Noir Movie

From Michael CrichtonCreator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, Rising Sun, and Disclosure Writing as John Lange Comes a new Hollywood mystery thriller, originally written in 1973 by Crichton but never before published, that will keep you guessing until the very end. In the glitz and decadence of...

Noir contains three classic thrillers by Richard Matheson, the grand master of suspense. Originally published in the 1950s, at the very beginning of Matheson’s distinguished career, these page-turning classics are finally on audio for your listening pleasure. Now listeners everywhere can savor three unforgettable tales of crime, corruption, and cold-blooded murder.

After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke’s steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the crime. But now, more than one person knows they didn’t tell the truth back then, and Luke is dead.

In this intensive, intimate, and anything-but-glamorous behind-the-scenes account, film insider and cinephile Paul M. Sammon explores how Ridley Scott used his creative genius to transform the work of science fiction's most uncompromising author into a critical sensation, a commercial success, and a cult classic that would reinvent the genre.

This revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive, highly illustrated volume. Dark City expands with new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that...

This book looks at the contributions made by the actors and actresses who appeared in film noir, and the directors who made them: Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, John Carradine, Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Edmond O’Brien, Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, James Cagney, Ida Lupino, John Huston, Delmer Daves, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fritz Lang, Anthony Mann, Phil Karlson, Lewis Allen, Robert Wise, Henry Hathaway, John Brahms, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Jacques Tourneur, Alfred ...

A essay about the work of actress Megan Ward from Dark Skies, Tick Tock, General Hospital, and much more. James J. Caterino is the author of over one-hundred published novels, essays, and short stories including Escape to Nowhere, The Art of Listening to Music, My Encounter with the Partridge Family, Method Acting. Cool Stuff, True Stories, I Want to Believe, Romance Stories, and much more.

Step back into the eerie, shadow-soaked world of Horror Movies of the 1940s, a lively and nostalgic tour through one of horror’s moodiest and most important decades. This book explores the strange stretch where classic monster movies, gothic chillers, mad-scientist nightmares, old dark houses, eerie sequels, and psychological unease all collided on screen. Inside, you’ll find passionate commentary, engaging synopses, and sharp reflections on both famous classics and lesser-known fright films, all written with the voice of someone who genuinely loves old horror and wants to pull readers ...

‘WOW! WOW! WOW! What a read!’ NetGalley reviewer ‘The blockbuster of the summer!’ NetGalley reviewer ‘THAT twist. I did not see it coming!’ NetGalley reviewer You’re looking over your shoulder, thinking someone’s watching. You’re checking the doors are locked, spooked by a...

*The USA Today bestseller* ‘Holy mother of…! This book was SO good. I devoured it…You NEED to read this!’ Reader review ‘An edge-of-your-seat, page-flipping, stay-up-all-night, heart-racing suspense thriller!’ Real Reviewer ‘Holy cr*p! This is good! Riveting, exciting…kept me...

Adapting what may be the most popular of graphic novels, by the edgy Hard Case Crime author, adding layers and exploring the nature of morality. Faced with overwhelming poverty and a pregnant wife, a tragic, struggling comedian is forced to turn to crime. In his first heist, he is immersed in...

An in-depth look at, and written in collaboration with, the man considered to be the most profound, and commercially successful director at work today--a franchise unto himself--whose deeply personal million-dollar blockbuster movies (The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017)...

The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns in finest madcap form with this zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco, and featuring a diverse cast of characters, including a...

Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anything - blackmail, burglary, and beyond - to make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous collector offers Figueras a career-making chance to interview Jacques Debierue, the greatest living - and most reclusive - artist, the critic must decide how far he will go to become the art-world celebrity he hungers to be. Will Figueras stop at the opportunity to skim some cream for himself or push beyond morality's limits to a bigger payoff?

Groovy Reels:1970s Hollywood The 1970s wasn't just a decade of cinema; it was a revolution that smelled of desperation, weed, and pure, unadulterated ambition. In 1970, the old guard of Hollywood was wheezing like an arthritic mule. The gilded gates of the great studios had become mausoleums, haunted by the ghosts of bloated epics and financial ruins. But from the wreckage of a dying system, a new generation of rebels—the "movie brats"—emerged to throw a Molotov cocktail at the status quo. Groovy Reels is a visceral, high-octane journey through the most transformative decade in film ...

The behind-the-scenes story of the quintessential film noir and cult classic, Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity—its true crime origins and crucial impact on film history—is told for the first time in this riveting narrative published for the film's 80th anniversary. From real crime to serial...

Do you dare pick up The Hotel, the stunning thriller readers are calling ‘fast paced’, ‘creepy’ and ‘gripping the whole way through’? Four of them went to the hotel Four students travel to Ravencliffe, an eerie abandoned hotel perched on steep cliffs on the Welsh coast. After a...

In this revised and expanded edition of his essential volume Dark City Dames, Eddie Muller—Turner Classic Movies host and author of Dark Cityand Noir Bar—offers a uniquely intimate look at the women who defined film noir, now featuring updated text and 10 new star profiles. Film noir was the...

In this scorching, mournful, often explicit, and never less than moving literary novel by the famed creator of the Easy Rawlins series, Debbie Dare, a black porn queen, has to come to terms with her sordid life in the adult entertainment industry after her tomcatting husband dies in a hot tub...

“An instant Southern noir classic” –S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby meets Don Winslow in the breakout thriller from New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins. A Memphis woman hires a PI to find her missing husband, only to discover that he is involved in a dangerous web of international...