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Film Quote of the Day: The 1946 Glenn Ford Noir Line That Summed Up His Character in One Line

Here on this site, we love film noir. It's one of those essences of Hollywood I wish would come back, a retro version of the world that showed its seedy underbelly but gave us some...

Spider-Noir: how its parallel looks were created

Spider-Noir, Amazon's Nicolas Cage vehicle, comes in two distinct varieties: moody noir and lush color. The key to pulling off the show's distinctive looks was using dual LUTS and...

How Spider-Noir Matches the Classics

Spider-Noir revives hard-boiled detective fiction with a stylish superhero mystery steeped in classic noir aesthetics

WATCH: A cop & his suspect begin a secret affair in this steamy French neo-noir from 1984

'The Cheat' is a throwback cat-and-mouse thriller—where the cat and mouse are sleeping together!

Coup de torchon

At first glance, Bertrand Tavernier’s Coup de torchon (1981) might not seem like your typical Western.

Noir – Hair Collection by David Barron

Hair/Coiffure: David Barron Makeup/Maquillage: Maddie Austin Wardrobe Styling/Styliste Mode: Alyssa Rose Photos: John Rawson

Nighttime Stories: 20 Cinematic Neon Portraits by Oliver Takac

Nighttime has a different personality. Streets get quieter, colors get bolder, and ordinary places suddenly look like scenes from a movie. That’s exactly where Slovak photographer,...

From Noir to Streaming-Era Cinema: How Gambling Scenes Shaped Movie Tension

A close-up of trembling fingers. A lingering shot across a poker table. A room so quiet that the entire room hears every... The post From Noir to Streaming-Era Cinema: How Gambling...

Page to Screen: Pop. 1280/Coup de Torchon

Sometimes an especially compelling story can be told in a novel or movie when pretty much all of the characters are morally irredeemable. We all love a literary or cinematic hero f...

Critics Called ‘After Dark, My Sweet’ One of the Best Films of 1990. 36 Years Later, Audiences Are Finally Catching Up

Jason Patric tells IndieWire about his work with director James Foley on the now classic film noir, which will screen via Patric's personal print at the Roxy.

Sinners, Saints and Screenplays: On Jim Thompson and Stanley Kubrick

Recently I’ve been watching my former Chelsea, NYC neighbor Ethan Hawke in the cool FX neo-noir series The Lowdown, which is streaming on Hulu. Though I won’t get into the plot of...

Ron Perlman and Daniel Stisen Join Cuba Gooding Jr. in Neo-Noir Fantasy Thriller ANGELS IN DARKNESS

5 Forgotten Crime Movies of the 1980s Worth Rediscovering

The best crime movies of the 1980s can be the epics on the rise and fall of anti-heroes (Scarface) or the mysteries that dig into small-town secrets (Blue Velvet). But what about t...

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: L’oeuvre Au Noir (1988) Run Time: 1H 44M Plus Bonuses!

L’oeuvre Au Noir is a film about an independant spirit in a time of repression.

Thorny Crime Drama Furious Taps Into Very Relevant Societal Issues

Several years ago, Emmy Rossum saw director Bob Rafelson and screenwriter Ron Bass’ 1987 neo-noir thriller Black Widow, starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell. She was immediate...

WATCH: Gay sleaze noir Body Blow is like a ’90s erotic thriller meets John Waters

The wild Aussie indie is set in a neon-hued world where drag queens are crime kingpins & cop cars are called Twinkmobiles.

Dangerous, Moody, and Creepy

Set in the 1940s but fiercely relevant today, Polis Loizou’s 'You Oughta Be In Pictures' brings a dangerous, moody character study to the Rosemary Branch. The post Dangerous, Moody...

How Jordan Harper Reinvented Noir for the Epstein Era

This year’s buzzy “A Violent Masterpiece” inverts the genre’s traditional contrast between optimism and despair. Is a hopeful crime novel still a noir?

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Becomes a 1940s Noir Movie in Bizarre Season 4 Preview

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds fans are in for a treat as Season 4 unveils a bold stylistic choice for its upcoming episodes. The show has recently offered the first look into the m...

New comment on GeekList Miami Neonoir - A Summer Noir Special for Those Who Can't/Won't Wait Until Noirvember

by trawlerman Anyone interested in a Round 2 this year? August Line-Up wrote:Southern GothicSet against the decaying grandeur of the American South, these sweltering sagas of fa...

Lars Shrike Walks the Night

Writer-director Gary Wallow’s micro-budget sci-fi Lars Shrike Walks the Night looks like it could’ve been made in the 1990s, and that’s a... The post Lars Shrike Walks the Night fi...

Body Blow Review: Queer Neo-Noir Lands With a Thud

The flatly acted queer Aussie neo-noir "Body Blow" gets lurid and twisted, but not in the way we like it. The post Body Blow Review: Queer Neo-Noir Lands With a Thud appeared first...

Nearly a Century Later, Sci-Fi Western Film Serial ‘The Phantom Empire’ Still Feels Like the Future

Cowboys, space queens, and the secret history of… everything? This black-and-white 1935 selection reflects just how long Hollywood has been playing with genre.

Blackout

AVAILABLE ON VOD! Every so often, a film sneaks up on me with a simple premise and a moral gut punch. Shane... The post Blackout first appeared on Film Threat.