Premiering in Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar, Shujun Wei's slow-burn thriller stars Yilong Zhu as a detective whose hunt for a serial killer uncovers the secrets of a small town. By Jordan Mintzer ...

Double Indemnity, Night of the Hunter, and Out of the Past are all among the absolute best film noir movies that were shot in ...

Screenwriter Scott Frank emerged as a master of snappy banter in the ’90s when he adapted crime novelist Elmore Leonard’s witty stories “Get Shorty” and “Out of Sight.” So it seemed only natural that ...

Experts say the genre was all about suspense, and what better way to convey that to audiences than an obsession with time? By David Belcher The race against the clock — to solve a crime, to outwit a ...

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are rightfully classified as one of the best actor pairings in the film noir genre, but ...

Few films are as striking to look at or listen to as the British film noir “The Third Man.” Its shadow-soaked black-and-white palette, artfully askew camera angles and elaborately expressive editing ...