Search results for “[subject: noir]”

• Author(s): Richard Deming • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismOrson Welles' classic 1958 noir movie Touch of Evil, the story of a corrupt police chief in a small...

• Author(s): Noah Isenberg • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismFrom the Back CoverLong considered an unpolished gem of film noir, the private treasure of film buff...

• Author(s): E. Ann Kaplan • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismFrom the Back CoverThe first edition of "Women in Film Noir" (1978) assembled a group of scholars an...

• Author(s): Richard Schickel • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - Guides & ReviewsRichard Schickel's study of Billy Wilder's 1944 noir classic Double Indemnity traces in fascinating ...

• Author(s): Michael Eaton • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismDirected in 1974 by Roman Polanski from a script by Robert Towne, Chinatown is a brilliant reworking...

• Author(s): Richard Schickel • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismThis book discusses Double Indemnity and its status as a key film in the definition of film noir.

• Author(s): Vlad Dima • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - Guides & ReviewsOusmane Sembène was one of the greatest, most groundbreaking filmmakers in the history of cinema, an accla...

• Author(s): Glen Creeber • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Television - History & CriticismIn this new edition of The Television Genre Book, leading international scholars have come toge...

• Author(s): Jim Hillier • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - Guides & ReviewsFrom the Back CoverFilm noir's popularity with cinema audiences, enthusiasts and scholars has remained un...

• Author(s): Jim Hillier • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - Guides & ReviewsFilm noir's popularity with cinema audiences, enthusiasts and scholars has remained unabated since post-w...

• Author(s): Andrew Pulver • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - Guides & ReviewsFrom the Back CoverNight and the City (1950) is a classic film noir, the story of a hoodlum on the make...

• Author(s): Stacey Abbott • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - Genres - HorrorFirst released in 1987, Near Dark is a vampire film set in the contemporary American Midwest that tells the ...

• Author(s): Na Na • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismFrom the Back CoverThe Singing Detective (BBC, 1986) has been described by novelist Steven King as 'the "Cit...

• Author(s): Glen Creeber • Publisher: British Film Institute • Publisher Imprint: British Film Institute • BISAC: Television - History & CriticismIn this new edition of The Television Genre Book, leading international scholars have come toge...