Crawford in “Mildred Pierce” (1945) walking down the pier at night, dressed in a fur coat and a deliciously ironic “halo hat” to match. Or Jane Greer in “Out of the Past” (1947), silhouetted by the ...

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 ...

Fearne Cotton turns femme fatale to promote her new Very collection in a film-noir shoot. The DJ and mother-of-one showed off her seductive side by teaming kooky designs from her spring/summer range ...

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 ...