Rooted in German Expressionism and popular pulp fiction crime novels, film noir is a term used to describe a film style that typically emphasizes cynical motivations and attitudes conveyed by a ...

The phrase “film noir” often calls to mind the image of a fedora-clad sleuth investigating a perplexing crime that may or may not involve the woman he loves in a shadow-swarmed city in the 1940s.

“Winter of Frozen Dreams” — a murder mystery film noir — hits unusually close to home. Based on a true story, which has since become a book, i?t is the tale of Barbara Hoffman, a highly intelligent ...

Joel Coen of the Coen brothers fame names the type of noir films that have had the biggest impact on his career. Read more about them here.

Overall, it’s classic film noir at its best, packed with shady characters ... it suffocates them and lures them into a web of crime and full-on corruption. With Bogart in the driver’s seat ...

Stylish noir crime dramas and theatrical adaptations of Raymond Chandler novels ... Directed by Janusz Nasfeter – who later became a master of children's cinema – the film told the story of an ...

Nightwatch was Danish director Ole Bornedal's feature debut film after several years of television work. It was released in 1994, paving the way for Scandinavian thrillers to become an ...