Film noir had a renaissance in the 1990s, and the decade produced a slew of gritty crime flicks and neon-drenched neo-noir classics. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, noir pushed the boundaries of ...

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 ...

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 ...

SleuthFest 2026 will bring mystery, suspense, and noir to Hollywood's Hobgoblin Playhouse from Feb 19 to Mar 1, featuring immersive plays and classic noir.

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

The latest feature by 'Lingua Franca' director and star Isabel Sandoval is a vintage crime romance set during the height of ...

The New Hollywood movement defines 1970s American cinema: a time of unprecedented creative freedom when desperate studios were willing to take risks on ambitious auteurs. Cinema 21 celebrates this ...

From film noirs to rom-coms, femme fatales defined the Golden Age of Hollywood – what became of these legendary actresses after their heyday?