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Kiss Me Deadly

Alison Rumfitt on the noir masterpiece.

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Feb 07, 2026
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NOT BY LYNCH #2, Saturday 7 February at The Cinema Museum: Robert Aldrich’s Kiss Me Deadly (1955).

Below, Alison Rumfitt (Brainwyrms, Tell Me I’m Worthless) introduces the film with a new piece on its schocking inversion of film noir, and imprint on David Lynch.

Tickets are available here, and come with a print booklet including the essay.


Gumshoe Apocalypse

Contains plot elements.

“Whatever is in that box, it must be very precious… so many people have died for it.”

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