Chinatown, Mulholland Drive, and Blue Velvet are all among the absolute greatest neo-noir movies that are arguably entirely ...

Film noir experienced a high in the '90s, thanks to stylish comic book adaptations like Dick Tracy and Oscar-winning triumphs ...

Film noir has some of the most iconic directors in movie history and these 10 are the smartest in the dark and dangerous ...

A film noir movie had one of the best speeches ever delivered in a movie, and it remains one of the best in movie history 76 ...

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, and ...

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 ...

The noir genre of film is one of the most influential styles of the art form. It is characterized by dark shadows, grim stories of crime and deceit, and the classic trenchcoat and fedora look. The ...

Film noir is among the most instantly recognizable genres in cinematic history. Defined as a heavily stylized take on a classic crime story, film noir is characterized by its striking black-and-white ...

Chronicle film critic emeritus Mick LaSalle also answers questions about cinema's effect on 20th century and how Cybill ...

Film noir is a favorite genre of many, mostly the Turner Classic Movies ilk. It’s a genre of double-crosses, femme fatales, shadows, private eyes, and many a MacGuffin. Then, the neo-noir was born.

'Body and Soul,' 'Shadow of a Doubt' and 'Dead Reckoning' are among a dozen classic or obscure films programmed over a four-day weekend at the Palm Springs Cultural Center. Like the Hollywood-based ...