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3 days ago · Nicholas Christopher, Somewhere in the Night (1997) While many critics refer to film noir as a genre itself, others argue that it can be no such thing. Foster Hirsch defines a genre as determined by "conventions of narrative structure, characterization, theme, and visual design." Hirsch, as one who has taken the position that film noir is a genre, argues that these elements are present "in ...
- Italian Neorealism
Italian neorealism (Italian: Neorealismo), also known as the...
- German Expressionism
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry...
- Robert Siodmak
Early life. Siodmak was born in Dresden, Germany, the son of...
- Stranger on The Third Floor
Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir...
- The Set-Up
The Set-Up is a 1949 American film noir boxing drama...
- The Big Combo
The Big Combo is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by...
- Italian Neorealism
6 days ago · May 28, 2024 4:30 AM PT. Screenwriter Scott Frank emerged as a master of snappy banter in the ’90s when he adapted crime novelist Elmore Leonard’s witty stories “Get Shorty” and “Out of ...
May 25, 2024 · On the 9th of January 1947, the naked and mutilated body of a young woman was found in a vacant lot at Leimert Park, Los Angeles. The tragic victim was 22 year old Elizabeth Short - she would become known more widely however as The Black Dahlia. Her poetic nickname was attributed both to her fondness for dark clothing and hair and also in ...
May 13, 2024 · The Night of the Hunter. Not Rated. Thriller. Noir. A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd ...
May 25, 2024 · Reminiscent in theme of the later more famous film The Innocents (1961. Directed by Jack Clayton) or probably that film's source material the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James; The Unseen does not reach the heights of either The Innocents or the earlier Lewis Allen film The Uninvited (1944; which also featured Gail Russell).
May 26, 2024 · Private eye, Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell), is hired by an ex-convict, Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki), to track down his girlfriend while, at the same time, Marlowe is also hired to accompany a ...
May 13, 2024 · Through his direction, Kubrick operates as an unreliable narrator, which, in turn, infuses the heist with the mystery and haze of a gritty noir. Distrust and paranoia linger throughout the story ...
