Crimeculture

Description: An academic internet site about crime fiction.

Keywords: crime, culture, crimeculture, crime fiction, noir, crime film, detective fiction, neo-noir, film noir, noir, gangster films, detectives, hard-boiled, true crime, graphic art, articles, popular culture, lancaster, lee horsley, noir thriller

Crimeculture.com has 8 URLs listed in 8 Dmoz categories.

Cop Action Films
Charts the shift from the vengeful vigilante cop of the 1970s to the action-hero cop of the 1980s.
http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/80sCopFilms.html
Top/Arts/Movies/Genres/Action

Film Noir
Overview of the development of film noir and literary noir in postwar America.
http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/Film%20Noir.html
Top/Arts/Movies/Genres/Film_Noir

Neo-Noir
Traces the development of neo-noir from the 1960s onward.
http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/NeoNoir.html
Top/Arts/Movies/Genres/Film_Noir/Neo-Noir

Crime Films
Extensive look at the various crime and gangster film sub-genres, with reviews of over two dozen movies.
http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/CrimeFilms-5.html
Top/Arts/Movies/Genres/Organized_Crime

The Big Combo (1955)
Review by Roger Westcombe.
http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/FilmReviews/BigCombo.htm
Top/Arts/Movies/Titles/B/Big_Combo,_The

Border Incident
Review by Roger Westcombe of "an extremely tough, powerful thriller".
http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/FilmReviews/BorderIncident.htm
Top/Arts/Movies/Titles/B/Border_Incident

He Walked By Night (1948)
Review by Roger Westcombe of the film that was the principal inspiration for "Dragnet."
http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/FilmReviews/HeWalked.htm
Top/Arts/Movies/Titles/H/He_Walked_By_Night

Raw Deal (1948)
Review by Roger Westcombe of the "unheralded masterpiece".
http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/FilmReviews/RawDeal.htm
Top/Arts/Movies/Titles/R/Raw_Deal