When introducing the film noir genre to audiences, film scholar Eddie Muller typically suggests viewing two films in particular. “I always say ‘Double Indemnity’ and ‘Out of the Past,’” said Muller, ...

In this 1952 film noir thriller, Joan Crawford plays a successful playwright seduced by a murderous Jack Palance. “It’s a masterpiece of suspense,” says Foster Hirsch, author of Hollywood and the ...

Jane Russell talked about her famous cleavage, Rhonda Fleming cringed about her 1950s potboiler’s being corny (it was) and pulp fiction legend Mickey Spillane held court (as usual). It was 110 degrees ...

Film noir is one of the most significant and influential genres in film history. It's characterized by morally corrupt characters, cynical storylines, tragic endings, and moody, atmospheric ...

Presented by the Music Box and the Film Noir Foundation, this week-long festival features 35-millimeter prints of film noir classics and rarities, showing as double features at the Music Box Theatre, ...

If you’re a devotee of film noir, and you should be, you likely think of it as a dark-end-of-the-street, distinctly American film style that was unaccountably given a Gallic-sounding name — born when ...