To be a classic/quintessential film noir movie, though, a movie needs to have been released in the ‘40s or ‘50s. ...

IN “The Asphalt Jungle,” a 1950 noir by John Huston that is credited with creating the template for the heist film, a duplicitous lawyer observes that “crime is only a left-handed form of ...

Jules Dassin’s classic 1950 noir “Night and the City” arrives today for a week at the Grand Illusion, in a new 35mm print. Born Julius Dassin in Connecticut, the director had a promising ...

The Film Detective Presents the Intriguing, Golden Age-Sizzler The Capture, Coming to Special-Edition Blu-ray & DVD, Jan. 18 th. Rare 1950 Western Noir Classic Returns With Striking New Restoration & ...

The final moments of Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley are so bleak, so unforgiving, that they elevate the movie into one of the all-time great noirs.

Skokie, Ill. Film noir is known for its opaque characters and interesting plot twists. But an important subplot is being told in “Light & Noir: Exiles and Émigrés in Hollywood, 1933-1950,” a ...

The 1950 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame was adapted from a lesser-known 1947 novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, who belongs in the crime-writing pantheon. The novel's just been re-released.

The 32 best Boston movies to watch streaming or on demand, including "Good Will Hunting," "The Departed," "Jaws," and "The Fighter." ...