Lucky number 13. Talk about a stroke of film noir fate! The 2023 edition of Noir City Chicago, the annual celebration of mean streets and what the French call “malchance,” gathers a week’s worth of ...

A underappreciated hidden gem in the film noir genre is a must-watch classic with an unforgettable villain that was shocking ...

Few films are as striking to look at or listen to as the British film noir “The Third Man.” Its shadow-soaked black-and-white palette, artfully askew camera angles and elaborately expressive editing ...

After the success of Film Nour, filmmakers began experimenting and eventually developed Neo-Noir films, and here are the best ...

While October has a firm hold on the horror genre, Arkadin Cinema & Bar is carving out space in its November slate to celebrate classic film noir in its many forms with its “Noirvember” program. While ...

The Onyx Downtown at the Nevada Theatre presents a specially curated film series of neo-noir classics during its Sunday 7 p.m ...

In 1972, filmmaker Paul Schrader famously declared Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil to be film noir’s “epitaph.” The 1958 film is now generally considered the last true noir and a way to mark the period ...

The American Revolution was “a world war” in “all but name,” according to this revealing chronicle. Historian Bell (Stolen) tracks how the conflict “sent caravans of navy Continue reading » Bird City: ...