From Oscar-winning masterpieces like L.A. Confidential to acclaimed cult classics like Brick, these are the best neo-noir ...

The neo-noir genre is an extension of the classic film noir genre and ideally remains true to the tropes and qualities of the genre, but with a modernized twist consisting of psychological elements ...

The film noir genre reached its peak of popularity during the 1940s with classics such as The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Double Indemnity. Even though the 1940s are considered to be the height of the ...

“MIDDLE OF A drought and the water commissioner drowns,” the mortician remarks drily to Jake Gittes, a private investigator played by Jack Nicholson (pictured): “Only in LA.” Indeed. June 20th marks ...

Marked by stark visual contrasts, chiaroscuro lighting, and sharp angles pioneered in German expressionism, noir plunges the viewer into morally gray situations in which good may triumph, but at a ...