For almost 100 years, there has been a certain kind of crime movie captivating audiences all over the world: film noir. The archetypes of noir are familiar, with the main character often being a male ...

Film noirs have always leaned into the darkest impulses of human existence, and the desire for revenge has long been a ...

We talk about noir plotting and tropes, but in fact it drew liberally from the gangster pics of the Depression/Prohibition era, crime procedurals, heist movies ... As the classic period of ...

Why it is one of the best film noir movies: Based on Davis Grubb’s novel, The Night of the Hunter is a chilling classic that dared to put child protagonists in a hazardous situation in the time ...

Welcome to the dark side of the American dream. The best film noir movies of all time are visions of a universally known truth not always spoken out loud: It can be really hard to live in America ...

who involves him in the movie’s messy case. He’s just trying to make a living, and everything else is unfortunate circumstance. All these changes let The Long Goodbye feel like a classic noir ...

From Eileen to Last Night in Soho, these are the best and most underrated neo-noir movies from the 2020s so far.

With selections chosen by local programmer, critic, and Detroit Free Press alum John Monaghan and Turner Classic Movies Noir Alley showcase host Eddie Muller, the coveted festival brings an array ...