Sign up for the free City Lights eNewsletter!

Forthcoming Books

Recently Released

Complete Catalog

African American Writing

Art, Music, Cinema & Drama

Asian American Writing

Beat Generation

Biography/Memoir

California Writers

Cultural Studies

European Writing

Literature in Translation

Middle East/North Africa

San Francisco Literature & History

Spiritual Traditions

BROWSE BY COLLECTION:

Alcalay, Ammiel

Alexander, Will

Bukowski, Charles

Carlsson, Chris

Churchill, Ward

City Lights Foundation Books

City Lights Italian Voices

City Lights Noir

City Lights Open Media

City Lights Pocket Poets

City Lights Publishers Spring/Summer 2011 Catalog

City Lights Spotlight

City Lights/Grey Fox

City Lights/Sister Spit

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

Ginsberg, Allen

Niedzviecki, Hal

Parenti, Michael

San Francisco Poet Laureates

Our Mission • Author Tours • City Lights Authors In the News • Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Our Authors • Rights & Permissions • Desk Copies • Review Copies • FAQ • Contact Us

Our Authors

Etienne Chaumeton

Etienne Chaumeton was the film critic of the Toulouse newspaper La Dépêche until his recent death.

A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953)

Raymond Borde, Etienne Chaumeton

When it appeared in France in 1955, A Panorama of American Film Noir was the first book ever on the genre. Now this classic is at last available in English translation. This clairvoyant study of Hollywood film noir is "a 'benchmark' for all later...