Save the date. November 7-10, 2024.
Greetings :)
It's happening! NoirCon is heading west from the gritty streets of Philadelphia to the even grittier streets of the California desert.
Join us for the 8th NoirCon in Palm Springs, California, at the Palm Springs Cultural Center.
NoirCon will be held from Thurs-Sun, November 7–10, 2024, and feature movie screenings, special guests, informative panels, and unique Noir-related events!
Please feel free to forward this “Save the Date!” email – and if this is being forwarded to you, visit the NoirCon website and join our mailing list to be notified when conference registration opens in a few weeks.
We hope to see you there!
Noir Regards,
The NoirCon 2024 Executive Committee:
Lou Boxer
Alison Bukata
Richard L. Edwards
Edward G. Pettit
Robert Polito
Eric Rice
Howard A. Rodman
VIRTUAL NOIRCON 2022
If noir is what we fear most—loneliness, isolation, darkness, violence—then NoirCon is a community bent on embracing our fears as seen through movies, books, music or art. Misery does love company, but when it is amongst friends, it makes life just a little sweeter. By contributing to NoirCon, you help our community grow by creating a unique camaraderie of respect and love of noir arts in all their forms.
NoirCon Virtual 2022 will consist of three days of panels, award presentations, conversations with authors, and more, all hosted right here on Accelevents! The proceedings will be a combination of pre-recorded and live events. The virtual platform also includes digital galleries for artists and exhibitors to share their work, and hang-outs for social interactions.
And remember—don't worry if you miss something, because all of the virtual events will be available on the Accelevents platform for 30 days!
2018 Award Winners
David Goodis Award: Walter Mosley
Anne Friedberg Award for Contributions to Noir and Its Preservation: Dana Polan
Kogan Award For Excellence: Geoffrey O’Brien and Max Rudin
2022 Award Winners
David Goodis Award: Megan Abbott
Anne Friedberg Award for Contributions to Noir and Its Preservation: Sarah Weinman
Kogan Award For Excellence: Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
Full schedule coming soon
This year's NoirCon Virtual 2022 conference will hosted 100% online via the Accelevents platform
Friday, October 21, 2022 at 9 AM to Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 7 PM (EDT)
NOIRCON 2020 and Beyond: Retreats from Oblivion
Friday, May 27, 2022 NOIRCON 2020 AND BEYOND: RETREATS FROM OBLIVION Volume 19 Issue 3 —
Special Issue Guest-Edited by Retreats from Oblivion: The Journal of NoirCon (2021)
Editorial: Noir Now More Than Ever By Matthew Sorrento
Caution, Double Detours Ahead!: A noir classic and its 1992 remake By Kurt Brokaw
Dreams Come Undone: Edmund Goulding’s Nightmare Alley (Criterion Collection) By Matthew Sorrento
Return from Neo-Oblivion: Richard Fleischer’s Trapped (1949) from Flicker Alley By Tony Williams
Where Emotions Roil but Are Not Revealed: Ossie Davis’s Cotton Comes to Harlem By Joseph Hirsch
Trouble at Home: Darkness in the post-war melodrama By Christopher Sharrett
A Very Dangerous Citizen’: Abraham Polonsky, film noir and ‘the Jewish question’ By Dean Goldberg
Philly to the Steel Pier: David Goodis’s The Burglar from novel to shooting script By Jay A. Gertzman
The Moon Makes One Mad: The Moon in the Gutter (La Lune dans le caniveau, 1983) By Roger Leatherwood
The Big Grab of a Heist: Any Number Can Win, from page to screen By Brian Greene
Stalking the Stalker: Jamie Thraves adapting Patricia Highsmith’s The Cry of the Owl By K. A. Laity
Whispers in the Mind’s Eye: Reginald Le Borg’s Calling Dr. Death (1943) By Gary D. Rhodes
Tale of ‘The Creeper’: Hybrid noir in The House of Horrors By Jim Towns
My Kinsman, Bulldog Drummond By Earl Javorsky The Other Tay Garnett Noir: Cause for Alarm By Tiela Garnett
Interview: Eddie Muller on Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir (revised and expanded edition, 2021) (preview) By Zoe Kurland
Interview: Ken Bruen By Paula Murphy
Ten Reasons Not to Announce Your Movie Deal By Ken Bruen
Interview: Charles Ardai of Hard Case Crime By Jake Rutkowski
Interview: Christa and Samantha Fuller on Samuel Fuller By Ali Moosavi
Interview: Adrian Wootton of Film London By Theresa Rodewald
Interview: Greg Giovanni and Andrew Repasky McElhinney By Nicole Elizabeth Cook
The American Gun Mystery, and Other Classics to Come By Otto Penzler
Parting Words: Noir on the horizon By Lou Boxer, director of NoirCon