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- DictionaryFilm noir/ˌfilm ˈnwär/
noun
- 1. a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace. The term was originally applied (by a group of French critics) to American thriller or detective films made in the period 1944–54 and to the work of directors such as Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, and Billy Wilder.
Black film
- Film noir, which translates literally to black film, is a genre that often featured crime dramas and thrillers, sleazy characters and dim lighting. Some of the most iconic film noirs from the classic era include "Sunset Boulevard," "Rebecca" and "The Third Man."
www.desertsun.com › story › lifePalm Springs film noir festival hits 25 years with Hitchcock ...
4 days ago · That’s when the city plays host to the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary May 9-12 with a program of a dozen classic films from the 1940s and ’50s ...
1 day ago · A knife salesman, two thieves, and a sweltering gas station provide the set up for “The Last Stop in Yuma County,” a film that ranks as the year’s most welcome moviegoing surprise.
3 days ago · Film noir is a style of film characterized by its dark and brooding tone, its use of chiaroscuro lighting, and its narrative structures that explore the darker aspects of human nature. In essence, film noir is a cinematic genre made popular in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s.
3 days ago · Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American independent crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino from a story he conceived with Roger Avary. [3] It tells four intertwining tales of crime and violence in Los Angeles, California. The film stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman.
- $213.9 million
- Quentin Tarantino
- $8–8.5 million
- Lawrence Bender
1 day ago · Never stagey despite confining the majority of its action to a single location, The Last Stop in Yuma County sets up shop at a remote pit stop on a road cutting through the hot, dusty, windswept Arizona desert. At this gas station, an unnamed man (Jim Cummings) pulls up in a little yellow Toyota Corona in need of gas.
3 days ago · Film noir, which translates literally to black film, is a genre that often featured crime dramas and thrillers, sleazy characters and dim lighting. Some of the most iconic film noirs from the classic era include “Sunset Boulevard,” “Rebecca” and “The Third Man.”
