WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A new book by a Purdue University professor examines how men in 19th century France attempted to stop the spread of feminism by using the femme fatale image in art to portray ...

All is not what it seems in Danny Boyle’s pulse-pounding “Trance” (April 5), the latest E-ride from the director of Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” and “127 Hours.” At first the movie seems to be ...

Jill Vice thinks diabolical dames get a bad rap. The San Francisco writer-performer’s new solo show at the Marsh, “A Fatal Step,” plays lovingly with the tropes of film noir, but it’s from a point of ...

The French actress seduces men – and destroys them – in the comic-book film noir. She’s the latest version of Hollywood’s sexiest archetype, Nicholas Barber writes. Men, beware! In Sin City: A Dame to ...

A femme fatale is in the business of fooling people, though we’ve seen enough of these characters to be overly familiar with their tricks. Maybe that’s why, in 2023, the most effective femme fatale is ...

Ever since Glenn Close boiled a rabbit in vengeance, the ‘other woman’ has gotten a bad rap – often portrayed as crazy, tempestuous, lascivious or just downright evil. There’s an aura of misogyny ...

The story of Walter Neff is told in flashback. He is an insurance salesman who was accosted by Phyllis Dietrichson who makes it clear that she wants to take out an insurance policy on her old man and ...