Film noir is perhaps the most divisive genre in cinematic history, largely because many don't even consider it a genre to begin with. Those of us who do, however, think of film noir as one of the ...

Critics, film historians, and film scholars have never quite come to a definitive conclusion on whether film noir is a genre, a style, or a film movement. Regardless, these movies about morally grey ...

Let’s start with a few seminal noirs, the basics you’ll want to hit to understand the genre and its conventions. More than a decade after making Citizen Kane, Orson Welles further secured his status ...

Classic film noir movies like The Maltese Falcon, Sunset Boulevard, and Shadow of a Doubt have genuinely perfect screenplays.