What it’s about: After narrowly escaping prison, a psychopathic mama’s boy leads his old crew in a dangerous plot to steal from a chemical plant. Why it is one of the best film noir movies ...

The term “film noir” was coined by French critic Nino ... Thanks to its brutal dissection of the old mafia-controlled professional wrestling milieu, the 1950 version of Night and the City ...

The gumshoe film noir, Kiss Me Deadly ... only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime. A psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to ...

This 1940s crime genre was all about sensual silhouettes, sleek numbers, sultry style accents, and femme fatales draped in dark, dramatic tones.