Movie Mahal

An Online Journal for Indian Cinema

Category: Noir

SHOR IN THE CITY / NOISE IN THE CITY – (Dir. Raj Nidimoru & Krishna D K, 2010, India)

Crime, Ekta Kapoor, Indian CInema, Niche, Noir, Postmodern cinema, The Indian Multiplex Film, Thriller
ACE IN THE HOLE / THE BIG CARNIVAL (Dir. Billy Wilder, 1951, US) – Rotten to the Core

Auteur, Billy Wilder, Hollywood Cinema, Kirk Douglas, Media, Noir, Political Cinema
ISHQIYA (Dir. Abhishek Chaubey, 2010, India) – Rural Noir

Indian CInema, Naseeruddin Shah, Noir, The Village
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Dir. Alexander Mackendrick, 1957, US) – ‘I’d hate to take a bite outta you. You’re a cookie full of arsenic.’

Burt Lancaster, Latin American Cinema, Melodrama, Noir, Thriller, Tony Curtis
AMAR (Dir. Mehboob Khan, India, 1954) – Expressionist Idiosyncrasies

Auteur, Dilip Kumar, Expressionism, Genre, Gothic, Indian CInema, Madhubala, Mehboob Khan, Melodrama, Noir