John Carpenter names cinema’s quintessential film noir: “That’s an incredible movie”
An essential genre.
Film noir
The Nicolas Cage performance inspired by Humphrey Bogart: “A certain style”
Cage took heavy inspiration from Bogey.
The three film noirs that inspired Martin Scorsese movie ‘Shutter Island’
Three landmarks in the genre.
The stone-cold thrills of ‘The Hitch-Hiker’, the first film noir directed by a woman
A masterpiece disguised as a B-movie
The movies that influenced Leonardo DiCaprio on ‘Shutter Island’
Leo went on a Scorsese-curated film noir crash course like no other.
The film noir movies Scarlett Johansson considers personal favourites
“There were so many wonderful movies about that time.”
Samuel L Jackson, ‘Secret Invasion’ and deep-rooted film-noir inspiration
“Mistrust, and paranoia and suspicion.”
Christopher Nolan explains what makes a great film noir: “Continuous reassessment”
“Can’t trust all the characters…”
Roger Ebert once named “the most dramatic entrance in the history of the cinema”
An iconic British film.