Film noir had a renaissance in the 1990s, and the decade produced a slew of gritty crime flicks and neon-drenched neo-noir classics. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, noir pushed the boundaries of ...

Classic comedy films, a cornerstone of cinema at large, have a timeless charm about them that continues to not only entertain audiences decades after their release but also influence modern filmmaking ...

Humphrey Bogart, Hollywood's film noir legend, defined the genre with iconic roles, unforgettable style, and complex characters. Discover his rise from gangster parts to timeless classics, his ...

The neo-noir genre is an extension of the classic film noir genre and ideally remains true to the tropes and qualities of the genre, but with a modernized twist consisting of psychological elements ...

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 ...

Celebrate film noir this month with a Friday night film series called Noirvember Nights at Cinema Under the Stars. The films will have exclusive video introductions from Alan K. Rode of the Film Noir ...

Film noir is a favorite genre of many, mostly the Turner Classic Movies ilk. It’s a genre of double-crosses, femme fatales, shadows, private eyes, and many a MacGuffin. Then, the neo-noir was born.

Surfside Playhouse presents a comedic parody of film noir tropes, "The Chocolate Pigeon Caper." The play follows a detective and the ghost of his partner as they search for a chocolate pigeon with ...

In the 1960s, the neo-noir genre arrived as an extension of the classic film noir but with its own additional qualities, such as excessive violence, sexuality, and psychological elements, which ...