film critic at the i paper. 

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