neo-noir
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The production is naturalistic, with bits of expressionist neo-noir worked in when a crime is being described.
From Los Angeles Times
The neo-noir psychological drama stars Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a lonely, insomniac Vietnam War veteran who takes a job as a night-shift cabbie in New York City.
From Salon
In 2005 he reemerged with the neo-noir action thriller “Sin City.”
From Los Angeles Times
In “Reservation Dogs,” Sterlin Harjo celebrated his boundless love for cinema by fusing comedy with iconic tributes to ‘80s coming-of-age movies. For his second series, he merges his fondness for ‘70s-style neo-noir with his enduring affection for his home state, tapping Hawke’s prose-addicted gumshoe to mosey us through its beauty and corruption.
From Salon
He cites Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye” as his main jumping off point — “I was just sort of obsessed with it. During the pandemic, I watched it, like, five times,” he told me — but he also namechecks an array of other noir and neo-noir classics that he says he borrowed, stole from or shouted out in making this show.
From Salon
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