Rosario Dawson in Sin City

(2005, dirs. Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, 124 mins., R)

Adapted from three hardboiled comic books by graphic novelist Frank Miller, Sin City opens with a doomed dame on terrace above the cold, teeming city in a flaming red dress. Such is the mood of Sin City: an ultra-noir storyline including thugs, prostitutes, corrupt cops and exotic dancers. Film print provided by Eric Grayson.

This film is part of the 2013 Winter Nights Film Series.