noir
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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Screen Rant suggests black and white helps "the show's noir aesthetic".
From BBC • May 27, 2026
"To find a grounded, older version... an homage to all the noir movies of the past, it feels super exciting," he says.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Reviews were mostly positive about his first effort, with Deadline calling it a "wonderfully atmospheric, nostalgic and entertaining contemporary noir".
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
One pays faithful homage to the original film noir titles of the 1940s, while the latter aims to entice audiences who might not be familiar with the monochromatic palette.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
“So Mapplethorpe gave these dudes a kind of noir feel, right? Well, I want to do that with dude-like things. Cray-Cray's shed seems like the most badass dude-cave at the whole school.”
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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