Special Series

Summer Noir

May – September, 2026

Sag Harbor Cinema turns its focus this summer to film noir – one of Hollywood’s most seductive and ever-evolving languages. Spanning the shadow-soaked fatalism of the 1940s and ‘50s to its sharper, colder reinvention in the late 20th and 21st centuries, SHC’s Summer Noir series traces the genre’s evolution from its classic roots to modern incarnations.

Films in this Series

Out of the Past
Plays 8/17 – Summer Noir

Out of the Past

Directed by Jacques Tourneur (1947)

Fargo
Plays 8/21 – Summer Noir

Fargo

Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (1996)

Followed by Q&A with Composer Carter Burwell

The Killing
Plays 8/24 – Summer Noir

The Killing

Directed by Stanley Kubrick (1956)

Introduced by Photographer James Hamilton

Manhunter
Plays 8/28 – Summer Noir

Michael Mann’s Manhunter: The Final Cut

Directed by Michael Mann (1986)

Laura
Plays 8/31 – Summer Noir

Laura

Directed by Otto Preminger (1944)

This repertory program is co-presented with the kind support of the SHS Foundation. 

Exhibit

Trapped in the Shadows: The Worlds of Film Noir

On View May 23 – October 12, 2026

Featuring a curated selection of film-related art, photographs, original scripts, vintage paperbacks, and objects representing noir in all its cinematic forms as well as its influence on other arts.