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 Zootropolis 2 | 10:15AM, 1:00PM, 3:45PM, 6:15PM, 8:30PM Wicked: For Good | 10:45AM, 2:00PM, 5:15PM, 8:30PM Wake Up Dead Man | 11:00AM, 2:15PM, 5:30PM, 8:45PM The Choral | 12:00PM It Was Just An Accident | 12:15PM, 9:00PM Prime Minister | 2:45PM Eternity | 3:00PM, 8:50PM Nuremberg | 5:45PM
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.