Femme Fatale

A triumph of style over logic, this is still one of the best films from this period of De Palma's career.

"...to be accused of borrowing from other directors in Femme Fatale however, the filmmaker will have to press charges..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

More Than a Femme Fatale

Ruth Negga on killing it in AMC's Preacher

June 10, 2016 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

'La Femme Bohème'

Puccini's Bohemians get an all-gal makeover

"...in opera beyond the traditional ingenue, damsel in distress, femme fatale. Bohème "felt like the natural choice" for an..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Femme's Still Fatale, but She's Plastic, Too

Daniel Erickson on his all-mannequin noir, Eve's Necklace

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bad Times at the El Royale

Neo-noir hijinks gets away with being style over substance

"...priest (Bridges), an aspiring singer (Erivo), and a mysterious femme fatale (Johnson), all of whom have reasons for staying..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Masterminds

Heist comedy stars Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, and Kristin Wiig

"...who recklessly risks imprisonment to win over the trailer-trash femme fatale (Wiig) enlisting him to commit the crime is..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Haywire

A technically exemplary but otherwise unremarkable piece of fisticuffs filmmaking.

"...and former American Gladiator Gina Carano as an ultrabadass femme fatale with all the right moves, it's something of..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chloe

Atom Egoyan's new film is an erotic thriller that stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and the mismatched Amanda Seyfried.

"...toward a laughable conclusion that perpetuates hoary clichés about femme-fatale lesbians who are driven by perverse longings. The script..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cold Souls

Paul Giamatti plays Paul Giamatti, sans soul.

"...running concurrently, involving a Russian soul-trafficking racket and a femme fatale mule named Nina (Korzun). The two threads trade..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

RocknRolla

Director Guy Ritchie once more delivers a kinetic and consequence-free tribute to the criminal lifestyle.

"...high-profile robberies, lots of guns, lots of swearing, a femme fatale accountant, an ultraviolent rock star, an infinite number..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Vantage Point

Like Rashomon, this Dennis Quaid vehicle replays a single event – the assassination of the U.S. president – from multiple points of view.

"...(Whitaker), a mystery man (Noriega) and an equally unknowable femme fatale (Zurer), a Secret Service agent (McGill), and, the..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Layer Cake

A contemporary gangster film that both looks and feels like a Britnoir classic filtered through the Jam’s bang-on sense of style, Layer Cake takes a realistic approach to Britain’s criminal underclass.

"...(Foreman) from a bloodthirsty Serbian assassin, plus the requisite femme fatale (Miller), and you’ve got all the makings of..."

June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hard Word

"...reads self-help books to bolster his shaky marriage to femme-fatale Carol (Griffiths), and the three pledge to avoid hurting..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Novocaine

"...may be) in the dental chair with the waifish femme fatale looking for something more than just a root..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Caught Up

"...very awful as the movie's poor excuse for a femme fatale. Only Woodbine comes close to portraying a flesh-and-blood..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Palmetto

"...could manage). That ring arrives in the form of femme fatale Rhea Malroux (Shue), an eye-poppingly sultry sexkitty sporting..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Best Friend's Wedding

"...who can, in the same film, carry off slapstick, femme fatale-ism, nail-spitting cynicism, and sweet vulnerability has something special..."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Nico Icon

"...Nico -- legend, mystery, model, junkie, Teutonic ice princess, femme fatale, singer, actress, mother, death maiden -- Icon. This..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mystery of Rampo

"...as the haunted Rampo, while Michiko Hada as the femme fatale and Masahiro Motoki as the dashing young detective..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Bulletproof Heart

"...character's icy reserve and volatile physicality. Rogers is pure femme fatale, a noir dame packaged with a lady's grace;..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From Beijing With Love

"...he also locks horns with a Jaws-inspired baddie, a femme fatale whose breasts hide two high-powered flame throwers, and..."

Jan. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

China Moon

"...a teary-eyed, fragile magnolia blossom than a scheming, hard-core femme fatale) when there is little in the way of..."

March 11, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Lovers

"...Rather than submitting to the two-dimensional polarities of the femme fatale and the virgin redeemer, both actresses convey subtle..."

Aug. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Arzak Rhapsody

Arzak Rhapsody is a gorgeous and easily digested slice of Gallic animé by Heavy Metal magazine creator Moebius. American premiere.

"...roams this perilous wilderness in search of a blue-eyed femme fatale while evading robotic scorpions, bumblebees, and assorted other..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lesson

Plagiarism noir is too derivative to be a real page-turner

"...countryside, an award-winning author in a late-career lull, a femme fatale wife, their troubled son, and a talented young..."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rally Road Racers

Animated race movie about a slow loris with speedy dreams

"...as the unsubtly named frog Archie Vainglorious) uses a femme fatale (Shelby, another slow loris, played by Bennet) to..."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hypnotic

Robert Rodriguez and Ben Affleck team up for a pulpy mindbender

"...like Alice Braga, here playing back-alley fortune teller and femme fatale Diana Cruz. And, of course, everyone seems to..."

May 12, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Statham and Ritchie reunite for an oddly monotonous spy flick

"...at his most reservedly Stathamesque), backed up by tech expert/femme fatale Sarah Fidel (Plaza, relaxed to the point of..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Longing and loss explored in this stunning, tender anthology

"...confessional setting the best, following Nao (Mori), an adulteress-turned-amateur femme fatale, whose mission is to seduce a successful professor..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Whistlers

Convoluted Romanian noir gets lost in translation from birdsong

"...beat in Bucharest. That was where he first meets femme fatale Gloria (Marlon), who pulls him in to an..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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