A few weeks ago I took another look at Nicholas Ray’s haunting film noir, In a Lonely Place (1950). As I watched, it slowly began to rankle...
For the Love of Film (Noir): About Ida Lupino
This review was part of the For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon to benefit the Film Noir Foundation. One of the great dame...
"Who's Crazy Now?" - Noir City 9, Opening Night
Stranger on the Third Floor So…I paid my 10 bucks to park in the lot adjacent to Sullivan’s Funeral Home on Market Street in San Francisco a...
Focus on Film Noir: Barbara Stanwyck
Three films of legendary star to be screened at Noir City 9 Her childhood has been called Dickensian and the rags-to-riches trajectory of he...
Focus on Film Noir: Warner Home Video's Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5
Released by Warner Home Video in 2010, Film Noir Classic Collection, Volume 5 is a four-disc showcase of eight double-featured films, a sa...
NOIR CITY 9 - Schedule announced for 9th annual San Francisco festival
The ninth annual San Francisco film noir festival, Noir City 9, will run from Friday, January 21, through Sunday, January 30, at the histori...
1st Film Noir Xmas coming to San Francisco…9th Noir Festival set for January
The San Francisco Film Noir Foundation has set its first-ever Noir City Xmas for Wed., December 15, at the Castro Theatre, and extends an i...
Van Nest Polglase ~ Architect Of Cinematic Dreams, Part II
by guest contributor Whistlingypsy The emergence of those stylistic elements in American films later termed noir by critics is often debated...