Hotel Noir

2012 American film

Rufus Sewell
Malin Akerman
Carla Gugino
Danny DeVito
Rosario Dawson
Kevin Connolly
Robert Forster
Mandy Moore

CinematographyCale FinotEdited byLisa Bromwell
John Wesley WhittonMusic byRobin Hannibal
Mathieu Schreyer

Production
companies

Gato Negro Films
Shangri-La Entertainment

Release date

October 9, 2012 (2012-10-09)

Running time

97 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Hotel Noir is a 2012 crime film directed and written by Sebastian Gutierrez. The film stars Carla Gugino and Rufus Sewell. The film was shot in color and processed as black and white. It was released as video on demand on October 9, 2012 in the United States. In 2016, the film was retitled City of Sin and re-released in color.

Plot

Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.

Cast

Rufus Sewell as Felix
Malin Akerman as Swedish Mary
Carla Gugino as Hanna Click
Danny DeVito as Eugene Portland
Rosario Dawson as Sevilla
Kevin Connolly as Vance
Robert Forster as Jim Logan
Mandy Moore as Evangeline Lundy

Release

Through a Kickstarter campaign, the film received funding for an independently released theatrical run as well as through Video On Demand.^[1] The film premiered in Los Angeles on September 27, 2012^[2] in addition to having a LACMA screening two days prior.^[3]

It was released in the United States through Video On Demand services on October 9, 2012. It opened in New York at the Cinema Village on October 12, 2012.^[4] Following this, the film received various runs in select cities nationwide through a partnership with Gathr Films.^[5]

Kickstarter backers for the film began receiving their exclusive DVD/BR releases on January 10, 2013. A limited-run soundtrack was also released.

The film also screened at the Warsaw Film Festival in Poland on October 12, 2012, as well as receiving international home releases in Germany and Australia.

In late 2016, the United States distribution rights to the film were picked up by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, which re-released the film in color on January 3, 2017 under the title City of Sin.^[6]