Film noir has some of the most iconic directors in movie history and these 10 are the smartest in the dark and dangerous ...
In the 1940s and 1950s, film noir became arguably Hollywood's most popular film genre, with crime dramas and thrillers adding darkness to the already popular gangster genre. While gangster movies were ...
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Marked by stark visual contrasts, chiaroscuro lighting, and sharp angles pioneered in German expressionism, noir plunges the viewer into morally gray situations in which good may triumph, but at a ...
Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. Photo: Jenny Kane/AP/Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP/Jon Elswick/AP When you watch ...
Chinatown, Mulholland Drive, and Blue Velvet are all among the absolute greatest neo-noir movies that are arguably entirely ...
One of Old Hollywood’s most classic stories has gotten an Idaho twist thanks to local author, journalist and editor Steve Bunk, whose first murder mystery novel dropped earlier this spring. “I’ve been ...
MGM+ is developing a Kurt Sutter noir drama set in 1950s Los Angeles, centering on a PI dealing with crime and dirty cops in ...
Indian filmmaker Devashish Makhija and actor-producer Anshuman Jha are joining forces for a crime noir thriller, marking their first collaboration. The as-yet-untitled project represents a convergence ...