This week, Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” picks up the femme fatale and takes her for another run at her usual narrative — seducing a good man with doe eyes and promises of sex and money. Things have ...

Somewhere in the shadowy corners of modern storytelling lurk women who break hearts and shatter worlds both onscreen and in the minds of audiences. The femme fatale, the timeless archetype of danger, ...

Lynn Bracken (Kim Basinger) in L.A. Confidential (1997) Image via Warner Bros. The film noir genre introduced audiences to the alluring but dangerous femme fatale in unforgettable classics such as ...

David is a Senior Editor at Collider focused primarily on Lists. His professional journey began in the mid-2010s as a Marketing specialist before embarking on his writing career in the 2020s. At ...

LOS ANGELES — The press has often labeled Mon Laferte a “femme fatale” — a seductive woman who inflicts distress upon her love interests. Nearly two decades into her singing career, the Chilean singer ...