There are as many ways to handle a case as there are ways to skin… well, almost anything. If you are on the side of the angels, then there are procedures to be followed and rules to be obeyed. Tasks must be delegated, superiors must be placated, and questions must be answered. Even the…
As the hometown of Sam Spade, San Francisco is a major player in the geography of American Noir, and rightfully so. But it is really modern-day pulp writer and film expert Eddie Muller who puts the city front-and-center as the Noir Capital of the World! This week kicks off Noir City, the 11th Annual San…
I’m hooked on Person of Interest. I’m not the most faithful of television viewers. There’s been the occasional “Northern Exposure,” and I was a pretty big “X-Files” nerd. There was also “Spenser for Hire” (thus dating me back to the Stone Age, or the 80’s), but it’s been a while since I fell in love…
Welcome to The Underworld Academy! For our inaugural edition of The Underworld Academy we speak with “Inspector Todd” in Northern California. The good Inspector prefers to remain anonymous, so we at the Noir Factory will respect his wishes. The “Inspector” has a wide and varied history in law enforcement spanning over twenty five years and…
There’s a feeling you get walking into a newsstand or a drugstore and looking at the magazine rack, and sadly, the feeling is disappearing. It’s similar to looking at the departure board of a railroad station or the flight schedule of an airport. When you look at row after row of magazines, comic books, and…
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