The phrase “film noir” often calls to mind the image of a fedora-clad sleuth investigating a perplexing crime that may or may not involve the woman he loves in a shadow-swarmed city in the 1940s.

Revenge has been a consistent theme across the history of cinema, with film noirs being the perfect vehicles for stories of ...

The term “film noir” was coined by French critic Nino ... in this artistic and thematic forerunner to the man-on-the-run genre. Interestingly, she also appears in the original.

Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. Film noir is the perfect movie genre for this time of year. So long as there’s a chill in the air and the ...