Essays

The Third Man (1949): Those Dots Don’t Look Like People

Essays

The Third Man (1949): Those Dots Don’t Look Like People

No film embodies the style and substance of the classic Film Noir period better than 'The Third Man.'

Night and the City (1950): Get Rich or Die Running

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Night and the City (1950): Get Rich or Die Running

Scored by the echoing footsteps of its desperate protagonist, 'Night and the City' is a Film Noir masterpiece.

Somewhere in the Night (1946): Remembering Forgotten Noir

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Somewhere in the Night (1946): Remembering Forgotten Noir

Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1946 amnesia noir deserves another look.

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