Produced by No Ghost and directed by James Castillo, Madrid Noir was awarded the Best Debut VR Experience prize at this year’s Raindance Film Festival.Read More
Tag: Noir
Beckett Is Surreal Noir That Shifts Based On How you Interact With Its Story & World
Beckett is a detective game about a missing persons investigator on the lookout for someone who’s suffering from a “reality-altering illness”. This will lead the detective, Beckett, into a world where reality is falling apart and life is consumed by the surreal, forcing players to grasp at meaning and imagination to fill in the gaps […]
Sunburn review: Laura Lippman continues to lead American noir
When she’s on her best form, she knocks the big beasts of US crime fiction into a cocked hat. And she’s very much at her best in Sunburn, her 22nd novel and a cheeky homage to James M Cain’s overheated noir masterpieces like The Postman Always Rings Twice. The book begins with “heroine” Polly sensing […]
Anthropomorphic Animals And Moody Noir Collide In Detective Adventure Backbone
Animal adventures have been a staple across fiction, from the recent Tooth & Tail, or Fables, or Redwall. But rather than war or urban fantasy or a medieval setting, Backbone places its trenchcoat-wearing animals on neon-lit pixel-art streets and within atmospheric detective noir. Inspired by the atmosphere of works like Blade Runner and The Big […]
Genesis Noir is a surreal voyage through the Big Bang
Genesis Noir explores a mysterious liminal space that somehow feels both small yet expansive. The protagonist, No Man, travels through the history of the universe, and it’s all for the sake of saving the love of his life. It’s the debut from two-person studio Feral Cat Den, and it will soon be launching a Kickstarter […]
First Scandi noir, now Slavic noir: Russia premiers its take on the cultural phenomenon
It is not just homegrown or even American shows which have built-up a cult following, with the rise of ‘Scandi Noir’ becoming a staple of TV screens. And while Scandinavia enjoys their fair share of the box-set pie, what about Slavic noir? Hans Christian Anderson, the Grimm Fairytales and even Hansel and Gretel are all […]
Superhero Bits: Logan Noir Q&A, Wonder Woman Music Video, Captain America Hydra & More
Why does James Mangold think you should watch Logan in black and white when it hits home video? Is there a Wonder Woman fan screening happening in your city next week? Want to see the entire Q&A with James Mangold and Hugh Jackman after Logan Noir? Who performs in the official Wonder Woman music video? […]
‘Small Crimes’ Drops Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Into a Bloodthirsty Noir [SXSW]
You know the drill. A man gets out of prison and returns home. His old life is gone, but the wreckage remains. His friends are scattered. His enemies are powerful. There is no hope for escape. But maybe, just maybe, one last job, one last crime, one last ass-covering, will be all he needs to […]
