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 One Night Only | 10:40AM, 1:45PM, 7:30PM & Sons | 11:00AM, 4:45PM The Dog Stars | 11:15AM, 8:00PM The End Of Oak Street | 11:30AM Spider-Man: Brand New Day | 1:30PM, 5:00PM, 8:15PM Bitter Christmas | 2:00PM, 5:00PM Tony | 2:15PM The Odyssey | 4:10PM, 7:45PM
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.