Cawelti, John. "Chinatown and Generic Transformation in Recent American Films". Film Theory and Criticism Ed. G. Mast et al. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press 1985.

Portfirio, Robert. "No Way Out: Existential Motifs in Film Noir". Sight and Sound, Autumn 1976, (vol 45 no 4)

Schrader, Paul. "Notes on Film Noir", Film Comment (Spring 1972 pp 8-13).

Telotte, J P. Voices in the Dark: The Narrative Patterns in Film Noir Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989.

Walker, M. "Film noir: Introduction". The Movie Book of Film Noir (ed Ian Cameron, 1992)

I took this class (Film 207) in 1997. The lecturers were Dr Thierry Jutel and Dr John Dolan.