• Biographies (6) • Encyclopedias (9) • Dictionaries (3) • Essays (22) • Film Reviews (9) • Studies (81) • Interviews (1) • Stories (3) • Photos (7) • Didactic (1)
• Biographies (0) • Encyclopedias (0) • Dictionaries (0) • Essays (0) • Film Reviews (0) • Studies (0) • Interviews (0) • Stories (0) • Photos (0) • Didactic (0)
• Biographies (6 books)(0 book)
Joan Crawford in Film Noir (2024)
The Actress as Auteur
by David Meuel
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actress > Joan Crawford
Charles McGraw (2012)
Biography of a Film Noir Tough Guy
by Alan K. Rode
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Charles McGraw
Dana Andrews (2010)
The Face of Noir
by James McKay
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Dana Andrews
Bogie (2006)
A Celebration of the Life And Films of Humphrey Bogart
Publisher: Thomas Dunne
Subject: Actor > Humphrey Bogart
• Encyclopedias (9 books)(0 book)
Encyclopedia of Television Noir, 1949-2024 (2026)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir (2013)
The Essential Reference Guide
by John Grant
Publisher: Applause Books
Film Noir FAQ (2013)
All That's Left to Know About Hollywood's Golden Age of Dames, Detectives and Danger
Publisher: Applause Books
British Film Noir Guide (2011)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
The Film Noir Encyclopedia (2010)
by Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward, James Ursini and Robert Porfirio
Publisher: Overlook
The Edward G. Robinson Encyclopedia (2008)
by Robert Beck
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Edward G. Robinson
Film Noir (2006)
A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms and Persons
Publisher: McFarland & Co
The Gangster Film (1998)
The Overlook Film Encyclopedia
Dir. Phil Hardy
Publisher: Overlook
Subject: Genre > Gangster films
• Dictionaries (3 books)(0 book)
Historical Dictionary of Film Noir (2010)
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Essays (22 books)(0 book)
Neo-Noir as Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema (2021)
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Film Noir and the Possibilities of Hollywood (2021)
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema (2021)
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Darkly Perfect World (2020)
Colonial Adventure, Postmodernism, and American Noir
by Stanley Orr
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Argentine Cinema (2020)
From Noir to Neo-Noir
by David George and Gizella Meneses
Publisher: Lexington Books
Moseby Confidential (2019)
Arthur Penn's Night Moves and the Rise of Neo-Noir
Publisher: Jorvik Press
Subject: One Film > Night Moves
Urban Noir (2017)
New York and Los Angeles in Shadow and Light
Dir. James J. Ward and Cynthia J. Miller
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Film Noir Compendium (2016)
Key Selections from the Film Noir Reader Series
by Alain Silver
Publisher: Applause Books
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (2014)
On Classic Film Noir
Dir. Robert Miklitsch
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Subject: Genre
Fatalism in American Film Noir (2013)
Some Cinematic Philosophy
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Film Reviews (9 books)(0 book)
The Films of Jesús Franco, 1953–1966 (2024)
by Francesco Cesari and Roberto Curti
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Jesús Franco
Roots of Film Noir (2022)
Precursors from the Silent Era to the 1940s
by Kevin Grant
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Out of the Past (2000)
Adventures in Film Noir
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
(previous edition)
Subject: Genre
• Studies (81 books)(0 book)
The Haunted Present (2026)
Slavic Neo-Noir Cinema and Television
Dir. Elena Prokhorova, Alexander Prokhorov and Rimgaila Salys
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Three Faces Of Noir Curse Crime Cringe (2025)
Film Noir In The Public Domain Vol IV
Publisher: Bent Banana Books
Liminal Noir in Classical World Cinema (2025)
Dir. Elyce Rae Helford and Christopher Weedman
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Alfred Hitchcock and Film Noir (2024)
The Darker Side
Dir. R. Barton Palmer and Homer B. Pettey
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
Film Noir and the Arts of Lighting (2024)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Greek Film Noir (2024)
Dir. Anna Poupou, Nikitas Fessas and Maria Chalkou
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
From the Moment They Met It Was Murder (2024)
Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir
by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Publisher: Running Press
Subject: One Film > Double Indemnity
American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings (2023)
Publisher: Lexington Books
The Essence of Film Noir (2022)
The Style and Themes of Cinema's Dark Genre
by Diana Royer
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Hollywood's Melodramatic Imagination (2021)
