Film noir  

  • daisy kenyon Daisy Kenyon

    Mar 19, 2008

    Joan Crawford and Henry Fonda star in Otto Preminger’s 1947 “woman’s picture,” which brought noir shadings to the melodrama.

  • house of games DVD House Of Games

    Sep 12, 2007

    David Mamet's sterling directorial debut, set in the backroom world of cardsharps and con artists, redefined film noir.

  • they live side street Three masters of noir

    Aug 15, 2007

    Three newly released noir DVDS—by Anthony Mann, Fritz Lang, and Nicholas Ray—reveal how master directors made the most out of limited resources.

  • it rhymes with lust cover It Rhymes With Lust

    Apr 26, 2007

    An early graphic novel suggests an alternate direction the form might have traveled.