Film noir: A series of film noir hosted by Jon Noe at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett; 425-258-6766. Tickets are $5.
- “The Scar”: May 16. Joan Bennett and Paul Henreid takes on a new identity when he is persued by the big-time gambler he robbed. With Joan Bennett. The film is also known as “Hollow Triumph” (1948).
- “Suddenly”: June 6. A psycho (Frank Sinatra) wants to assassinate the president (1954).
- “Woman on the Run”: June 20 (1950).
Sunday film series: Everett Public Library brings back it’s independent film series at 2 p.m. Sundays in the Main Library auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. Films are free; www.epls.org/calendar or 425-257-8000.
“Amador”: May 19. Marcela, a young immigrant with financial troubles, finds a summer job looking after Amador, a bed-ridden elderly man whose family is away.
Reel World Cinema: The theme for this late-spring series of films is “The Celluloid West — Revisted,” six award-winning westerns. The thread of these six movies is the myths about heroism and the conquest of the American West that are exposed. A potluck dinner runs from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by the film and discussion from 7 to 10 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. The series runs through June 23. Call 425-259-7139 for details. Free. Desciptions are edited from the Reel World flyer.
“Shane”: May 10. After the Homestead Act, hard-working farmer Joe Starrett (Van Helfin) and ruthless cattle baron Rufus Ryker (Emile Meyer) are at odds over land in the Teton Valley of Wyoming. Then a stranger in buckskin, Shane (Alan Ladd), befriends the Starrett family, especially son Joey (Brandon de Wilde). Joey is enamored with Shane’s prowess with a gun, but his mother (Jean Arthur) will have none of it. When Ryker hires gunslinger Jack Wilson (Jack Palance) to ambush Joe, Shane intercedes (George Stevens, 1953).
“High Noon”: May 17. (This is a new date from the original schedule.) Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly (Fred Zinnemann, 1952).
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”: June 7. This movie broke the mold of Westerns with Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Katherine Ross (George Roy Hill, 1969).
“Unforgiven”: June 14. This movie demonstrates revisionist Western storytelling at its most profound. Movie icon Clint Eastwood directed and stars. With Gene Hackman and Peter O’Toole (Clint Eastwood, 1992).
“True Grit”: June 21. Leave it to the Coen brothers to top John Wayne’s Oscar winning 1969 True Grit. (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2010).
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