Noir is among cinema's best, most influential movements, and fans on Letterboxd have bestowed high scores on classics like ...

Several Hollywood filmmakers have combined the key elements of the film noir genre with horror to create some truly ...

When it comes to classic cinema, the film noir genre ranks as one of the most fascinating and reached its peak during the 1940s with the rise in pulp fiction and detective novels. Titles such as Gilda ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: It’s not often that a mere movie critic can somehow create a genuine holiday, but that’s exactly what happened when writer Marya E. Gates coined “Noirvember” over a ...

Back in 2021, Hannah’s love of all things nerdy collided with her passion for writing — and she hasn’t stopped since. She covers pop culture news, writes reviews, and conducts interviews on just about ...

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 ...

Classic Hollywood has a somewhat unearned reputation for being easy, cheerful viewing, full of giddy musicals and sweet love stories. Film noir of the 1940s and ‘50s cut right through these ...

This year, though, the festival will include a truly neo-neo noir. To close out the gathering Sunday night, director Guillermo Del Toro and co-screenwriter Kim Morgan will be coming to Palm Springs ...

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 ...

Shadow and fog will figuratively roll into Oakland's Grand Lake Theatre this week and next during the 22nd Noir City film festival running Jan. 24 through Feb. 2. Alameda's Eddie Muller -- host of ...

Who doesn't love a movie with a little intrigue and cynicism — and a lot of shadiness and moral ambiguity? How about a whole Palm Springs film festival dedicated to just that, and then some? The ...