Rififi

(Jules Dassin, 1955).
A low-budget thriller that became an international success during the mid 1950s, Jules Dassin’s existential caper flick is a vivid exercise in hokum that more or less invented the idea of French film noir—and not just for Americans.

Fri., April 3, 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m.; Sat., April 4, 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m., 2009