The Noir Connection
- An essay describing film noir and the influence of German expressionism. Also a bibliography, filmography, and trivia quiz.
- http://www.germanhollywood.com/noir.html

James M. Cain: The Prince of Darkness
- William Preston Robertson on hard-boiled writer James M. Cain's novels vs. the film noirs that were made from them.
- http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,472454,00.html

Ten Shades of Noir
- Illustrated essays analyzing ten genre classics.
- http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/infocus.htm

Bright Lights Film Journal: Film Noir and Neo-Noir
- Film noir essays from the Bright Lights Film Journal.
- http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/filmnoir.html

Night of the Soul
- Popular culture essay on the origins of film noir. Appendix includes references to seminal Borde-Chaumeton article on film noir as well as a lengthy filmography.
- http://library.calumet.purdue.edu/nitesoul.htm

No Place for a Woman: The Family in Film Noir and Other Essays
- A Berkeley student's thesis on the ladies of film noir. Very interesting.
- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/noir/

High Heels on Wet Pavement
- Essay from Michael Mills' The Palace examines the role of the femme fatale in film noir and how the archetype changed over time.
- http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/film_noir/index.html

Film Noir and Contemporary American Culture
- A series of essays exploring the themes of film noir and their relevance to contemporary culture in the United States.
- http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/noir/noirxx.htm

Apollo Leisure Guide: Film Noir
- Dan Jardine reviews Nicholas Christopher's "Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City," and produces an enlightening essay in the process.
- http://apolloguide.com/mov_feat0820.htm