FREE film screenings, book discussions, and GCC programs for Glendale Public Library’s annual city-wide reading event One Book, One Glendale offer a great way to improve your film critic credentials, and show support for the great cultural and civic programs offered by the library.
This year’s One Book, One Glendale theme is also the title of Glendale resident Denise Hamilton’s Los Angeles Noir, an anthology of short stories, written by local authors and set in different Los Angeles neighborhoods. Sunroom Desk published this writeup awhile back of Hamilton’s Eve Diamond mystery series, which is based on her years as an LA Times crime reporter.
This Glendale Public Library flier has the complete schedule of events. Central Library film screenings include today’s 2 p.m. film Murder My Sweet from 1944, and tonight’s 7 p.m. discussion on the topic of Noir at the Movies with film critics Alain Silver and Jim Ursini.
Glendale Community College has a full list of programs as well. Tonight’s 7 p.m. film is Sunset Boulevard; next Tuesday a seminar will explore the Fantasy of the Femme Fatale.
Los Angeles Noir concludes with two events October 27: a GCC mid-day keynote by Denise Hamilton, and a 6 p.m. Glendale Central Library event with Denise Hamilton in discussion with Patt Morrison, as well as authors Gary Phillips and Hector Tobar.