Nightmare Alley and film noir
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the connections sparked by film noir.
Film noir Nightmare Alley is released next week. It's director Guillermo del Toro's remake of the 1947 film - a baroque tale of carnival hucksters, psychiatrists and betrayal.
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the connections sparked by Nightmare Alley and film noir.
Mark speaks to Guillermo del Toro about his five favourite classic noir films, including Fallen Angel and Born to Kill.
And Ellen looks at how neo-noir movies subverted and reframed the genre from the 1970s onwards, with the help of critics Imogen Sara Smith and Amon Warmann.
Screenshot is Radio 4’s guide through the ever-expanding universe of the moving image. Every episode, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode journey through the main streets and back roads connecting film, television and streaming over the last hundred years.
Producer: Jane Long
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