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Essays, reviews, and examinations of the Film Noir genre and style.

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• Apollo Leisure Guide: Film Noir

  http://apolloguide.com/mov_feat0820.htm
  Dan Jardine reviews Nicholas Christopher's "Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City," and produces an enlightening essay in the process.

• Film Noir and Contemporary American Culture

  http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/essays/general/does-film-noir-mirror-the-culture/
  A series of essays exploring the themes of film noir and their relevance to contemporary culture in the United States.

• High Heels on Wet Pavement

  http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/film_noir/index.html
  Essay from Michael Mills' The Palace examines the role of the femme fatale in film noir and how the archetype changed over time.

• James M. Cain: The Prince of Darkness

  http://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/apr/13/features
  William Preston Robertson on hard-boiled writer James M. Cain's novels vs. the film noirs that were made from them.

• No Place for a Woman: The Family in Film Noir and Other Essays

  http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/noir/np05ff.html
  A Berkeley student's thesis on the ladies of film noir. Very interesting.

• Richard Widmark: The Face of Film Noir

  http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/widmark.html
  Brian W. Fairbanks examines Richard Widmark's contributions to film noir, beginning with "Kiss of Death" in 1947.

• Ten Shades of Noir

  http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/infocus.htm
  Illustrated essays analyzing ten genre classics.

• The Shadows of Film Noir

  http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/Shadows1.html
  Brian W. Fairbanks examines the film noir's origins and recent revival.

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