Briarpatch is a curious case. Not the actual case of murder at the heart of the mystery (that’s never quite as gripping as the series needs it to be), but the series itself, which fashions itself as a hot, dusty desert noir with a freak flag to fly. Unfortunately, the series only ever seems to want to fly it at half-mast, resulting in a show that’s watchable as hell but never quite carves a clear identity out of the hard-boiled genre tropes and creative flourishes it so giddily embraces. The influences here are loud and clear; …

From show creator Josh Corbin, the Hulu drama series Reprisal is a noir that follows a femme fatale named Katherine Harlow (Abigail Spencer) who, after being left for dead, reinvents herself and sets out to take revenge against those responsible. With her plan in motion, a determined Katherine, who now goes by Doris, will be forcing everyone to choose a side. During this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, Spencer talked about the appeal of a project like Reprisal, working on back-to-back TV series, what a great character this is to play, the layers to explore in a …

Blade Runner set the standard for sci-fi neo-noir films. These have futuristic settings, and dark and twisty plots.

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Noir films and TV shows place emphasis on styles like shadowy elements, or angles that focus on the impact of visuals – what adds the neo (new) to them is the inclusion of components like ambiguous morality when it comes to protagonists, specific music injected in to create the tone of the movie, and central themes such as revenge or honor.