"Film noir" refers to a type of movie that is dark and mysterious, often set in urban areas and featuring crime, violence, and morally ambiguous characters. These films typically have moody lighting, complicated plots, and a sense of hopelessness or cynicism.
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The collection featured bold, striking looks reminiscent
of film noir in colour.
But as we know
in films noir, things never go the way the are planned.
It has a great
film noir style atmosphere and music that compliments that atmosphere well.
In the past his colors choices have been influenced
by film noir, dime novels, and snowy landscapes.
And rightly so
as film noir marks a distinct period in American filmmaking that has its own visual flair and unique tendencies.
Some absolutely brutal scenes, combined with an appropriately dark
film noir setting and soundtrack, made Heavy Rain an immediate favorite.
It's
like film noir combined with a particularly good episode of Castle.
I am definitely looking forward to picking it up in the next few weeks as I'm a sucker for a really
good film noir styled detective story.
If, you know, being a competent
film noir fan is on your shortlist of things to do with your life.
His latest is Jazz Noir, a fresh spin on crime jazz,
film noir movie themes and timeless classics.
The lineup is a mix of landmark and obscure vintage movies from the classic
film noir era.
Speaking of dark characters, pound for pound many of the most entertaining films in the festival are the ones with
film noir roots.
The mixture of
film noir narrative and great 3rd person shooter action made for a highly addictive game, that I spent countless hours playing.
This is most definitely an interactive
film noir story, an interactive graphic novel if you will.
The exhibition title references the aesthetics of blues music and
film noir inspired illustration.
You don't do that by going into your interview and talking about your views on symbolism in
1950s film noir.
The pulp,
almost film noir tone never stops seeming odd but that's the heart of the game's charm.
Based on a poem, it contains classic
film noir imagery and a fight shown almost in real - time.
I thought maybe the scenario was going in a
definite film noir direction after reading the title.
One is for the people who love
rainy film noir, the other is for fans of hardcore platformers, the third one feels like a summer blockbuster.
Some
say film noir is a b & w genre that ended in 1958; others call it a style that transcends time.
There's nothing like a nice,
smoky film noir to keep you warm over the holidays.
I'd recommend it for fans
of film noir and fans of sports movies, which must cover two - thirds of the world at least.
The style of the game feels like a Day of the Dead holiday inspired
by film noir and Latin American culture.
He's made a few award winning short films and completed a PhD
in film noir.
In the
best film noir, not only do you not know who's getting played, you barely know the real players until they're forced to reveal themselves.
Dorothy B. Hughes was one of the great crime fiction writers; with an eclectic career that allowed her the time to pen some of the strongest material
for film noir adaptations while also writing serious film criticism.
From film noir femme fatales to aging socialites, Sherman's many masks show the fluid nature of identity itself.
Mixing elements of
film noir with sly insider comedy, The Player, based on a novel by Michael Tolkin, functions as both a nifty stylish murder story and a commentary on its own making, and it is stocked with a heroic supporting cast (Peter Gallagher, Whoopi Goldberg, Greta Scacchi, Dean Stockwell, Fred Ward) and a lineup of star cameos that make for an astonishing Hollywood who's who.
His use of low - key lighting and sculptural smoke further complicate historical periodization, infusing the work with a
1940s film noir feel.
Kathleen Vaccaro's newest work mixes imagery from
American film noir of the 1940s and 1950s, imagination, and memory.
The black and white photography is strong, dappled lights and shadows giving it a very
film noir look.
Primarily a conceptual artist, Chong transposed a series of
film noir titles onto paper, creating works that are reminiscent of Hard - Edge, Minimal and Op Art.
The French film - maker Jean - Pierre Melville belongs to a class of his own: a precursor of the New Wave, an influence on Godard, Louis Malle and others, and a successor to French
film noir directors such as Pierre Chenal and Edmond T Gréville.
It makes a kind of sense, since her redheads in photographs and video draw
on film noir as well as fashion.
Nicholas Ray's 1950
film noir masterpiece In A Lonely Place barely reaches the one - minute mark before its protagonist,...
There is a commentary track included from author William Hare, who talks
about film noir aspects of «The Red Room».
The city will screen a classic
film noir at 2 p.m. every Saturday from Sept. 6 to Sept. 20.
Out of the Past by Robert Weston Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in what is perhaps the finest
film noir ever made.
In my best of
film noir series, I thought we'd take a look at a low - budget thriller, Detour.
The evocation of that old
film noir feeling is hugely effective here: Dad telling his freshly - bribed son «You can't buy dignity,» the fantastic slow zoom on a love scene reflected in a two - way mirror, even the beguiling torch singer.