T here have been a lot of terrific modern noir movies that serve as reminders that the genre's influence and tropes have had a lasting impact on cinema. The noir genre rose to prominence in the ...

In fact, it’s often harder to pinpoint what constitutes as “neo-noir” as opposed to film noir. Films like Blade Runner, Chinatown, Oldboy, L.A. Confidential and Se7en (and much of both David ...

Hooray, then, for "Echo Valley", a "twisty modern noir" that marks the return of "American cinema for grown-ups". It is a ...

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 ...

Film & TV ‘Blood Simple,’ the Coen Brothers’ Texas Noir Debut, Offered a Dark Motto for the Friendship State “Down here, you’re on your own,” the late M. Emmet Walsh’s character ...

It feels very real and modern.” While Hollywood’s film noir golden age peaked in a postwar America that welcomed cynical detectives and wise-guy crooks, today’s hard-boiled crime stories ...

“After Hours” Courtesy Warner Bros. Neo-noir is a film genre that updates and adapts the characteristics of film noir with modern themes and techniques. The 1960s and early 1970s ushered in a ...