Noir Nightmares: ‘I Wake Up Dreaming’ comes to the Castro

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Kenn Fong

Make no mistake. Lucky Gagin (Robert Montgomery) is a chump to end all chumps in Ride the Pink Horse (1947), Continue reading →

Night Rangers: A Look at “Dark Horse—Film Noir Westerns” at YBCA

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Dennis Harvey

Human psychology is the ball and chain we drag with us everywhere we go, even into the Great Outdoors. Americans have long had a sentimental fondness for the assumed “rugged simplicity” of life in areas farthest flung from the clutter and neurosis of urban life. Continue reading →

So Dark, So Elusive: “A Rare Noir is Good to Find” Spans 25 Years and the Globe at the Roxie

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Pam Grady

For noir fans walking into the Roxie Theater on Thursday, March 19, it will be as if they have merely been on an absurdly long intermission. Continue reading →

Noir City 13: ‘Til Death Do Us Part

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Kelly Vance

Even as film noir has gained popularity with audiences recently, an old complaint about it surfaces from time to time: That it’s more or less a “boys’ club,” Continue reading →