Joel and Ethan Coen are responsible for so many all-time great classics that it’s easy to take them for granted. While most ...

Film historians are divided on whether or not the 1942 classic Casablanca technically counts as a film noir. Does it fit into ...

Thirteen years after “Mummy Is Coming,” American filmmaker Cheryl Dunye (“The Watermelon Woman”) is gearing up to produce a ...

The Academy Awards honor the best in film. But sometimes they strike out. Here are 10 classics shut out at the Oscars, from ...

A 1940 suspense movie with Peter Lorre is the first true installment in the film noir genre, making it the beginning of a ...

Monsieur Spade is a grounded neo-noir series, blending moral ambiguity and vulnerability as Sam Spade navigates a corrupt ...

If you’re a fan of modern crime films, it’s time to dive into the classics. Some of the best acting, writing, and directing of the 20th century came from vintage crime movies that set the stage for ...

Chinatown' is one of the most celebrated films from the New Hollywood movement, but its legacy is muddied by the harrowing ...

Shadow and fog will figuratively roll into Oakland's Grand Lake Theatre this week and next during the 22nd Noir City film festival running Jan. 24 through Feb. 2.

Sundance Film Festival is upon us again, shining a light on the best of the best in independent cinema. For more than 40 years, Sundance, which kicks off Thursday (and runs through Feb. 3), has ...

The Billy Wilder classic Sunset Boulevard is so famous and ... One of the earliest films noir, The Public Enemy, secured James Cagney’s reputation as an electric screen presence and Warner ...

The Hollywood landmark announced that two films — the Richard Donner-directed "Superman" and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" — will be shown Jan. 25, with all proceeds ...