The latest Film Noir Foundation’s Noir City e-magazine (number 25) came out right before the holidays like a Christmas present for noir buffs, though this buff was a busy buff and only able to get through a portion before the halls had to be decked and all the fa-la-la-ing taken care of. But recently when a loooong waiting room delay found me without a book, a magazine or even a comic to browse, I remembered the PDF issue was still lurking on my laptop.
Noir City is about as good as it gets, as far as I’m concerned. This time the e-mag is just a whisker shy of a hundred pages, each in lushly illustrative designs by AD Michael Kronenberg. This issue focuses on International Noir, with articles on noir cinema in Mexico, Japan, Iran and more. But that’s just for starters, the e-mag also including articles on comic artist Jim Steranko’s noir work, a graphic novel adaptation of Lawrence Block’s Eight Million Ways To Die, an interview with Hard Case Crime co-founder Charles Ardai…well, it just goes on and on.
If you haven’t looked into The Film Noir Foundation, do so. Your contributions not only help support the organization’s festivals, vital film preservation and restoration work, but also can snag a subscription to this extremely cool publication.
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