Who doesn't love a good mystery? Following World War II in the 1940s, an onslaught of crime movies came out of Hollywood as moody stories were on the minds of filmmakers and audiences, popularizing ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...