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The American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre goes over to the dark side with Return to Noir City: The 10th Annual Festival of Film Noir, kicking off tonight with two 1947 thrillers starring femme fatale Lizbeth Scott: “Desert Fury” with Burt Lancaster and “Dead Reckoning” with Humphrey Bogart. On tap for Friday are two Dick Powell classics: 1945’s “Cornered” and 1948’s “To the Ends of the Earth.” On Saturday, Barbara Stanwyck headlines 1948’s suspenseful “Sorry, Wrong Number” and 1946’s “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” (egyptiantheatre.com). . . . The Los Angeles County Museum of Art ventures across the pond for A Sterling Legacy: British Directors in Hollywood series. It starts Friday with a double bill of Alfred Hitchcock classics, 1938’s “The Lady Vanishes,” the second-to-last film he made in England (and starring Michael Redgrave, pictured), and 1956’s “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” his big-budget Hollywood remake of his 1934 British film. On Saturday, LACMA changes gears to show the 2007 French film “Flight of the Red Balloon,” partially inspired by Albert Lamorisse’s Oscar-winning 1956 short, “The Red Balloon.” Directed by Taiwan’s Hou Hsiao-hsien, the film stars Juliette Binoche as a single mom (lacma.org). The new “Flight” also screens Sunday at the Silent Movie Theatre (silentmovietheatre.com). . . . The eighth annual Beverly Hills Film Festival kicks off Wednesday at the Clarity Theater. It features 50 competition films and ends April 13 (beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com).

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