On this day in movie history - Los Angeles: City of Film Noir (2015):

Los Angeles: City of Film Noir

aka Los Angeles: Cité du Film Noir,

documentary directed and written by Clara Kuperberg and Julia Kuperberg,

was released in France on February 28, 2015.

Cast:

James Ellroy, Eddie Muller, Alain Silver.

Recommended reading - Noir City Annual 2023 (2024):

Noir City Annual 2023

By Eddie Muller.

Edited by Imogen Sara Smith.

No. 16

Published by Film Noir Foundation.

Published 2024.

Paperback.

ASIN: B0DG6XTLVL

ISBN-13: 979-8218508180

Description:

2024's NOIR CITY Annual 16, the best of the best from the Film Noir Foundation's 2023 NOIR CITY Magazines, is here – essays, profiles, interviews, and appreciations of classic and modern noir films from today's top writers. This year's contributors are Imogen Sara Smith, Danilo Castro, Rachel Walther, Jake Hinkson, Vince Keenan, Steve Kronenberg, John Wranovics, Jeremy Arnold, Peter Tonguette, Wallace Stroby, Andy Wolverton, Thomas Burchfield, Ben Terrall, and Eddie Muller. Book layout and design by Michael Kronenberg. And, as with any purchase from the FNF, when you buy the NOIR CITY Annual 16, you'll be helping fund the non-profit foundation's film restoration efforts.

Recommended reading - Eddie Muller's Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir (2023):

Eddie Muller's Noir Bar:
Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir

By Eddie Muller.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

ISBN-10: 0762480629

ISBN-13: 978-0762480623

Published 2023.

Hardcover.

Description:

Eddie Muller – host of TCM's Noir Alley, one of the world's leading authorities on film noir, and cocktail connoisseur – takes film buffs and drinks enthusiasts alike on a spirited tour through the "dark city" of film noir in this stylish book packed with equal parts great cocktail recipes and noir lore.

Eddie Muller's Noir Bar pairs carefully curated classic cocktails and modern noir-inspired libations with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights on 50 film noir favorites. Some of the cocktails are drawn directly from the films: If you've seen In a Lonely Place and wondered what’s in a “Horse’s Neck” – now you’ll know. If you’re watching Pickup on South Street you’ll find out what its director, Sam Fuller, actually drank off-screen. Didn’t know that Nightmare Alley’s Joan Blondell inspired a cocktail? It may become a new favorite. Meanwhile, Rita Hayworth is toasted with a "Sailor Beware," an original concoction which, like the film that inspired it (The Lady From Shanghai), is unique, complex, and packs a wallop.

​Featuring dozens of movie stills, poster art, behind-the-scenes imagery, and stunning cocktail photography, Noir Bar is both a stylish and exciting excursion through classic cinema’s most popular genre.

Recommended reading - The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir (2002):

The Art of Noir
The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir

By Eddie Muller.

Published by Harry N. Abrams.

Published 2002.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1468307355

ISBN-13: 978-1468307351

Description:

The poster art from the noir era has a bold look and an iconography all its own. During noir's golden age, studios commissioned these arresting illustrations for even the lowliest "B" thriller. The Art of Noir is the first book to present this striking artwork in a lavishly produced, large-format, full-color volume. The more than 300 dazzling posters and other promotional material range from the classics to rare archive films such as The Devil Thumbs a Ride and Blonde Kiss. With rare offerings from around the world and background information on the illustrators, The Art of Noir is the ultimate companion for movie buffs and collectors, as well as artists and designers.

Recommended reading - Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir, by Eddie Muller (2021):

Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir

by Eddie Muller (2021).

Revised and Expanded Edition.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

ISBN: 9780762498970

ISBN-10: 0762498978

Description:

This revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive, highly illustrated volume.

Named by The Hollywood Reporter one of the "100 Greatest Film Books of All Time!"

Dark City expands with new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that illustrate the mythic landscape of the imagination. It's a place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic Movies' Noir Alley, takes readers on a spellbinding trip through treacherous terrain: Hollywood in the post-World War II years, where art, politics, scandal, style -- and brilliant craftsmanship -- produced a new approach to moviemaking, and a new type of cultural mythology.