L.A. noir films in Hollywood

Anyone who’s ever skulked about Hollywood on a sultry summer night with a Derringer and a bad idea in their head will appreciate the new installment of the City Noir Film Festival at the Egyptian, where a bevy of classic L.A. noir films screen alongside personal appearances by the actors behind your favorite skull-busting private eyes, crooked cops and molls with trouble as their middle name. Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Fri. through April 18. (323) 466-3456. Full schedule at www.american