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WRITINGS
Contents
High Noon - An appreciation marking the film's 50th anniversary.
Introduction to film noir - A beginner's guide, with an Aussie slant.
Lipstick Killers - Revisiting The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Moi, Noir - Who's zoomin' who? Point-of-view strategies in classic 1940s noir.
Rage in Harlem - Black protest in the mid-century American crime novel.
The Road to Double Indemnity - The story behind James M. Cain's finest hour.
Things Fall Apart - Bob Dylan in Masked and Anonymous.
Michael Shepler - A variety of original material on noir from this Berkeley, California-based writer.
We want to publish your work!
The Big House Film Society has a strong educational orientation, and we encourage submission of original writing on film and related culture from anyone, irrespective of society membership, your location internationally, etc. Previously published material and/or student essays are not a problem. Posting your publication on our site in no way limits your ability to publish the same material elsewhere.
Of course all references must be acknowledged and the BHFS accepts no responsibility for copyright infringement by contributors, nor warrants published works’ originality, for which the contributor bears sole responsibility. Contributors are recommended to copyright their material. The Big House Film Society will not change the material submitted, nor use the work anywhere besides this website without permission of the author.
Q. Do I have to discuss film noir or can I write about anything?
A. We certainly don't limit our interest to film noir, as the essay on High Noon attests!
Even comedies have their dark side and perhaps our guiding philosophy (if there is one, besides instinct) can be summarised thus: 'Noir is a state of mind'. Related topics like pulp paperbacks, etc are fair game. Nor need the content be limited to academic language - academic rigour, yes - but colloquial lingo is cool, as long as it's enlightening and - hopefully - even entertaining!
Potential Future Topics (all up for grabs!) :
‘20th Century Pulp Magazines As 21st Century Source Material’
‘Can There Be A Western Noir?’
‘French And Hollywood Thrillers – Their Mutual Connectivity’
‘The Fedora In Fact And Fiction’
‘Hitchcock's Influence On Horror And/Or Noir’
‘Automotive mise-en-scene’
Links
crimeculture - film noir (neo and original), pulp fiction, essays, and more for the total crime buff
Geoff Gardner's At the Movies - Cinephilia, unflinching commentary, and home of the weekly Film Alerts!
Kabinet - superb e-zine with comprehensive coverage of classic film culture
suspense-movies - highly enjoyable mix of noir, Hitch, and some unexpected pleasures