Collections/November 2021

Fox Noir

Featuring a new introduction by critic Imogen Sara Smith The dark unconscious of midcentury America is reflected in these shadowy gems from Twentieth Century-Fox, where major directors like Otto Preminger, Elia Kazan, and Samuel Fuller, working with stars like Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, and Dana Andrews, created some of the defining film noirs of the genre’s golden era. Featuring the sophisticated murder mystery Laura, the haunting existential carnival ride Nightmare Alley (based on the same novel as Guillermo del Toro’s soon-to-be-released remake), and the Technicolor noir Niagara , starring Marilyn Monroe in her screen-scorching breakthrough performance, this selection of pulp classics and rarities is a plunge into the darkest realms of Hollywood’s imagination.

12 films — 0 on the Channel, 12 unavailable