Welcome to the dark side of the American dream. The best film noir movies of all time are visions of a universally known truth not always spoken out loud: It can be really hard to live in America, and ...

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 ...

Starting in the 1940s, the classic film noir genre reached a significant peak with movie goers and was one of the most popular among American audiences. Like many of its contemporaries, classic film ...

Cinematography is simply defined as the art of filmmaking, serving as the essential foundation of any great movie, but for some film genres, notably classic film noir, cinematography is a crucially ...

Marked by stark visual contrasts, chiaroscuro lighting, and sharp angles pioneered in German expressionism, noir plunges the viewer into morally gray situations in which good may triumph, but at a ...

In the 1940s and 1950s, film noir became arguably Hollywood's most popular film genre, with crime dramas and thrillers adding darkness to the already popular gangster genre. While gangster movies were ...

From "Sunset Boulevard" to "The Reckless Moment" to "Leave Her to Heaven," the best film noir movies of all time are visions of a universally known truth, but one not always spoken out loud: It can be ...