Apollo Leisure Guide: Film Noir «
http://apolloguide.com/mov_feat0820.htm | | Dan jardine reviews nicholas christopher's " somewhere in the night: film noir and the american city , " and produces an enlightening essay in the process. |
Bright Lights Film Journal: Film Noir and Neo-Noir «
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/filmnoir.html | | Film noir essays from the bright lights film journal. |
Film Noir and Contemporary American Culture «
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/noir/noirxx.htm | | A series of essays exploring the themes of film noir and their relevance to contemporary culture in the united states. |
High Heels on Wet Pavement «
http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/film_noir/index.html | | Essay from michael mills' the palace examines the role of the femme fatale in film noir and how the archetype changed over time. |
James M. Cain: The Prince of Darkness «
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,472454,00.html | | William preston robertson on hard-boiled writer james m. cain's novels vs. the film noirs that were made from them. |
Night of the Soul «
http://library.calumet.purdue.edu/nitesoul.htm | | Popular culture essay on the origins of film noir. appendix includes references to seminal borde-chaumeton article on film noir as well as a lengthy filmography. |
No Place for a Woman: The Family in Film Noir and Other Essays «
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/noir/ | | A berkeley student's thesis on the ladies of film noir. very interesting. |
Richard Widmark: The Face of Film Noir «
http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/widmark.html | | Brian w. fairbanks examines richard widmark's contributions to film noir , beginning with " kiss of death" in 1947. |
Ten Shades of Noir «
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/infocus.htm | | Illustrated essays analyzing ten genre classics. |
The Noir Connection «
http://www.germanhollywood.com/noir.html | | An essay describing film noir and the influence of german expressionism. also a bibliography , filmography , and trivia quiz. |
The Shadows of Film Noir «
http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/Shadows1.html | | Brian w. fairbanks examines the film noir's origins and recent revival. |
