Movie buff?

Remember how I said I don't watch movies anymore? Well, after my movie post, I started again. I'm repeating the film noir stage I had when I was 13 years old. I guess I'm re-living my youth. I started out with Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which isn't really noir, but it's a great Humphrey Bogart flick. Now I'm working my way through the Cagney filmography. First, White Heat (of course). Last night, The Roaring Twenties.
I think I love noir because it's straightforward. All the action is displayed in facial expressions. Unlike the pomo flicks I watch, the narrative arc is not disorienting. There's grimy characters and they do rotten things, but there's always a glimmer of humanity in them. Kind of like a lot of us.