Debra Granik broke ground, making “Winter’s Bone.” This picture combines a noir feel with an astonishing and effective naturalism that has the distinctive feel of fine documentary filmmaking. It’s no ...

The 1944 thriller was one of the most popular releases of the decade, but there is much more to the film than Ingrid ...

A passion project from co-writer and star Ariella Mastroianni, "Gazer" is a grungy neo-noir thriller featuring an unreliable narrator and a distinctive '70s-inspired style.

When you watch as much film noir as I do—i.e., too much—you make connections between fictional stories and real life. This shady character reminds you of that politician. That witty comeback reminds ...

Dark Sky Films has released the trailer for a new film titled A Desert, which is a nhilistic neo-noir horror movie. In the film, “A past his prime photographer heads out on a road trip across the ...

curates a constant ominous and dreary atmosphere in Out of the Past that deems it to be a definitive example of both outstanding and effective cinematography within the classic film noir genre.

Here are our picks for this weekend. David Lynch poses for photographers in 2002 before the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival in France. The late-great David Lynch’s twisty tale of ...

Once St. Patrick's Day passes in Savannah, the city is flooded with bachelorette parties, Girl Scout troops, wedding guests, and music lovers. Sometimes locals feel pushed out of their favorite ...

The Killing (1956) Kubrick’s breakthrough, written by pulp novelist Jim Thompson, thrillingly reinvented the heist film, recounting the robbery of a racetrack by a motley gang of criminals in radical, ...

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An indie film noir whose grungy low-fi aesthetics complement its classic fatalism, Gazer (April 4, in theaters) tells a twisted tale stitched together from bits and pieces of Rear Window ...