The phrase “film noir” often calls to mind the image of a fedora-clad sleuth investigating a perplexing crime that may or may not involve the woman he loves in a shadow-swarmed city in the 1940s.

From names such as Raoul Walsh, Alfred Hitchcock, and Michael Curtiz, these are the ten best film noir directors, ranked.

J'ENTENDS LE NOIR (WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES ... and thus provide information about the conditions of production of the film. The story, supported by a voice-over, is based on a series of haunting ...