Masterpieces like Laura and Sunset Boulevard are so influential that they have been imitated to death, even by movies outside ...

Film noir thrived throughout the 20th century, delivering riveting, bleak crime stories that became outright classics like ...

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 ...

The film noir genre is known for its compelling visuals and gritty stories, and there are plenty of classic noir movies that are streaming for free. Literally translating to black film from the ...

Thank heaven for the ecumenical definition of film noir used by the editors the fourth and fattest edition of The Film Noir Encyclopedia. The compendium is venerable—30 years and counting—but the ...

NEW BEDFORD — Are you a fan of gumshoes? Femme fatales? Classic movies? Well then, you're probably going to love this: Noir Nights at the New Bedford Art Museum. This series will be showing five ...

At first glance, film noir may appear as little more than simple crime thrillers best suited for numbing distraction on a rainy day, further challenged by those turned off by the heavy themes they ...

Experts say the genre was all about suspense, and what better way to convey that to audiences than an obsession with time? By David Belcher The race against the clock — to solve a crime, to outwit a ...

Ready to dive into the dark, twisted world of film noir? Check out the 20 best films, plus where to grab the sharpest Blu-ray, 4K, and box sets. Let’s talk about film noir—the genre that slinks out of ...

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 ...