There have been multiple film waves and movements throughout the medium's history, and during the Classical Hollywood Era, ...

When discussing the best films of every year of the 1940s, classics like Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and Shadow of a Doubt will ...

These classic movies of the 1940s that have held up beautifully through the decades: Whatever their flaws, they recognize and examine aspects of human nature that haven't changed, and maybe even offer ...

Tough guys in trench coats and fedoras. Sweet-talking femmes fatales who lead them to ruin. Plot twists punctuated by jazz, gunshots and crackling dialogue. Film noir, like rock and roll, will never ...

There was no fame in the 1940s quite like Hollywood fame, and Veronica Lake had it. Her career in film rose during that decade, starting in 1941 with William Holden in “I Wanted Wings” and Joel McCrea ...

Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) and Vivian (Lauren Bacall) chat over drinks in 'Key Largo' Image via Warner Bros. When it comes to classic cinema, the film noir genre ranks as one of the most fascinating ...

Orson Welles as Franz Kindler staring intensely in The Stranger - RKO Radio Pictures You've heard of "Citizen Kane," the beloved 1941 classic directed by Orson Welles, but have you heard of "The ...

At first glance, film noir may appear as little more than simple crime thrillers best suited for numbing distraction on a rainy day, further challenged by those turned off by the heavy themes they ...

Noirvember isn’t on any list of official holidays, but the informal, social-media-driven movement where cinephiles watch and discuss noir movies in November is picking up steam with streaming services ...

Lucky number 13. Talk about a stroke of film noir fate! The 2023 edition of Noir City Chicago, the annual celebration of mean streets and what the French call “malchance,” gathers a week’s worth of ...