Intro To Noir

February 10th, 2011 | POSTED BY Spencer Fornaciari

Brandi and Allen discuss noir in honor of SIFF Cinema’s Noir City series. In this piece they discuss the origins, characteristics of noir, important movies, and its influence on modern cinema.

As a reminder, here are their top 5 noir films:

Billy Wilder, Cat People, Chinatown, Don't Bother to Knock, Double Indemnity, Fritz Lang, LA Confidential, M, Metropolis, Noir, Orson Welles, Seattle International Film Festival, SIFF, Stranger on the Third Floor, The Black Dahlia, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Night of the Hunter, The Prowler, Touch of Evil

About Spencer Fornaciari

Spencer was born and raised in New Mexico. He grew up with the many great films of the 1980’s before having his world rocked after seeing The Usual Suspects. He moved to Washington State to go to the University of Washington, and currently any free time he currently has is split between working on film projects and watching films.

Follow him on Twitter or email him.

View all posts by this author

Intro To Noir

About Spencer Fornaciari

MOST POPULAR

You Make the Pick – Football Movies

CinemaCon Film Review – The Heat

Top 5 – Acts of Redemption

Film Review – The Host

Film Review – A Good Day to Die Hard

CONTRIBUTORS

UPCOMING FILMS