American Cinematheque

French Noir Double Feature! In Henri-Georges Clouzot’s QUAI DES ORFÈVRES, Bertrand Blier, the jealous husband of ambitious cabaret chanteuse Suzy Delair, is blamed for murder when a lecherous movie producer turns up dead. In Costa-Gavras’ feature debut THE SLEEPING CAR MURDER, six people share a sleeping compartment on a Paris-bound train; after one of them is found strangled, inspector Yves Montand leads the investigation.

Cinematic Void Screening! John Waters’s notorious PINK FLAMINGOS centers around “the filthiest person alive,” a 300-pound transvestite played by Divine, who finds her title being challenged by the Marbles, who kidnap women, have their servant rape them with a syringe and then sell the babies to lesbian couples. 35mm print!