neo-noir

/ ˌniːəʊˈnwɑː /

adjective

1. (of a film) set in contemporary modern times, but showing characteristics of a film noir, in plot or style

Example Sentences

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.

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In “Reservation Dogs,” Sterlin Harjo celebrated his boundless adoration of cinema by fusing comedy with iconic tributes to ‘80s coming-of-age movies. For his second series outing, he merges his fondness for ‘70s-style neo-noir with his enduring love for his home state, tapping Hawke’s prose-addicted gumshoe to mosey us through its beauty and corruption.

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Known for his tough-guy persona and commanding presence, he was often cast in crime dramas and neo-noir thrillers, but also found roles in comedies and independent films.

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In this neo-noir two-hander, Constanza, a Filipina immigrant, and Billy, a queer Texan youth, find themselves thrown together as they attempt to dodge law enforcement — both immigration officers and criminal investigators — and free themselves of sins from their homelands.

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His 2001 neo-noir film “Mulholland Drive” is considered one of the filmmaker’s best, an exemplar of the practice of coaxing audiences into the theater of inscrutability and getting them comfortable before locking the door and leaving them there.

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