Film noir is one of the most significant and influential genres in film history. It's characterized by morally corrupt characters, cynical storylines, tragic endings, and moody, atmospheric ...

F ew genres are more associated with memorable dialogue than film noir, a style of filmmaking responsible for some of the most iconic movie quotes of all time.As a style that was popularized ...

In 1972, then film critic Paul Schrader wrote a seminal essay on the dark and mesmerizing post-war American cinema of deceit, murder and betrayal known as film noir. He broke it down into three ...

'Film noir' is an awkward genre. On one hand, its stylistic features are easily codified-a morally ambiguous hero caught in a bind, a femme fatale, labyrinthine flashbacks, and high-contrast black ...

Double Indemnity is classic film noir: Men in fedoras walk mean streets shrouded in shadow and women are sometimes the sirens to beckon them to their doom. It's a film — and a genre — that ...

One of the obvious antecedents for this film is Alan Parker's regrettable "Bugsy Malone," where children (and a 13-year-old Jodie Foster) played cops and robbers.

In that old fashioned way, ... Film noir has lasted—in its many forms—for nearly 100 years. And if the past is any indication, it's likely to last 100 more. Stream Sugar Here.

An A picture and a B picture every night at the 19th annual Film Noir Festival at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, which starts today. If you are a loyal Off-Ramp listener you might remember ...

Kristen Stewart stars in a lesbian thriller/romance. The genre-shredding film takes place in rural New Mexico in 1989. It's hard to imagine a better title for a neon-lit film noir than "Love Lies ...

Cult noir film ‘The Third Man’ lives on in Vienna tours . Originally published October 25, 2009 at 12:00 am. ... “Most old films are very dated, you don’t buy into them.

Here are all the Old Hollywood films featured throughout Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid and how they’re ingeniously reworked into this new mystery. Universal Pictures Keeper of the Flame , 1942 ...