On Sunday 31st May, SOMETHING OF THE NIGHT drifts into paranoia and illusion; where desire slips quietly into obsession, and one reckless moment threatens to unravel everything.

This time we’re screening The Woman in the Window.

A mild-mannered psychology professor becomes fascinated by the woman in a portrait hanging in a gallery window. What begins as a harmless flirtation soon spirals into murder, blackmail and mounting panic, as ordinary life gives way to something darker and increasingly unreal.

Edward G. Robinson is perfect as a man hopelessly unequipped for the nightmare he finds himself trapped inside. Joan Bennett is poised, mysterious and impossible to fully read. And with Fritz Lang, every shadow, mirror and empty street corner feels loaded with dread.

This is noir at its most nightmarish; a world where guilt distorts reality, coincidence feels fatal, and the line between fantasy and catastrophe disappears entirely.

It’s tense. It’s elegant. It’s deeply strange. And by the end, it leaves behind the uneasy feeling that danger often arrives disguised as temptation.

■ Downstairs at The Ill Repute
■ 8pm Start (no late admittance)
■ Free Entry
■ Drinks and snacks available at the bar upstairs

Something of the Night runs every other Sunday, exploring noir in all its forms from hardboiled classics to modern journeys into shadow.