The most important film noirs in the 1940s and 1950s had a heavy focus on the expressionistic style and often a hardboiled ...

A noir—but set it in high school! That brilliant premise was Rian Johnson's directorial debut (before he'd later go on to direct major blockbusters like The Last Jedi and the Knives Out movies).

As the genre grew during the 1940s and 50s, so did its representative features; not all the greatest noirs feature a classic detective story, but most involve crime in some ways. There's also ...

In "Honey Don’t!," Honey O'Donahue (Margaret Qualley) investigates a suspicious death that leads her to a narcissistic ...

2. Chinatown (1974) After the golden age of cinema translated detective fiction to the screen, Roman Polanski’s ‘Chinatown ‘ became a game-changer for neo-noir mystery in the 70s.

In The Long Goodbye (1973), Elliott Gould plays Philip Marlowe—the noir detective originated by Dick Powell and immortalized on screen by Humphrey Bogart—as five-o’clock shadow personified.

‘The Other Laurens’ Review: A Belgian Detective Drama That’s a Little Too Shaggy-Dog Reviewed online, Aug. 22, 2024. (In Cannes Film Festival, Directors' Fortnight) Running time: 119 MIN ...