No Daylight in That Face: Adventures in Film Noir

Out of print for years—now retitled and expanded—this new edition of Gifford's celebrated handbook unlocks the secrets of noir movies and their relevance today.

For a tour of noir cinema, No Daylight in That Face is the perfect companion, and Barry Gifford is an ideal guide. His choice selection of films exposes the menacing, moody, and oftentimes violent underbelly of this dark movie genre that occupies a favorite niche in American popular culture.
Some are classics, some are little known a...