By Laurie Brookins Freelance Contributor Whether one is a hard-core fan of film noir or, as author Kimberly Truhler puts it, “you’re brand-spanking-new to the genre,” it’s hard not to be ...

But still, “there’s a good old-fashioned film noir element to Dolores,” says costume designer Shay Cunliffe. Working with assistant costume supervisor Amanda Riley, associate costume ...

Alfred Hitchcock clearly liked working with Edith Head — the director and costume designer worked ... This Billy Wilder classic film noir starred Gloria Swanson as faded star, Norma Desmond.

Another new addition to the franchise is costume designer Laura Montgomery, who does a wonderful job of bringing a film noir-inspired vibe to the wardrobe–but with a contemporary twist.

It’s a classic film noir moment, as the dark “brunette” meets the platinum “blonde” and the two are face to face. “The costume starts off this one way at the beginning of the meeting, and the layers ...

But cinephiles have been chattering again about film noir ... genre because it transcends genre. There are noir mysteries, noir melodramas, noir costume pictures, even noir-tinged westerns ...

Costume designer Renée Ehrlich Kalfus has ... However, she considers “A Simple Favor,” the upcoming suburban noir film starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick (in theaters Sept.

The characteristics of film noir are interwoven into the CW TV series “Riverdale ... Archie Comics* into a sentimental journey we can all relate to. The vintage costumes and neon iconography ...

“Time and film noir go together like ham and eggs,” said Alan Rode, an author and a director of the Film Noir Foundation, which sponsors Noir City, a continuing series of film festivals that ...