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3 days ago · Gerald Peary is a Professor Emeritus at Suffolk University, Boston; ex-curator of the Boston University Cinematheque. A critic for the late Boston Phoenix, he is the author of nine books on cinema; writer-director of the documentaries For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism and Archie’s Betty; and a featured actor in the 2013 independent narrative Computer Chess.
5 days ago · Definition: Film noir (“Black Film”) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. A mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace marks films of this genre. Techniques include low-key lighting, complex storytelling, and a focus on moral ...
1 day ago · Join film and fashion historian Kimberly Truhler for the third event in her series HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM! Film Noir and Fantasy focuses on 1940s style icons Rosalind Russell, Katharine Hepburn, Veronica Lake, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Joan Crawford, Rita Hayworth, Ava Gardner, and Lana Turner.
1 day ago · This year's 15th Annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival's theme was Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film. Their slate of films over the weekend was a reflection of this theme, with a particular bend towards noir and she-done-him-wrong tales.
A subreddit dedicated to film noir and neo noir films, and hard-boiled crime fiction. Feel free to post reviews, links to articles and public domain video, material concerning hard-boiled crime fiction and related subjects.
2 days ago · It refined and developed the film noir genre that had emerged in the 1940s. Indeed, the 1950s was the most productive period of Alfred Hitchcock’s career and all 12 of his features, whether shot in colour or flecked with comedy, fell within ‘the thematic parameters of classic-era film noir’.
2 days ago · Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.
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