"Ice in her veins... Icicles on her heart... Her warm lips mastered men's souls..."

The Art of Noir, an explosion of color and talent, is a great poster collection that every noir fan should at least browse through. My personal favorites are the simple hand-painted ones (like the ones in the cover), with either a lurid yellow / dark blue-ish background or a two-toned overall look.

The overview of international posters is greatly appreciated. I was already aware that Europeans seemed to understand noir better than American critics and audiences, but that it also extended to the poster art was a surprise. Artists received credit, hand-painted images were still being created after American posters had moved on to photographic illustrations (precursors of modern boring-as-hell movie posters) etc. The interesting and genuinely artistic interpretations in the international section make you interested in the movie itself, which is obviously the point. I have a lot of new movies in my watchlist now.