THE LITERATURE OF FILM NOIR

John Billheimer and Eddie Muller teach a five-week continuing education course on the literary roots of film noir. The course will examine the books and film adaptations of five significant authors who have contributed the development of a cultural "noir ethos." Check back here for registration information.

LITQUAKE - SAN FRANCISCO LITERARY FESTIVAL

F*ck Sports! It's summertime. In China, the Olympics are gearing up and people are playing games: running, throwing, jumping, and kicking. In America, people are eating donuts and watching 700 laps of NASCAR. Or yelling at their kids at soccer, or starving their child for gymnastics and dreaming of glory. Some of the Bay Area's best writers come out of the sporting closet. Join us for a riot!

Participants include: Beth Lisick, Alan Black, Jack Boulware, Bucky Sinister, Eddie Muller, Jennifer Sey, Naked Lady Wrestlers, and Bob Calhoun aka Count Dante. Go here for more info.

Streets of No Return: The Dark Cinema of David Goodis

Nightfall — Introduced by Eddie Muller. Jacques Tourneur's noir unravels fall guy Aldo Ray's paranoid past. With stunning outdoor cinematography by Burnett Guffey. 6:30 p.m.

The Burglar — Introduced by Eddie Muller. A miasma of incestuous desire hangs over thief Dan Duryea and sister Jayne Mansfield in Goodis's pulpy plot. 8:30 p.m.