The Stranger

A pair of seriously perverse "Technicolor noirs" from the 1940s, Desert Fury and Leave Her to Heaven are two of the wackiest finds at the Noir City series—a week's worth of $10 double features launching the new year-round SIFF Cinema. Oedipal passions! Gay gangsters! Obsessive love! Dreamboat Burt Lancaster and then icy-hot Gene Tierney! These are not archetypal noirs, but they're dark as night. (SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer St, www.seattlefilm.org. Desert Fury at 1, 5:05, and 9:10 pm, Leave Her to Heaven at 3 and 7 pm, $10 for two consecutive shows.) by Annie Wagner

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