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Critical Essays

	Apollo Leisure Guide: Film Noir - Dan Jardine reviews Nicholas Christopher's "Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City," and produces an enlightening essay in the process. Rate this
	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. Rate this
	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. Rate this
	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. Rate this
	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. Rate this
	The Shadows of Film Noir - Brian W. Fairbanks examines the film noir's origins and recent revival. Rate this
	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. Rate this
	Bright Lights Film Journal: Film Noir and Neo-Noir - Film noir essays from the Bright Lights Film Journal. Rate this
	Ten Shades of Noir - Illustrated essays analyzing ten genre classics. Rate this
	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. Rate this
	The Noir Connection - An essay describing film noir and the influence of German expressionism. Also a bibliography, filmography, and trivia quiz. Rate this