Film noir

Did Kafka invent noir?

Marek Krajewski's new novel reminds its readers that "The Trial" anticipated the works of Chandler and Welles

Rodger Jacobs, LA Review of Books Monday, Jan 21, 2013 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment LA Review of Books, Franz Kafka

Richard Lingeman's "The Noir Forties" reveals how the film movement captured the period's creeping fear and anxiety

Jon Weiner, LA Review of Books Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 11:48 PM UTC
Entertainment LA Review of Books, Books

They were Hollywood's first female rebels, using their smarts and sexiness to undermine traditonal male power

Richard Lingeman Monday, Dec 17, 2012 2:00 AM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Books, Film noir