Classic film noir

Walter Wanger was a successful independent producer who in the 1940's was married to actress Joan Bennett. Bennett was in several Wanger pro...

In an attempt to capture the visual brilliance of film noir in one place, The Nitrate Diva presents 50 beautiful shots from the best of the genre.

In honor of Noir City season I thought it would be nice to list some of my favorite noir films that range from top-notch pantheon titles to a few that are more obscure but no less thrilling. See you at the Castro!

'To Have And Have Not'

We love classic Hollywood film noir. We love the attitude, the silvery images, the betrayal, the sweeping music, the fatalism, the flawed human characters, the hard-boiled detective, the femme fat…

A while back, we did a piece isolating some of the best, most biting dialogue from the world of film noir, that dark, often hidden underbelly of society portrayed in movies from the forties and fifties where no one can be trusted and everyone talks wise.