If you follow us on social media (especially during #Noirvember), it’s no secret, we love Film Noir. Why? Well, we wrote about that, but the TL;DR version—we love an underdog. And that’s what Film Noir was in a nutshell. It was usually a small-budget movie from a B Studio. The reason they “painted with light,”… Continue reading From The Shadows: Underrated Actors Of Film Noir
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New Pulp Fiction — American Pulps
We are living in a Pulp Rennaisance, whether you call it “New Pulp,” “Neo-Pulp,” or just “Pulp” there is definitely a resurgence in the world of Pulp Fiction. What is Pulp Fiction? Pulp Fiction is a genre of tawdry, action-based stories printed on cheap magazines. The pulp publications of the early-to-mid-1900s were made from cheap… Continue reading New Pulp Fiction — American Pulps
Chinatown the Series and a Neo-Noir Renaissance
With tv shows like Fargo, True Detective, The Killing, Ozark, Mindhunter, Broadchurch, Top of the Lake, The Americans, Veronica Mars, Luther, and The Dublin Murders (we’re really excited to check that one out). It seems that we have been in the middle of a Neo-Noir renaissance for some time now. All of this probably started… Continue reading Chinatown the Series and a Neo-Noir Renaissance
Celebrate Noirvember with these Film Noir Flicks
With Noirember right around the corner we thought we’d give you a list of movies to watch in celebration. If you couldn’t tell from our previous articles, we love film noir. And we love talking about our love of film noir almost as much as we love watching them. So here’s a list of some… Continue reading Celebrate Noirvember with these Film Noir Flicks
People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul – Funk Friday
A while back we put up an article announcing our super eclectic American Pulps playlist on Spotify. Well it’s got two followers and I’m one of them so apparently you guys don’t care to much about our music. That’s cool, but we put together some other playlists and we might as well let you know… Continue reading People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul – Funk Friday
Community Spotlight: Stu Hepcat
This is our very first American Pulps Spotlight where we interview a person from the American Pulps community. We have such an amazing community through social media and we want to give props where props are due. This week it’s Stu Hepcat: Tell us about yourself: I’m a tattoo artist and owner of Hepcat Tattoos… Continue reading Community Spotlight: Stu Hepcat
What is Pulp Fiction?
Usually when we tell people we write pulp fiction the person we’re talking to will ask ‘What is Pulp Fiction?’ This happens so much we wrote an article about it on our old website when we used to go by the name of Shit Show Pulps. Ironically, that article was used against us when we… Continue reading What is Pulp Fiction?
Why We Love Film Noir
I once made the acquaintance of a man who told me he never watched a movie that was made before 1977 (because Star Wars debuted in ‘77). This shithead went to film school and he just wrote off everything made during the Golden Age of Hollywood. There’s a word that describes that kind of person,… Continue reading Why We Love Film Noir
Inspirational Stuff: Christmas Movies
We’re feeling festive over here at American Pulps and decided to put together an American Pulps Christmas Movie list. Granted this isn’t a list of the best Christmas movies, there’s some that we love that aren’t on here. This is merely a list of movies that resemble our work so; Rudolph will not be represented.… Continue reading Inspirational Stuff: Christmas Movies
Influences of Film Noir
We’re gonna take a deep dive into Film Noir. It’s an aesthetic that’s as American as apple pie, meaning it was shaped in America but influenced from people elsewhere as well. I’m gonna break this down to a few categories. 1.) The content, the story 2.) The cinematography, what is the look. 3.) The sound. I’ll… Continue reading Influences of Film Noir