When discussing the best films of every year of the 1940s, classics like Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and Shadow of a Doubt will ...

In the 1940s and 1950s, film noir became arguably Hollywood's most popular film genre, with crime dramas and thrillers adding darkness to the already popular gangster genre. While gangster movies were ...

The curve of a breast under a silk negligee. Smoke rolling off a recently extinguished cigar. Sharp suits, scheming eyes, and guns. Many of these iconic film noir images were dreamed up German (often ...

There was no fame in the 1940s quite like Hollywood fame, and Veronica Lake had it. Her career in film rose during that decade, starting in 1941 with William Holden in “I Wanted Wings” and Joel McCrea ...

The past few Academy Awards have made huge strides in genre representation, honoring films that wouldn't have had a chance of ever appearing even ten years ago. Films like The Substance, Get Out, and ...

Classic film noir is a key part of the history of Hollywood, and it is one of the most notable postwar genres. However, the noir sensibility would prove to be even more enduring, and from the 1970s to ...

If you’re a fan of classic films, particularly the ones about gumshoes and femmes fatales, you’ll be glad to know that Noir Nights are returning to New Bedford Art Museum. Following last year’s ...