Essays, reviews, and examinations of the Film Noir genre and style.
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- Apollo Leisure Guide: Film Noir Dan Jardine reviews Nicholas Christopher's "Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City," and produces an enlightening essay in the process.
- High Heels on Wet Pavement Essay from Michael Mills' The Palace examines the role of the femme fatale in film noir and how the archetype changed over time.
- The Shadows of Film Noir Brian W. Fairbanks examines the film noir's origins and recent revival.
- Richard Widmark: The Face of Film Noir Brian W. Fairbanks examines Richard Widmark's contributions to film noir, beginning with "Kiss of Death" in 1947.
- Ten Shades of Noir Illustrated essays analyzing ten genre classics.
- No Place for a Woman: The Family in Film Noir and Other Essays A Berkeley student's thesis on the ladies of film noir. Very interesting.
- James M. Cain: The Prince of Darkness William Preston Robertson on hard-boiled writer James M. Cain's novels vs. the film noirs that were made from them.
- Film Noir and Contemporary American Culture A series of essays exploring the themes of film noir and their relevance to contemporary culture in the United States.