Movement
Film Noir
American crime film of the 1940s and '50s defined by low-key lighting, doomed men, and a moral universe with no clean exit. Named by French critics after the fact.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Double Indemnity
Billy Wilder · 1944
The Third Man
Carol Reed · 1949
Out of the Past
Jacques Tourneur · 1947
Touch of Evil
Orson Welles · 1958
More in Movement
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Set the clock, pick the awards, and let your guild nominate. Six films over three months is the recommended shape.
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