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Film noir: what it is and how it lives on in the 21st century

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Film noir, “black film” in French, describes a group of dark American crime films made mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. Its shadows, cynical detectives and dangerous femmes fatales have influenced filmmakers ever since. Where the term comes from French critics coined the term after World War II, when Hollywood films that had not been … Read more

What makes a film a classic? From Hollywood’s golden age to today

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Every year, thousands of films are released and most are soon forgotten. A few keep being watched, discussed and copied for decades. What do these classics have in common, and was there really a golden age that modern cinema cannot match? The golden age of Hollywood Film historians often use “golden age” for the period … Read more