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.
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 ...
Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cin...
Documentary on the film noir Decoy, with Dick Cavett and Molly Haskell.
Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound ge...
Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and curious st...
Short documentary on the film noir, Tension.
Journalistic chronicle made by Ocelote from the Colima zoo “Ecoparc” that reconstructs the mysteriou...
Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.
Documentary on the film noir Side Street with director Oliver Stone and critic Richard Schickel.
Jump into the world of Film Noir and look at how the technology and economic factors gave birth to a...
A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.
Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete st...
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of a...
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with un...
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman,...
A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a m...
A honeymoon aboard an ocean liner is cut short when the bride finds herself suddenly alone, and unab...
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in ...