Here be those darkly vexing offerings one should include in their diet periodically. Film Noir (literally 'black film or cinema') was coined by French film critics (first by Frank Nino in 1946) who noticed the trend of how 'dark' and black the looks and themes were of many American crime and detective films released in France following the war. It was a style of black and white American films that first evolved in the 1940s, became prominent in the post-war era, and lasted in a classic "Golden Age" period until about 1965. With the list below Alice has included many "Contempory Noirs", making browsing that much more "coloured"..... Right: Orson Wells stars and directs "A Touch Of Evil".
Otto Preminger and Dana Andrews followed their successful partnership in the making of 'Laura' with this lesser-known noir. Andrews plays a down-on-hi... Read more
Aka 'The Hangover'. Taking place over the course of a night this fifties take on film-noir tells the story of the murder of a glamorous blonde actress... Read more
Detour (1945) - This noir masterwork follows a New York pianist who thumbs his way cross-country, joined by a femme fatale intent on blackmailing him.... Read more
Lisa (Sophia Loren) marries Robert (Anthony Perkins), a domineering, jealous American and becomes trapped in a violent marriage. Much to her relief, R... Read more
'Five Minutes to Live' (1962) - The Man in Black shines in this classic crime drama, country music as Johnny Cabot, a violent, guitar playing ex-con w... Read more
Film Noir featuring John Garfield as an attorney who works for a mobster and finds himself caught in a numbers racket scheme that could bankrupt New Y... Read more
In 1939, the editor of the New York Daily Globe sends Haverstock, a crime reporter, into Europe in the hope of getting a fresh angle. Naive and wholly... Read more
Ingrid Bergman won her first Oscar for her stunning portrayal of a susceptible young woman who marries the suave, romantic Charles Boyer, never suspec... Read more
Rita Hayworth stars in this classic drama as part of a problematical love triangle involving husband, George Macready and his partner Glenn Ford and s... Read more
Rita Hayworth stars in this classic drama as part of a problematical love triangle involving husband, George Macready and his partner Glenn Ford and s... Read more