Dan Jardine reviews Nicholas Christopher's "Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City," and produces an enlightening essay in the process.

Film noir essays from the Bright Lights Film Journal.

A series of essays exploring the themes of film noir and their relevance to contemporary culture in the United States.

Essay from Michael Mills' The Palace examines the role of the femme fatale in film noir and how the archetype changed over time.

William Preston Robertson on hard-boiled writer James M. Cain's novels vs. the film noirs that were made from them.

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.

A Berkeley student's thesis on the ladies of film noir. Very interesting.

Brian W. Fairbanks examines Richard Widmark's contributions to film noir, beginning with "Kiss of Death" in 1947.

Illustrated essays analyzing ten genre classics.

An essay describing film noir and the influence of German expressionism. Also a bibliography, filmography, and trivia quiz.

Brian W. Fairbanks examines the film noir's origins and recent revival.