Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richard Fleischer and Robert Wise as well as with "femme fatale" actresses. Filmmakers of the following generations explain how the style and themes of noir continue to shape cinema today.

Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into ...
After emerging victorious from the horrors of World War II, the U.S. eagerly pushed into a new era o...

Journalistic chronicle made by Ocelote from the Colima zoo “Ecoparc” that reconstructs the mysteriou...

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.
Short documentary on the film noir, Tension.
Documentary on the film noir Side Street with director Oliver Stone and critic Richard Schickel.
Documentary on the film noir Decoy, with Dick Cavett and Molly Haskell.

Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and curious st...

When a new murderer in town travels through the phone, Detective Rick finds that all signs point to ...

Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cin...
Jump into the world of Film Noir and look at how the technology and economic factors gave birth to a...
Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.

An ex-cop is suspected of murder after he is found with a dead woman. The private detective is on th...

David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspi...

A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out wh...

Brooke's brief marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that he is starvin...

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to he...