The film noir genre is an undoubtedly unique one, as itâ s perhaps the only genre that has a specific period during which it existed: from the early 1940s until the end of the 1950s. There were movies ...

The 1950s were a varied decade for film, including both old-fashioned spectacles and bold artistic leaps. Directors across the globe were redefining the medium in fascinating ways. Out of postwar ...

In the 1950s, the movie industry was in transition. Following the Great Depression and Second World War, television was becoming a formidable competitor to moviegoing. Partially in response to that ...

Micheline Presle, a French movie actress who conveyed icy poise and heated passion with equal vigor and most memorably starred in “Devil in the Flesh,” a 1947 drama about wartime adultery that became ...