The Term “Cult,” as applied to movies, is much harder to define than another classic film term, “Noir”.
There is little …

Noir is one of the most celebrated and misunderstood film genres.  Many people get an instant image of a grainy …

Every movies falls somewhere on a scale between Realism and Formalism.  All of them require the suspension of at least …

Akira Kurosawa was born in Tokyo in 1910, the last of seven children.  His earliest influences were an older brother …

Film Noir can easily be defined as a black and white crime movie made in the 1940’ or 50’s, with …

motif 1 : a usu. recurring salient thematic element in a work of art; esp : a dominant …