In the late ’80s, screenwriter Gary Scott Thompson began to notice a series of newspaper stories about the effects of global warming. Join The Ringer as we revisit the surprising reemergence, unexpected fracturing, and profound impact of the neo-noir movement in the ’90s. Confidential, from Devil in a Blue Dress to Basic Instinct. From late 1989 to early 2001, noir made a stunning return to Hollywood, splitting off into different subgenres and producing some of the most compelling films of the era-from The Usual Suspects to L.A. And no-we’re not talking about the film noir era of the 1940s and ’50s. There were dead bodies, stolen goods, knotty plots, amoral protagonists, and irredeemable villains.
