Noir

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After his “L.A. Confidential” CBS adaptation was dropped, Jordan Harper had a revelation: “I was ready to get into the world of Los Angeles, the world of Hollywood, the…

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Inspired by events in Mashhad, Iran, two decades ago, Ali Abbasi’s “Holy Spider” is an unconventional film noir that almost didn’t happen — a thriller that follows a crusading female…

At first glance — and it rewards several glances — “Decision to Leave” seems to tell the story of a police detective and the beautiful woman who upends his dull, well-ordered existence. It’s…

On the Shelf South Central Noir Edited by Gary PhillipsAkashic: 280 pages, $17If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees…

“Out of the Blue” is so enamored of film noir tropes that the lead character is not just an ex-con, he’s also a librarian who spends nights watching Turner Classic Movies. It’s never quite…

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The crime novel is, by its nature, a social novel. Among its most necessary characters is setting, which functions not as backdrop but milieu. “The detective story, so peculiar to the modern…

Josh Jensen, who, after a single-minded quest in the 1970s to find the perfect site in California to grow the pinot noir grape, became the first producer of consistently excellent American…