The absolute greatest performances in neo-noir movies include turns from Jane Fonda, Jack Nicholson, and Dan Hedaya.

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 ...

Ready to dive into the dark, twisted world of film noir? Check out the 20 best films, plus where to grab the sharpest Blu-ray, 4K, and box sets. Let’s talk about film noir—the genre that slinks out of ...

At their center, noirs deal with the blurred line between heroes and villains, showing how fast a good person can slip into the dark depths. No movie illustrates that tension better than The Big Heat, ...

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 ...

She’s got a secret and he searches for answers. But in this town, the truth sometimes is more comedic than what meets the eye ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: It’s not often that a mere movie critic can somehow create a genuine holiday, but that’s exactly what happened when writer Marya E. Gates coined “Noirvember” over a ...

Film noir experienced a high in the '90s, thanks to stylish comic book adaptations like Dick Tracy and Oscar-winning triumphs ...

“Scream queen” Kathleen Hughes Rubin thrived for nearly a century in Hollywood. Despite her image as a sexy screen siren of the 1950s, she enjoyed an enduring marriage to producer Stanley Rubin, and ...

Experts say the genre was all about suspense, and what better way to convey that to audiences than an obsession with time? By David Belcher The race against the clock — to solve a crime, to outwit a ...

Shadow and fog will figuratively roll into Oakland's Grand Lake Theatre this week and next during the 22nd Noir City film festival running Jan. 24 through Feb. 2. Alameda's Eddie Muller -- host of ...