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John Gardner is one of the best film noir actors everyone should know, but his character, Frank Chambers, had no chance when Cora got her hooks into him. When Cora convinces Frank to kill her ...
Ah, good old film noir. Nothing beats that. The genre technically only existed for a limited time, setting itself apart from most other broad movie genres that have always existed, and seemingly ...
The End Continues' has debuted its first trailer, showing the band getting back together for Rob Reiner's comedy sequel.
“Mother of Flies,” a small independent film from Fantasia regulars the Adams family, has won the jury-selected Cheval Noir ...
Classic noir is usually defined as films made between 1941 and the late 1950s, and the term literally means "black film." That darkness comes not not just from the visual style but also from the ...
Film noir, which translates to “black movies,” explores the shades of gray in the lives of cops, criminals, and everyone in between. These films find dignity in cruel gangsters and darkness in ...
Summer 2012 Film Noir: The Directors (Limelight, 400 pages, $24.99 ) Edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini With a number of respected books on the subject, film historians Alain Silver and James ...
There are many brilliant film noirs, but 1949’s British noir The Third Man is the best of a remarkable bunch. The film stars Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles, who previously starred together in ...