John Gardner is one of the best film noir actors everyone should know, but his character, Frank Chambers, had no chance when Cora got her hooks into him. When Cora convinces Frank to kill her ...

Although film noir often refers to films of the 1940s and ’50s, many film historians cite 1930s films as the birth of noir, when detective fiction blossomed and was adapted to the screen.

From Ellis Island to Lampedusa, from Seoul to Senegal, filmmakers have used cinema to chart the hopes, heartbreak and quiet ...

The genre enjoyed its height during the 1940s and ’50s. Since then, film noir has fallen out of fashion, and while modern neo-noir movies exploring similar themes are common, they aren’t ...

“Double Indemnity” (1944), film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G. Robinson, directed by Billy Wilder Episode 4: “Starry Eyed” ...

The days are getting longer everywhere, except Palm Springs, where darkness is on the ascent each May. That’s when the city plays host to the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival, which is ...

“Cry Wolf,” showing at Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs Individual tickets for the screenings at the Palm Springs Cultural Center are $16.29 (including a $1.79 processing fee).

A slippery meta-thriller from Germany, “The Universal Theory” has all of the elements of a classic film noir, but with an uncanny twist. Directed by Timm Kröger, this slick black-and-white ...