Sergio chats to James Harrison, co-founder of Film Noir UK and director of its first festival, Film Noir Fest 2024. The event will take place in Weston-Super-Mare from 1 to 3 November and this year's theme is Dangerous Divas.

We preview some of the main screenings, which include:

Lee Marvin Centenary

• The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953)
• Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)

Lauren Bacall Centenary

• To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)
• The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946)
• Dark Passage (Delmer Daves, 1947)
• Key Largo (John Huston, 1948)​

1950s Mexican Noir

• Aventurera (Adventuress) (1950) starring Ninón Sevilla
• Víctimas del Pecado (Victims of Sin) (Emilio Fernández, 1951) starring Ninón Sevilla
• El Bruto (The Brute) (Luis Buñuel, 1953)​ starring Katy Jurado
• Llévame en tus Brazos (Take Me in Your Arms) (1954) starring Ninón Sevilla

Dangerous Divas

• Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) starring Barbara Stanwyck
• Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945) starring Joan Bennett
• ​Gilda (Charles Vidor, 1946) starring Rita Hayworth
• ​Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947) starring Jane Greer
• ​Don't Bother to Knock (Roy Baker, 1952) starring Marilyn Monroe
• Human Desire (Fritz Lang, 1954) starring Gloria Grahame
• ​Body Heat (1981) starring Kathleen Turner
• The Last Seduction (John Dahl, 1994) starring Linda Fiorentino

We also touch on the new animated series, Batman: Caped Crusader, Robert Zemeckis' Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Sergio reminisces about the LaserDisc format.

For full details about the festival and tickets, visit the homepage of Film Noir UK.