Dean (David Sutcliffe), a graphic novelist, finds himself obsessed after being dumped by his hot lover, Pablo (Antonio Sabato Jr.), who went out for cigarettes and never came back. Dean's frantic search for his ex-lover leads him to sultry Argentina where he discovers Pablo's secretive and controlling mother (Sonia Braga). On his journey he encounters bizarre sexual trysts including a brother/sister team who complicate matters, all the while his boss...

"From actual murder to magazine fiction to movie, the history of Double Indemnity is as complex as anything that hit the screen during film noir's classic period. A 1927 tabloid sensation "crime of the century" inspired journalist and would-be crime-fiction writer James M. Cain to pen a novella. Hollywood quickly bid on the film rights, but throughout the 1930s a strict code of censorship made certain that no studio could green-light a murder melodrama...

Noël, an aging crook who has long lived on the edge of society, now wants only a peaceful life, but agrees to take in Mickey, a criminal on the run. When the fugitive catches Noël talking to a police inspector, he is convinced that he has been betrayed and turns dangerous...

A classic detective thriller, Quai des Orfevres centres on the efforts of Inspector Antoine (Jouvet) and his investigation into the murder of an elderly businessman. An early, more traditional work from Clouzot, who would later direct *Wages of Fear*, but shot through with his characteristically dark sense of humor. Winner of Best Director at the **Venice Film Festival**. *"Clouzot is able to reveal a complex and interactive working-class world in...

An amazingly original hybrid of film noir, supernatural fantasy, and backstage melodrama, the film stars Joan Leslie as a Broadway actress who magically relives the previous year of her life, but can she alter the fateful mistakes and misjudgments that led to a New Year's Eve tragedy? In the years after its 1947 release, REPEAT PERFORMANCE seemingly vanished. For many who'd seen it, the film's startling premise and stunning set-pieces became merely...

The enigmatic Gregory Arkadin (Orson Welles) is more complex than Charles Foster Kane, but equally as wealthy, though the source of his fortune is highly questionable. The Wellesian plot device is Guy Van Stratten, a penny ante cigarette smuggler who starts up a romance with Arkadin's daughter, Raina, in order to meet Arkadin. When Arkadin confronts Van Stratten with a dossier he has compiled on him to stop him from seeing his daughter, Van Stratten...

This noir drama stars Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon (*Boardwalk Empire, Nocturnal Animals*) as John Rosow, a private detective hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers Harold's identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing Harold back to his wife...

Just out of prison, Maurice (Serge Reggiani) murders a man and steals the loot of a break-in. Preparing another heist, he asks his friend Silien (Jean-Paul Belmondo) for help. But Silien is an informer and warns the police; Maurice is wounded. Furious, he seeks revenge. Nominated for Best Film at the **Mar del Plata Film Festival.** *"As good as Melville's setups are, the joys of the movie keep returning to Belmondo, then and now the king of effortless...

A family is dislocated when small failings blow up into extravagant lies. They battle against the odds to stay together by covering up the truth, but it only leads to additional hardship.

In this classic noir thriller, Bette Davis stars as Janet Frobisher, a successful crime novelist living in a remote English countryside manor. When her estranged husband unexpectedly shows up, Janet murders him in a fit of rage. Shortly after, her husband's criminal associate (Gary Merrill) arrives, forcing her into a deadly game of deceit and manipulation to cover up the crime. As secrets unravel and tensions rise, Janet's web of lies threatens to...