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Forum: Film Noir

A get together of film noir fans to talk about all that is film noir. Reviews, film clips, trailers, posters are all included. Plus, users post their comments on great crime films, film makers and the actors in them.

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Film Noir- so what is it?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bNfStzYCi0 clip from the 1992 documentary "Visions of Light" produced by the American Film Institute The...

    Posted By Steve-O
    • Replies: 8
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    07-21-2010 11:41 PM Go to last post
  2. Poll Sticky Thread Sticky: Poll: Best Film Noir 1950 - 1954 part II: 1951

    what is your favorite from 1951?

    Posted By Steve-O
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    05-26-2010 09:57 AM Go to last post
  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: What is the Film Noir Foundation?

    http://vimeo.com/4140961 The Film Noir Foundation

    Posted By Steve-O
    • Replies: 3
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    04-15-2010 04:11 AM Go to last post
  1. The Last Film Noir you watched

    I checked out the Pretender last night... lots of venetian blinds in that one!

    Posted By Steve-O
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  2. FNF News and Events Page Updated

    Check out the latest news on Film Noir and Neo-Noir including what's in the theaters, on DVD and on Fox and TCM this September. Film Noir and...

    Posted By Anne H
    • Replies: 2
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    Yesterday 03:50 AM Go to last post
  3. Indian Noir

    If - like me - you have a soft-spot for Indian movies, the world's biggest movie industry, you'll be pleased to see tne noir-influenced thriller The...

    Posted By Andrew666
    • Replies: 0
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    09-05-2010 11:56 PM Go to last post
  4. Serbian Film Noir

    I've only just caught up with Srdja Penezic's movie Film Noir which I'm prepared to bet is the only ever Serbian animated film noir - but do correct...

    Posted By Andrew666
    • Replies: 0
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    09-05-2010 03:00 PM Go to last post
  5. Upcoming Noir screenings / festivals

    Los Angeles has http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-britnoir5-2010feb05,0,248569.story a Brit Noir series starting today: ...

    Posted By Steve-O
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    film forum, heist
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    09-04-2010 05:56 PM Go to last post
  6. "Ask Eddie"

    the Czar of Noir comes here regularly to answer your noir questions...

    Posted By Steve-O
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    eddie muller
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    09-02-2010 04:20 PM Go to last post
  7. Upcoming Noir DVDs

    this is a continuation of a thread we started here: http://filmnoir.suddenlaunch3.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&num=1173659250 What...

    Posted By Steve-O
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    09-02-2010 11:04 AM Go to last post
  8. To the Ends of the Earth (Columbia, 1948)

    Did anyone happen to catch this rare, scarce, seldom-seen, and hard-to-find noir, directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Dick Powell himself as a...

    Posted By Richard
    • Replies: 8
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    09-01-2010 05:40 PM Go to last post
  9. Inferno at the Film Forum in NYC

    http://www.filmforum.org/films/classic3d.html I'm so there... bonus: now I'm assuming the nudes aren't of Mr. Lloyd... ...

    Posted By Steve-O
    • Replies: 5
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    08-26-2010 02:22 PM Go to last post
  10. Article: 'Not Necessarily Noir' at the Roxie

    Deeper-into-noir indeed... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/19/DDQ71ENLUG.DTL&type=printable

    Posted By Night Editor
    • Replies: 1
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    08-20-2010 04:38 PM Go to last post
  11. Noir City City Chicago 2010 Continues

    Daniel Kelly reports from the front seats on Day 2: "Today, I returned to the Music Box Theater to revisit two familiar films, "Nightmare Alley"...

    Posted By Night Editor
    • Replies: 5
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    08-20-2010 12:53 AM Go to last post
  12. Noir City Chicago: starts today

    http://www.musicboxtheatre.com//images/sized/mbf/stills/nightmare-alley-lightning-230x144.jpg An invitation to Noir City by Nina Metz,...

    Posted By Steve-O
    • Replies: 7
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    08-18-2010 03:00 PM Go to last post
  13. Night of the Hunter DVD: Special Features

    Nice to find out that Night of the Hunter Criterion DVD/Blu-Ray was just announced for release November 16 with the following Special features: ...

    Posted By Alan K. Rode
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    08-17-2010 03:40 PM Go to last post
  14. Happy birthday Alfred Hitchcock

    Time to name your favorite Hitch film... http://img.listal.com/image/748616/600full-alfred-hitchcock.jpg mine is the classic Notorious (1946). A...

    Posted By Steve-O
    • Replies: 19
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    08-16-2010 04:19 PM Go to last post
  15. "Ask Eddie" Live 8/12 Thursday 9-11PM EST

    title says it all. The Czar of Noir -- Eddie Muller --will be on Back Alley to answer any questions you may have. Stop by the "Ask Eddie" thread...

    Posted By Steve-O
    • Replies: 11
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    08-12-2010 07:14 PM Go to last post
  16. While the City Sleeps - OAR?

    As some of you might know, Fritz Lang's While the City Sleeps will be released in the UK on August 23rd by a relatively new company called Exposure...

    Posted By Frankie
    • Replies: 4
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    08-12-2010 02:23 PM Go to last post
  17. Patricia Neal - RIP

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSmwDeD4lSE She's great in The Breaking Point and The Fountainhead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFRR0a0ONLI

    Posted By Steve-O
    • Replies: 11
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    08-11-2010 11:33 PM Go to last post
  18. Limerick Noir

    Yeah, it's me, Surly. Starting this Monday I'll be posting a week of Romance Noir limericks at my blog, Limerwrecks. And the backlog of all of my...

