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	Bright Lights Film Journal: Film Noir and Neo-Noir - http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/filmnoir.html Film noir essays from the Bright Lights Film Journal.
	Ten Shades of Noir - http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/infocus.htm Illustrated essays analyzing ten genre classics.
	High Heels on Wet Pavement - http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/film_noir/index.html Essay from Michael Mills' The Palace examines the role of the femme fatale in film noir and how the archetype changed over time.
	James M. Cain: The Prince of Darkness - http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2001/apr/13/features William Preston Robertson on hard-boiled writer James M. Cain's novels vs. the film noirs that were made from them.
	Richard Widmark: The Face of Film Noir - http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/widmark.html Brian W. Fairbanks examines Richard Widmark's contributions to film noir, beginning with "Kiss of Death" in 1947.

	No Place for a Woman: The Family in Film Noir and Other Essays - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/noir/np05ff.html A Berkeley student's thesis on the ladies of film noir. Very interesting.
	Night of the Soul - http://library.calumet.purdue.edu/nitesoul.htm Popular culture essay on the origins of film noir. Appendix includes references to seminal Borde-Chaumeton article on film noir as well as a lengthy filmography.
	The Shadows of Film Noir - http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/Shadows1.html Brian W. Fairbanks examines the film noir's origins and recent revival.
	Apollo Leisure Guide: Film Noir - http://apolloguide.com/mov_feat0820.htm Dan Jardine reviews Nicholas Christopher's "Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City," and produces an enlightening essay in the process.
	Film Noir and Contemporary American Culture - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/noir/noirxx.htm A series of essays exploring the themes of film noir and their relevance to contemporary culture in the United States.

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