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Born from post-war paranoia and hardboiled crime stories, directors like John Huston, Sam Fuller, Billy Wilder, and Orson ...
Debra Granik broke ground, making “Winter’s Bone.” This picture combines a noir feel with an astonishing and effective naturalism that has the distinctive feel of fine documentary filmmaking. It’s no ...
They're here to take us down a dark alley to explore film noir. So who are these unsavory characters? My one is KPBS cinema junkie, Beth Acomando herself. Well, well, well, Beth, we meet again.
Seventy years old this year, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques is a masterclass in macabre dread – and inspired ...
Long before Rian Johnson's Benoit Blanc made headlines, a high-school guy with a bruised lip and an active detective's brain ...
A passion project from co-writer and star Ariella Mastroianni, "Gazer" is a grungy neo-noir thriller featuring an unreliable narrator and a distinctive '70s-inspired style.