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Nov 7, 2023 · Nov 7, 2023 • By Kat Bello, BA in Visual Arts & Art History. Film Noir is 1940s cinema filled with femme fatales, doomed anti-heroes, gray morality, and dangerous, dark streets. It is born from the cracks of war and recession and cloaked in slick visuals, deep shadows, and experimental style.
Jan 30, 1995 · Film noir is . . . 1. A French term meaning "black film," or film of the night, inspired by the Series Noir, a line of cheap paperbacks that translated hard-boiled American crime authors and found a popular audience in France. 2. A movie which at no time misleads you into thinking there is going to be a happy ending. 3.
100 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Woman in the Window. 1944 1h 47m Approved. 7.6 (18K) Rate. When a conservative middle aged professor engages in a relationship with a femme fatale, he's plunged into a nightmarish world of blackmail and murder. Director Fritz Lang Stars Edward G. Robinson Joan Bennett Raymond Massey. 2. The Big Sleep.
