A documentary that goes in search of the forgotten world of the direct-to-video erotic thriller, an American film genre that once dominated late night cable television and the shelves of neighborhood video stores.

Documentary about Raoul Walsh

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.

Documentary short on the making of "They Live by Night" (1948).

Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."

A featurette documentary that looks into the making of "The Dirty Dozen," containing interviews with the main cast, film scholars, and production personnel.

Short documentary with background on plots that are taken from current news stories.

An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.

Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."

Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer.

An examination of "The Public Enemy" (1931) by film historians and critics.

An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.

This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richard Fleischer and Robert Wise as well as with "femme fatale" actresses. Filmmakers of the following generations explain how the style and themes of noir continue to shape cinema today.

One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan Singer, Edward Dmytryk, Dennis Hopper, John Alton.

Private investigator and former police detective Jack Ramsey is enjoying an affair with the local district attorney's wife, but no longer, after she is strangled soon after he has departed following a session of amorous activity.

Eli is a burglar who is caught in the act by Twinkle, an heiress who coerces him into a sexual relationship. Their violent break-up makes him a fugitive in search of a new identity. He lands in a trashy trailer park where he touches the lives of several dysfunctional residents.