Film Noir, the Western and Other Genres from the 1920s to the 1950s
by Geoff Mayer
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > All Genres
Street with No Name (2021)
A History of the Classic American Film Noir
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Honor Among Thieves (2021)
The Cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville
Publisher: Contra Mundum Press
Subject: Director > Jean-Pierre Melville
I Died a Million Times (2021)
Gangster Noir in Midcentury America
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Murder and the Movies (2020)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Film Noir Prototypes (2018)
Origins of the Movement
by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Publisher: Applause Books
Inhospitable World (2018)
Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene
by Jennifer Fay
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Sociology
Tech-Noir (2017)
The Fusion of Science Fiction and Film Noir
by Paul Meehan
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Science Fiction
Jazz and Cocktails (2017)
Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Film Noir Production (2016)
The Whodunit of the Classic American Mystery Film
by David Landau
Publisher: Routledge
International Noir (2016)
by Homer B. Pettey and R. Barton Palmer
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
The Maltese Falcon to Body of Lies (2015)
Spies, Noirs, and Trust
Publisher: University of New Mexico (UNM) Press
American Neo-Noir (2015)
The Movie Never Ends
by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Publisher: Applause Books
Dashiell Hammett and the Movies (2014)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
America Is Elsewhere (2013)
The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture
by Erik Dussere
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Street with No Name (2013)
A History of the Classic American Film Noir
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
(previous edition)
Nightmare Alley (2013)
Film Noir and the American Dream
by Mark Osteen
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Pulp Fiction to Film Noir (2012)
The Great Depression and the Development of a Genre
by William Hare
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Mickey Spillane on Screen (2012)
A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations
by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Film Noir (2009)
Hard-Boiled Modernity and the Cultures of Globalization
by Jennifer Fay and Justus Nieland
Publisher: Routledge
Driven to Darkness (2009)
Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: Genre
Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia (2009)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia (2009)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
(previous edition)
Unless the Threat of Death Is Behind Them (2008)
Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Cornell Woolrich from Pulp Noir to Film Noir (2006)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Hitchcock with a Chinese Face (2004)
Cinematic Doubles, Oedipal Triangles, and China's Moral Voice
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Film Noir and the Spaces of Modernity (2004)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Early Film Noir (2003)
Greed, Lust and Murder Hollywood Style
by William Hare
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Creatures of Darkness (2000)
Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Subject: Others persons > Raymond Chandler
Moving Targets (1994)
Women, Murder, and Representation
by Helen Birch
Publisher: University of California Press
The Gorgon's Gaze (1991)
German Cinema, Expressionism, and the Image of Horror
by Paul Coates, William Rothman and Dudley Andrew
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Violent America (1971)
The movies, 1946-1964
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Subject: Genre > Gangster films
• Interviews (1 book)(0 book)
Screen Sirens Scream! (2009)
Interviews with 20 Actresses from Science Fiction, Horror, Film Noir and Mystery Movies, 1930s to 1960s
by Paul Parla and Charles P. Mitchell
Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Stories (3 books)(0 book)
Eddie Muller's Noir Bar (2023)
Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir
by Eddie Muller
Publisher: Running Press
Lunch with Lizabeth (2022)
a memoir
by Todd Hughes
Publisher: Pelekinesis
Subject: Actress > Lizabeth Scott
• Photos (7 books)(0 book)
The Art of Noir (2014)
The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir
by Eddie Muller
Publisher: Overlook
Film Noir Graphics (2012)
Where Danger Lives
by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
The Maltese Touch of Evil (2011)
Film Noir and Potential Criticism
by Shannon Scott Clute and Richard L. Edwards
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
• Didactic (1 book)(0 book)
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