Join us for the monthly Sidewalk Film 101 series at the Sidewalk Cinema, it’s just like film school without the annoying fear of unemployment. Every month features an important, influential film from a different decade, moving from 1902 in February to 2011 in December. Film screenings include links to additional resources to help historically and culturally contextualize the featured film.

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Double Indemnity, Wilder (1944)

Not Rated / Narrative / 1 hour, 47 minutes

Film Synopsis: A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.