Noir

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett

Corporate Noir, or This Job Is Killing Me
Every era gets the noir it deserves.
Julia IngallsAug 30, 2014
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YAC Hit List: Noir
Finding a spot in the cafeteria or a seat on the bus requires careful navigation between various identities, some self-created, and some imposed on us unwillingly.
Sarah SkiltonAug 26, 2014
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Manchette’s Mayhem
Jean-Patrick Manchette produced violence with an almost choreographed agility. Contributor Tagline: Chris R. Morgan has previously written for VICE, Bookforum, The Awl, Open Letters Monthly, and This Recording. He lives in New Jersey and publishes a zine called Biopsy.
Chris MorganAug 25, 2014
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Neo-Noir and Anti-Realism in Sam Fuller
The first filmmaker to fully capture the spirit of the new noir was the wild man of American cinema, Sam Fuller.
Jake HinksonAug 18, 2014
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Two Tough Cops (Who Happen to Be Female)
Erica Ruth Neubauer on women cops in a male-dominated genre.
Erica Ruth NeubauerJul 25, 2014
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Backroads Noir in the Australian Outback: David Michôd’s “The Rover”
"Mad Max" meets "Murder, My Sweet."
Andrew NetteJul 18, 2014
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The Oldest Story: Toward a Theory of a Dead Girl Show
Alice Bolin theorizes the commonality of the Dead Girl in Twin Peaks, True Detective, and Pretty Little Liars.
Alice BolinApr 28, 2014
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No Big Sleep for Raymond Chandler
Dick Lochte on the many incarnations of Raymond Chandler.
Dick LochteApr 19, 2014
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A Bright, Guilty World: The Biography of a Film
On the making of Orson Welles’s The Lady From Shanghai.
Michael PeckMar 20, 2014
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Woody Haut: Best of 2013
The King of Noir Woody Haut picks the best of 2013.
Woody HautDec 22, 2013
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Staring at the Sun: Adam Gopnik’s “Rise of Florida Crime Fiction.”
On 'the brazen weirdness' of Florida crime fiction.
J. David GonzalezJul 23, 2013
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Knowing It Has to End
Noir's rap is bleak, nihilistic, hardbitten. But at heart it's a deeply emotional genre and a deeply nostalgic one.
Boris Dralyuk, Megan AbbottMay 7, 2012
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