    Posted By Surly
    • Replies: 8
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    08-09-2010 01:30 PM Go to last post
  19. Robert Mitchum

    Today's his birthday! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqmyekdW2tk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F7vEOgHVCU...

    Posted By Steve-O
    • Replies: 1
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    08-07-2010 03:48 AM Go to last post
  20. Jean Hagen

    It would have been Jean Hagen's birthday today if she was still with us. Forget Singin' in the Rain... she was great in The Asphalt Jungle ...

    Posted By Steve-O
    • Replies: 5
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    08-05-2010 07:27 PM Go to last post
  21. You know your a noir addict when..

    Your more familar with actors from the 40s & 50s than actors from today. Or You know your a noir addict when your desk draw has a gat in it...

    Posted By SuperDanX
    • Replies: 12
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    08-01-2010 08:53 AM Go to last post
  22. Megan Abbott's Hardboiled Geneaology

    Megan Abbott, whose noir novel 'Die a Little' has been optioned by Universal, taught an introductory course in hardboiled fiction at The New School...

    Posted By Night Editor
    • Replies: 1
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    07-31-2010 10:08 PM Go to last post
  23. Weekend Weather and Watching

    it's freezing in the North East. Watching The Pretender and a pretty good Brit one called Double Confession

    Posted By Steve-O
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    weekend
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    07-31-2010 12:18 PM Go to last post
  24. Six degrees of Gloria DeHaven

    I found out recently my fiancée is directly related to actress Gloria DeHaven. Gloria was in a bunch of old movies and TV shows... her noir role was...

    Posted By Steve-O
    • Replies: 3
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    07-31-2010 01:00 AM Go to last post
  25. TCM Alert

    I wanted to start this thread here on the new board... From Bob:

    Posted By Steve-O
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    tcm, television airings
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    07-30-2010 12:25 AM Go to last post
  26. Tom petty likes his Noir .....

    Wsa just reading an interview with Tom petty in Rolling stone & they asked him what he loved to do while on the road & his answer = "I watch a lot of...

    Posted By Davidmk
    • Replies: 0
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    07-28-2010 11:03 PM Go to last post
  27. Poll Poll: Best Film Noir Villain

    There are many bad guys in Film Noir, but this is a list of the smartest, the slimiest, or the just plain mean. Which of these in your opinion is the...

    Posted By Keith
    • Replies: 15
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    07-28-2010 10:59 PM Go to last post
  28. Columbia Film Noir Classics II: Bogus Aspect Ratios

    I've just got through the five titles in the new Columbia box and was surprised to find that each of the titles had been reformatted to exactly fit/...

    Posted By Night Editor
    • Replies: 11
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    07-28-2010 10:45 PM Go to last post
  29. Angry Most Overated Noirs

    Just a bit fun ok? Not to be taken too seriously ;) everyone has different tastes and all that but Everyone loves to hate right? So spill your guts...

    Posted By SuperDanX
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    07-28-2010 11:42 AM Go to last post
  30. Raymond Chandler

    Happy Birthday Ray “A rat was gnawing on my foot.” The High Window “Who runs this clip joint?” Nevada Gas “Right now, I got to do something...

    Posted By Hard-Boiled-Rick
    • Replies: 9
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    07-26-2010 12:11 PM Go to last post
  31. Looking for the first ever noir?

    Now, I understand there was a something of a slow process, a slow transition that films went through before there was a concrete and definitive noir...

    Posted By Little Mac
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    07-23-2010 03:13 PM Go to last post
  32. Noir City Sentinel

    the latest Noir City Sentinel is out. How do you get a copy, you ask? Go here and make a small donation and sign up for the news letter. It's...

    Posted By Steve-O
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    07-20-2010 10:14 AM Go to last post
  33. Your Top Ten Film Noirs

    My list hasn't changed very much in 15 years, which doesn't surprise me as my list of all-time faves from all genres hasn't changed much either.. ...

    Posted By David
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    07-18-2010 05:59 PM Go to last post
  34. Lolita (1962) Noir?

    Certainly Kubrick’s Lolita is dramatic dark comedy. But is it film noir (or neo-noir)? If so, what makes it so? ...

    Posted By Hard-Boiled-Rick
    • Replies: 1
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    07-14-2010 03:41 PM Go to last post
  35. Noir News and DVD Reviews

    Hi all! I just wanted to let you know that there are a couple new news articles on the Film Noir Foundations News Page. We also expanded our DVD...

    Posted By Anne H
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    07-14-2010 09:44 AM Go to last post
  36. Lizabeth Scott / Strange Love of Martha Ivers

    Alan Rode is a lucky guy. From his facebook: I had a discussion about Liz Scott recently. I think she's a limited actress but comes across...

    Posted By Steve-O
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    07-13-2010 12:32 AM Go to last post
  37. Poll Poll: The Best Director of Film Noir

    There were many great directors who've made some of the best in Film Noir, some only made a couple and would never make a Noir again or and some...

    Posted By Keith
    • Replies: 11
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    07-08-2010 12:52 PM Go to last post
  38. FNF Web Page Update

    Hello, all! The FNF news and events page has been updated: http://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/news.html That includes the TV listings and the...

    Posted By Anne H
    • Replies: 0
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    07-05-2010 10:24 PM Go to last post
  39. The Enforcer

    Anybody seen this Bogart movie from 1951? I have it on the way from Amazon as it looked quite good, noirish. Worth a go I thought, would love to hear...

    Posted By SuperDanX
    • Replies: 6
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    07-05-2010 06:12 PM Go to last post
  40. Books on Noir

    What film noir books do you have? The latest version of one of the best is coming out soon... ...

    Posted By Steve-O
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    encyclopedia, noir books
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    06-29-2010 10:20 PM Go to last post

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