After emerging victorious from the horrors of World War II, the U.S. eagerly pushed into a new era of optimism, hope, and success. But the shadowy and cigarette-stained B-side to the bright, shiny America emerged: the film noir. Made for cheap, these dark tales scratched at a different society, filled with twisted psyches and sinister motives. Filmmaker Tom Thurman teams up with film critic and narrator David Thomson to weave together a hypnotic collage of a dark world that influences our national identity to this day.
Journalistic chronicle made by Ocelote from the Colima zoo “Ecoparc” that reconstructs the mysteriou...
Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and curious st...
Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into ...
When a new murderer in town travels through the phone, Detective Rick finds that all signs point to ...
Short documentary on the film noir, Tension.
Documentary on the film noir Decoy, with Dick Cavett and Molly Haskell.
Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.
Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound ge...
A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.
Jump into the world of Film Noir and look at how the technology and economic factors gave birth to a...
Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cin...
Documentary on the film noir Side Street with director Oliver Stone and critic Richard Schickel.
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
An escaped convict gets a hold of some radioactive material after his escape. Authorities desperatel...
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itse...
A hard-boiled female detective has to solve a murder plot orchestrated by vampires.