Essays, reviews, and examinations of the Film Noir genre and style. 1. Night of the Soul - Popular culture essay on the origins of film noir. Appendix includes references to seminal Borde-Chaumeton article on film noir as well as a lengthy filmography. 2. Richard Widmark: The Face of Film Noir - Brian W. Fairbanks examines Richard Widmark's contributions to film noir, beginning with "Kiss of Death" in 1947. 3. Bright Lights Film Journal: Film Noir and Neo-Noir - Film noir essays from the Bright Lights Film Journal. 4. Film Noir and Contemporary American Culture - A series of essays exploring the themes of film noir and their relevance to contemporary culture in the United States. 5. High Heels on Wet Pavement - Essay from Michael Mills' The Palace examines the role of the femme fatale in film noir and how the archetype changed over time. 6. James M. Cain: The Prince of Darkness - William Preston Robertson on hard-boiled writer James M. Cain's novels vs. the film noirs that were made from them. 7. No Place for a Woman: The Family in Film Noir and Other Essays - A Berkeley student's thesis on the ladies of film noir. Very interesting. 8. Ten Shades of Noir - Illustrated essays analyzing ten genre classics. 9. The Noir Connection - An essay describing film noir and the influence of German expressionism. Also a bibliography, filmography, and trivia quiz. 10. The Shadows of Film Noir - Brian W. Fairbanks examines the film noir's origins and recent revival.

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