There have been multiple film waves and movements throughout the medium's history, and during the Classical Hollywood Era, there was perhaps no wave more intriguing than film noir. What started with ...

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 ...

Beginning this fall, the Clark Art Institute, in collaboration with Images Cinema, hosts a series of classic noir films. All ...

There may be a few movies on Rotten Tomatoes that are oversold — particularly among those in the elite 100% club. Force of ...

During the 1940s, classic film noir was one of the most popular film genres, spanning for several decades with major success. By the 1960s, the iconic genre had been revamped and revitalized for a ...

From "Sunset Boulevard" to "The Reckless Moment" to "Leave Her to Heaven," the best film noir movies of all time are visions of a universally known truth, but one not always spoken out loud: It can be ...

It is never easy to say where anything begins. (You want to argue? Nominate a track as the first rock 'n' roll song ever.) These days Humphrey Bogart begins on television, dryly lisping through a ...