Noir Movie

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!

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…

Style: We will use very contrasty lighting, then keep the character in the dark and only use the light source available naturally to light him this will prevent any shadows being made that we don't want.

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.

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

P.s. I do miss smoking.

There were so many film noir movies in the 1950s that many have gone under the radar, including films like The Crimson Kimono and Sudden Fear.

Though initially describing the works of a particular movement of 1940’s and 50’s American crime films, ‘noir’ has come to represent a style derived

The Roxie Theater is launching a remarkable festival on Friday, Nov. 14, of films...

12 different cocktails, 4 friends, equals 48 cocktails. And we managed to get most of the photos in focus. This project was really just a good excuse to have a few cocktails with some friends. Cocktails have a classic, sophisticated and seductive feel. I wanted to create photos that matched that. Film noir came to... Open Post