COMMENTARY: History and literature are full of femmes formidables who shine forth feminine faith and fortitude.

A recent study published in the journal Social Sciences has found that stories about dangerous, attractive women are almost ...

Danger, desire and despair. These are just some of the key elements that make a classic noir film. One of the biggest celebrations of noir films, Noir City: Hollywood, celebrates its 21st anniversary ...

The femme fatale has been a stock character across film genres. The term is defined as a seductive or alluring woman who either causes distress or disaster for any man who becomes involved with her.

In an imaginative wonderland filled with mystery, fantasy and fun, the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale celebrated its sixth year Friday in the La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom of the New Orleans Ernest N.

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 ...

Prominent British author, cultural historian, and feminist-Annette Kuhn-mentioned in one of her works that “the femme fatale is primarily defined by her desirable, but dangerous, sexuality- which ...

December is a quiet month for blockbuster openings; most of the major galleries completed their business back at the start of autumn. But the relative lack of new activity gives more off-piste shows a ...

At a loft party in Soho one early fall night in 1999, I met a man—a brilliant and respected writer. He was 40, wild, irreverent, feeling the first flush of literary success, recently separated from ...