Critical Essays (Film Noir)

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Apollo Leisure Guide: Film Noir Apollo Leisure Guide: Film Noir: Dan Jardine reviews Nicholas Christopher's "Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City," and produces an enlightening essay in the process. (Critical Essays) http://apolloguide.com/mov_feat0820.htm High Heels on Wet Pavement High Heels on Wet Pavement: Essay from Michael Mills' The Palace examines the role of the femme fatale in film noir and how the archetype changed over time. (Critical Essays) http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/film_noir/index.html The Noir Connection The Noir Connection: An essay describing film noir and the influence of German expressionism. Also a bibliography, filmography, and trivia quiz. (Critical Essays) http://www.germanhollywood.com/noir.html Bright Lights Film Journal: Film Noir and Neo-Noir Bright Lights Film Journal: Film Noir and Neo-Noir: Film noir essays from the Bright Lights Film Journal. (Critical Essays) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/filmnoir.html James M. Cain: The Prince of Darkness James M. Cain: The Prince of Darkness: William Preston Robertson on hard-boiled writer James M. Cain's novels vs. the film noirs that were made from them. (Critical Essays) http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,472454,00.html No Place for a Woman: The Family in Film Noir and Other Essays No Place for a Woman: The Family in Film Noir and Other Essays: A Berkeley student's thesis on the ladies of film noir. Very interesting. (Critical Essays) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/noir/ Film Noir and Contemporary American Culture Film Noir and Contemporary American Culture: A series of essays exploring the themes of film noir and their relevance to contemporary culture in the United States. (Critical Essays) http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/noir/noirxx.htm The Shadows of Film Noir The Shadows of Film Noir: Brian W. Fairbanks examines the film noir's origins and recent revival. (Critical Essays) http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/Shadows1.html Richard Widmark: The Face of Film Noir Richard Widmark: The Face of Film Noir: Brian W. Fairbanks examines Richard Widmark's contributions to film noir, beginning with "Kiss of Death" in 1947. (Critical Essays) http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/widmark.html Night of the Soul Night of the Soul: Popular culture essay on the origins of film noir. Appendix includes references to seminal Borde-Chaumeton article on film noir as well as a lengthy filmography. (Critical Essays) http://library.calumet.purdue.edu/nitesoul.htm Ten Shades of Noir Ten Shades of Noir: Illustrated essays analyzing ten genre classics. (Critical Essays) http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/infocus.htm