Noirtini Hour: The Lost Weekend

**Film Noir Meetup: *The Lost Weekend* (1945)**

Let’s talk about movies! Join Portland Movie Club member Jenna M. for *The Lost Weekend,* directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, and Howard da Silva. Don Birnam (Milland) is a struggling writer whose battle with alcoholism has taken over his life. After his brother and girlfriend make plans for a weekend away, Don finds himself alone in New York City, where his desperate search for a drink sends him spiraling into a destructive binge. As the weekend unfolds, Wilder takes us into Don’s increasingly unstable world, blurring the line between reality and hallucination as he struggles with his addiction and the possibility of recovery.

**Here’s how The Portland Movie Club meet-ups work:**

Just like a book club, we watch the movie on our own time before we meet. We'll meet at Lucky Lab on SE Hawthorne at 4pm on the scheduled date. We'll typically have a sign at our table(s), but at least we'll try to be