The Lady from Shanghai

Filled with Kafkaesque comedy, curdled romanticism, and spectacular visuals, Welles's flamboyant thriller pushes the envelope to an extent unusual even for the film noir genre. Sporting an Irish accent, Welles plays a gullible sailor drawn by a blonde temptress (Hayworth) and her superlawyer husband (Everett Sloane) into a sinister conspiracy that stretches from New York's Central Park to the South American jungle to San Francisco's Chinatown. The climactic hall-of-mirrors shoot-out is one of film history's greatest set pieces. New 4K DCP digital restoration from Sony Pictures Releasing. (MR)