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Noir

  1. performance review
    Kathleen Turner Made the Modern Femme FataleShe rewrote the rules of the cinematic seductress in the 1981 erotic thriller Body Heat.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  2. tv review
    Claws Is Perfect Summer TVThe candy-colored noir is also a great venue for Niecy Nash’s indelible performance.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  3. book review
    Alexandra Kleeman Writes a Neo-Noir About an Even Thirstier HollywoodIn her novel Something New Under the Sun, Alexandra Kleeman writes a water war as disturbing as it is absurd.
    By Jennifer Wilson
  4. casting
    Jason Segel, Lily Collins to Star in Modern-Day Noir, WindfallCo-starring Jesse Plemons, with Charlie McDowell directing.
    By Zoe Haylock
  5. movie review
    I’m Your Woman Brings a Character From the Margins of Crime Films to Its CenterThe Amazon Studios film, starring Rachel Brosnahan, seems aware of not only the genre’s masculine history but its novel possibilities.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  6. movies
    Bill Duke on the Making of His Essential ’90s Thriller Deep CoverThe director contemplates the legacy of his neo-noir about cops and criminals, and what he sees in the protests sweeping the country today.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  7. friday night movie club
    Deep Cover Defies the Standards of Hollywood Stories About CopsThe film noir genre has always been good at laying bare the lies at the heart of the American dream.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  8. obits
    What Does It Mean to Mourn the Golden Age of Hollywood?On Kirk Douglas, his noir legacy, and the ways we reckon with legends.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  9. guides
    33 Essential Neo-Noirs, From Jackie Brown to Gone GirlA guide to the most political and stylish genre of film and TV.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  10. vulture recommends
    10 Female-Led Noirs to Watch If You Loved WidowsHappy Noirvember!
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  11. Gemini Is a Glossy, Atmospheric L.A. Neo-NoirAaron Katz’s moody murder mystery has equal parts substance and style, but can’t quite stick the landing.
    By Emily Yoshida
  12. trailer mix
    Margot Robbie Is a Neo-Noir Femme Fatale in Terminal Trailer“I have an unquenchable bloodlust.”
    By Tolly Wright
  13. Odds Against Tomorrow Is a Hidden Noir Gem That Considers Anti-Black RacismThe Harry Belafonte–produced and starring film subverts and complicates what came before it.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  14. 30 Hollywood Classics Streaming for Free in the Public DomainThe best old-school musicals, romances, noirs, and comedies you can watch right now.
    By Samantha Ladwig
  15. What Happened to Paul Auster? A Decade Ago, He Was a Nobel Candidate.Did he change, or did we?
    By Christian Lorentzen
  16. The Spirit of Leslie Nielsen is Alive and Well in ‘The Gumshoe Diaries’The Naked Gun movies are the kind of classics that make one say to oneself, “Yes. This is hilarious, but would it still be funny if it were […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  17. close reads
    The Modern Noir Has Atrophied (and It’s Not All True Detective’s Fault)All style and no substance.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  18. vulture lists
    These Are the 25 Most Gorgeous Moments From the Sin City ComicsAnd you thought the movies looked good.
    By Abraham Riesman
  19. tv review
    Seitz on Mob City: Gorgeous, Old-Movie ShadowlandFrank Darabont’s TNT miniseries is noir without nuance, but gorgeous to look at.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  20. web series
    Watch ‘Nights in UltraViolet’Free Doug Slate!
    By Eliot Glazer
  21. You Ready for a Film Noir Puppet Comedy From Jim Henson’s Son?Yeah, you read that headline right. Jim Henson’s son Brian Henson is directing a film noir comedy with puppets called The Happytime Murders. It […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  22. The Laugh Track: A Film NoirThey call him Bickelhaupt. First name John. He’s a “re-recording mixer,” you know the old Hollywood type. Only thing dirtier’n his pockets is […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  23. tv
    Fringe Gets a Film Noir Trailer“Dunham. She’s a dame to die for, literally.”
    By Edith Zimmerman