10 Film Noir for Beginners

So what is film noir? A French term literally translating to “black film,” historians will tell you film noir was an unofficial cycle of American films released in the 40s and 50s that usually centered around stories involving crime and…

Out of the Past: : “The Naked City” (1948)

“There’s your city, Holloran. Take a good look. Jean Dexter is dead, and the answer must be somewhere down there.” The Dragnet-style narrator sums up the style and summery of The Naked City as Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor) looks out…