Local film critic and podcaster Matthew Turner returns for a second mini season of film noir classics, which will run exclusively at Chiswick Cinema throughout November 2025.
Programme Information Hamnet | 11:50AM, 2:40PM, 5:30PM, 8:20PM Marty Supreme | 11:50AM, 5:00PM, 8:10PM Sentimental Value | 11:55AM, 5:40PM Rental Family | 12:10PM, 6:00PM, 8:35PM The Royal Opera: La Traviata | 12:15PM 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | 2:45PM, 5:25PM, 8:00PM Song Sung Blue | 2:50PM The Housemaid | 3:05PM, 8:25PM
Broadly speaking, the term film noir (coined by French film critics) refers to Hollywood thrillers and dramas from the 1940s and ’50s that were perceived to have a degree of darkness and cynicism, reflecting post-WII attitudes at the time. Film noir stories frequently revolve around crime, corruption, greed, illicit sex and murder, exposing the dark heart beating beneath the American Dream.