Rosie Perez Joins Lineup for “TCM + 92NY Love NYC” for Special TCM Noir Alley Screening & Conversation of Sweet Smell of Success at 8PM ET

Brooklyn-native Rosie Perez is joining the star-studded lineup of Bradley Cooper and Michael Douglas at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival x 92NY Pop Up on January 31, 2026, at The 92nd Street Y. 

Alongside TCM’s Noir Alley host Eddie Muller, longtime film noir fan Perez will present one of the most memorable looks at the rotten side of the Big Apple with Sweet Smell of Success, the evening headlining presentation of the Pop-Up's New York-themed day “TCM + 92NY Love NYC.”  

Full details on the evening screening and conversation: 

Noir Alley with Eddie Muller and Rosie Perez: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) - 8:00PM 

“I love this dirty town,” says columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) from behind his intimidating browline eyeglasses. This coldblooded Broadway gossip columnist — shrewd, scheming, and a master of the heartless publicity machine — was based on famed journalist and radio personality Walter Winchell. Jealously protective of his younger sister (Susan Harrison) and disapproving of her romance with a jazz guitarist (Martin Milner), Hunsecker coerces desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis, in his breakthrough role) into splitting them up, which leads everyone down a twisting path of backstabbing, compromised morals, and physical violence. The bright lights of Times Square come off as garish in cinematographer James Wong Howe’s crackling, high-contrast black-and-white, with crowded streets and buzzy restaurants that feel grimy, menacing, and never more lonely. With a jazz score by Elmer Bernstein and the Chico Hamilton Quintet, along with the snappy dialogue of playwright Clifford Odets and writer Ernest Lehman, this bracing drama is a sensational look at the dark dealings of unscrupulous newspapermen. 

Tickets and programming details for the TCM Classic Film Festival x 92NY Pop-Up can be found at https://www.92ny.org/TCM.