The 1950s were a golden era for classic film noir movies, with Sunset Boulevard, Strangers on a Train, and Touch of Evil ...

The "Fabulous Fifties" weren't great, except perhaps for right-wing straight WASP men. Independent women, out LGBTs, racial, ethnic, religious minorities didn't thrive. "Red Scare" congressional witch ...

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 ...

Thanks to institutions like TCM host Eddie Muller's "Noir Alley" and the annual monthlong "Noirvember" celebration created by film critic Marya E. Gates, film noir has enjoyed a pop-culture resurgence ...

Another suggestion by Bradbeer, and another movie often cited as one of the greatest films ever made is Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, the film is a love story between an American expatriate ...

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 ...

A defining spark of 1940s cinema, film noir made an indelible imprint on the form with its bleak, pessimistic drama, astonishing visual style defined by harsh shadows and expressionistic lighting, and ...

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.