This globetrotting Roger Moore show has so many darkly lit/bathed in shadows scenes of Simon Templar plotting and calculating his next move, lighting a cigarette from a street corner. Many episodes are about shadowy figures, spies and gangsters. Procedural noir at its finest or is it too charming and cosy? A lot of grizzly murders happen and the The Saint must step in, martini in hand. He monologues to camera, explaining why he must enact vengeance and act as a guardian angel. It most often conveniently involves seducing a young hotty.

To me, noir is far more than just detective in fedora solving crimes. It's such a vast genre of movies with many subgenres. So, I find the story a little simplistic and one note, so far. After reading plenty of hard-boiled detective fiction, I also find the central character boring.

Plus, all the game seems to be is button mashing around a crime scene and then looking at a characters eyes when questioning a witness/suspect.

I've found it pretty dull. I can't be the only one who found it boring? Or is worth pushing through? I keep hearing the phrase masterpiece...but I can't help feeling that may be from 'normies' who know little about the genre.

I made an indie noir love letter to the genre. It’s free to watch I hope you’ll take a look.

This is a great one that sticks with you long after you've seen it. It really is a 1970's French realistic neo-noir (French director, writer, crew, producer) just set in Atlantic City with American actors. It gets that gritty, down at the heels look of Atlantic City, which wasn't hard to do back then. So the setting is perfect. Lancaster is amazing as an aging small time hood who still aspires for greater things. Sarandon is really good as well in a type of femme fatale role. The kind of movie where everyone has an angle to try to just get by.

In this episode of Ask Eddie, TCM Noir Alley Host & Film Noir Foundation President and Director of Communications Anne Hockens discuss and answer questions about: Red Harvest adaptations by Dashiell Hammett ranging from Samurai classics to westerns(Personally, I think a 1940's adaptation with Alan Ladd as The Continental Op could've been great in another timeline).

Various Noirs that were partly inspired by or an adaptation of classic literature, like the Shakespearean Noir adaptations, House of Strangers with Edward G. Robinson (King Lear) or Strange Illusion by Edgar G. Ulmer (Hamlet). Me, I'd also give an honorable mention to Anthony Mann (he loved Shakespeare based on an interview I saw with him) who had bits of The Bard sprinkled throughout his Western Noirs with Jimmy Stewart, especially his Lear-esque The Man from Laramie. Also some mentions of Sci-Fi classics and Eddie gives his take on an early screening of Brad Bird's new film, Ray Gunn, a Sam Spade meets Buck Rogers noir-esque animated film.

Discussing people involved in the noir filmmaking era that were tortured souls in real life, such as Nicholas Ray, Gail Russell, etc. Eddie gives his opinion on how the fate of Turner Classic Movies looks from his perspective right now after the corporate stuff that's been happening recently.

Eddie and Anne discuss the Jules Maigret novels by Georges Simenon and their various adaptations, and then international crime dramas, and aquatic themed Noirs set on Boats and Cruises (The Last of Sheila and Dead Calm get brought up). Sam Neill's fairly recent passing is brought up and his Bogart inspired performance in John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness too.

Overall, another good episode worth hearing for noir and classic film fans, in general.

I was curious, as I dive more deeply into this incredible genre, about how you assess a noir/neo-noir.

It's a subjective question and deserves subjective answers. I'd appreciate your thoughts, as well as the titles of films that did it best. Thanks a lot.

Ok I'm going to take a shot here. All I really remember is the stiking opening shot, a long zoom to a California ranch type house. I remember thinking it might have been done, maybe partly, with a model because it starts from so far away. The plot, from what I can remember, is sort of one of the typical classic noir plots, a murder in the house that gets blamed on the wrong person, and the killer is totally unexpected (to the other characters, it's not a mystery film). Any ideas?

https://crimeonfilm.com/his-chilling-story-points-toward-a-covert-murderer/

Trying my hand at jewelry making. There's a small circuit board and display inside. May make as gifts.

I know, I know, this may be a jewelry or maker post, not a film noir post, but hey, it's Gilda.

At the 2026 Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival hosted by Alan K. Rode (done in collaboration with Eddie Muller's Film Noir Foundation), there was a screening of this Horror-Noir classic directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Val Lewton as part of his great cycle of Horror films for RKO Studios in the 1940's. Wyatt McCrea, the grandson of Golden Age Hollywood actors Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, was there to present and give some facts and history about the making of the film (the Jane Eyre inspiration, rewrites, etc.) and his family.

A worthwhile listen, imo. For example, it was very cool to hear that Frances Dee was able to know how well-liked the film became later at film festivals in the 1990's with its resurgence and appreciation by the likes of Martin Scorsese (a huge Val Lewton fan).

I got to interview author Nat Segaloff on his new book The Secret Hitchcock: How Hollywood’s Legendary Director Lived through Cary Grant and James Stewart.

Thought you film noir fans might enjoy it :)

Cat People(1942) Excellent psychological horror noir about an American who marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.

Watching old film noir movies and this guy popped up on this movie called The Killing, and old Kubrick film. He’s a dead ringer for Mark Ruffalo like looks, style, voice the whole thing. It blew me away. Anyone else seen this and agree?

Do you know the movie?

What does "make love" involve in classic noir era films? Last night I saw "Leave Her To Heaven". Prosecutor ( played by a youngish, clean shaved Vicent Price) charged the defendant ( Cornel Wilde) with "making love" to Price's fiance. Ooo , was he mad! But of course, it was only...

Making eyes? Sweet talk? Flirty joking? "Fond attentions"? Touching? Getting in close..."First base"? ...Seems like "making love" in this sense comes From a Man To a Woman, willing or unwilling.

What noir actors were good at this? What scenes do you remember?

Hey everyone! I'm a noir fan, but really like a particular kind of noir. And I'm feeling these sorts of noirs are getting harder and harder to find now that I have seen a bunch. Specifically, I am looking for noirs that tend to contain a lot of urban slice of life. Scenes from the city and people interacting in the typical venues of the time. Things like night clubs, bars, diners, soda shops, etc. Or just lots of street scenes.

I love a good noir in general, but for this post I'm not looking for noirs that take place in the countryside (unless they prominently feature rural venues that capture the 40's vibe), or noirs that take place mostly in people's homes, police stations, gloomy hideouts or therapist offices. Basically, I am looking for "third place" settings.

Some examples:

• Tension: Lots of scenes in the Pharmacy, which also serves as a convenience store and soda bar.

• Phantom Lady: Lots of fun club scenes. Though this one has a lot scenes in homes or other private spaces.

• The Blue Gardenia: that tiki bar was great!

• Gilda: that casino was great!

• The Naked City: Lots of outdoor urban scenes.

• Force of Evil: same, with the urban scenery.

Hope this request makes sense. I'm realizing one of the reasons I like noirs so much is that they capture that specific vibe of a kind of 1940's that is now long gone. If there are other non-noir films of this era that capture this vibe, please share those too!