The femme fatale has been one of film’s most fascinating archetypes since the earliest days of the medium. Sexy, self-assured, and quite often murderous, she seduces and destroys with abandon.

She refused a blindfold and by some accounts even smiled at her executioners. Now synonymous with the femme fatale, Mata Hari was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a ...

The femme fatale is a figure that dates back centuries. In Greek mythology there were The Sirens, whose song dragged sailors to the depths of the seas, as well as Clytemnestra — wife, seductress ...

Three new exhibitions explore how the femme fatale in art reflects evolving anxieties, writes Cath Pound. The figure of the femme fatale is one of the defining literary and artistic motifs of the ...

The femme fatale is a beautiful and enigmatic female character who uses her charms and attractiveness as means to her nefarious ends. Works of 19th-century French criticism first coined the term ...

3 new thrillers refresh the idea of the femme fatale “Perfume & Pain,” “I Want You More” and “Butter” feature women entangled in high-stakes relationships. August 31, 2024.

Perhaps as a result, Rossetti's femme fatales, such as Helen of Troy (1863), are "never resolved. They're always ambiguous and ambivalent," says Jacobi.