Film noir thrived throughout the 20th century, delivering riveting, bleak crime stories that became outright classics like ...

Double Indemnity, Laura, and Arsenic and Old Lace are all among the very best 1944 movies that we now consider classics.

During the 1940s and 1950s, the classic film noir genre reached its peak of popularity with timeless films such as Double Indemnity, Out of the Past, and Sunset Boulevard, making it one of the most ...

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 ...

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 festivals are back, and the 2026 crop starts with a cool one: the 23rd Noir City celebration, which opens Friday and ...