Nicole Kidman, Still To Die For

How the Australian A-lister stays true to her indie roots

"...turning point in the career of Kidman, completing a femme fatale trilogy of sorts preceded by a pair of..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Britt Hayes

Chronicle Recommends: Crime and No Punishment

For Crime Month, our favorite films about getting away with it

"...yet K Turner's Matty Walker elevates the role from femme fatale to master contriver as she seduces William Hurt's..."

July 9, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

The Beguiled

A steamy and engrossing Civil War thriller

"...Southern Gothic with a femme fatale’s touch, Sofia Coppola’s super softcore reimagining of the..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Maps to the Stars

David Cronenberg's film, with a script by Bruce Wagner, is a darkly humorous moral fable aimed at Hollywood.

"...film opens with Agatha (Wasikowska, immediately portentous with her femme-fatale haircut) arriving by bus in Los Angeles. A burn..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Expendables 2

This who's who of action stars even features Schwarzenegger in his movie comeback.

"...Willis had in the first film, while adding the femme fatale exploits of Yu Nan, which, rest assured, does..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Riding: 1974

This is the first of three absorbing adaptations (filmed concurrently by different directors) of David Peace’s linked novels about crime and corruption in Yorkshire, England.

"...a squatters’ community torched to whirling ash, a trench-coated femme fatale scurrying out of one lover’s bed and off..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Baader Meinhof Complex

This gripping lesson in the recent history of terrorism is an electrifying, morally complex story of the evil that true believers do in the name of the greater good.

"...charismatic bourgeois firebrand Andreas Baader (Bliebtreu) and his (literally) femme-fatale paramour Gudrun Ensslin (Wokalek), the most interesting (and contemporarily..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Streets

A collection of blues originals by the likes of Aaron Neville, B.B. King, and Etta James lightens this otherwise dreary exercise in modern film noir.

"...can. This includes mysterious new girl Madelaine (Miko), a femme fatale with doe eyes, a seductive singing voice, and..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Ice Harvest

Instead of an action comedy that’s as slick as ice, Harold Ramis’ sardonic new comedy is more like an uncongealed river of slush.

"...his routine as an enjoyable stand-alone act. As the femme fatale, Nielsen is never believable, as if the character..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Intimate Strangers

In this surprisingly romantic tale of confused identity and psychoanalysis, the doctor isn’t in, but the tax attorney is.

"...score and sly hints of Anna as a film-noir femme fatale.) Who Anna is or isn’t borders on irrelevancy;..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pokémon Heroes

"...the Soul Dew comes in, and also where the femme-fatale thievery corporation of Annie and Oakley enter into the..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Confidence

"...blood, including a pickpocket named Lily (Weisz, in full femme fatale swoon), but can she be trusted? Can anyone..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Spy

"...with competent-but-second-string spy Alex Scott (Wilson). Along with a femme-fatale agent played by the usually excellent former Bond girl..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Formula 51

"...the next day -- are dodging bullets from a femme fatale hitwoman on a motorbike and … you've seen..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Good Show

It was a good year -- not a great one -- for the Toronto International Film Festival.

"...he is still up to his old tricks in Femme Fatale, starring Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Antonio Banderas in a..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stuart Little 2

"...not who she seems. Faster than you can say femme fatale, Stuart's squaring off against Falcon, with Snowbell --..."

July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Flesh and the Devil

"...household name out of Garbo, who plays the ultimate femme fatale: a sophisticated and deliciously sultry incarnation of feminine..."

April 15, 2002 Movie Review by Will Robinson Sheff

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

"...deep with the crew of a submarine-block-jawed commander (Garner), femme fatale lieutenant (Claudia Christian), sassy teenage mechanic (Obradors), jovial..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Swindle

"...Most of the pair's scams involve Betty putting the femme-fatale moves on some patsy in a hotel bar, drugging..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Out-of-Towners

"...whose animal guile -- including a surprising flair for femme fatale subterfuge -- emerges under duress. But the best..."

April 2, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Lewis & Clark & George

"...eccentrics, and -- needless to say -- a wily femme fatale who plays her male accomplices for fools. With..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Last Man Standing

"...in their time-honored roles of gangster moll, chief heavy, femme-fatale, comic sidekick, and so on. As with all of..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Love in the Time of Twilight

"...up in a convoluted bank robbery involving a sultry femme fatale-turned-movie star, a ruthless villain named “Devil King,” and..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Adventurers

"...romantically entangled with both the gangster's daughter and his femme-fatale girlfriend, thereby allowing the usual ramblings about honor, duty,..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

One False Move

"...take their homespun host too seriously. As the movie's femme fatale, Williams is tantalizingly ambiguous: is she really just..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Final Analysis

"...Attraction in its neurotic fear of women. Today, the femme fatale has given way to the nutso freako; she..."

Feb. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Women of Mystery

Investigating the latest "persons of interest" in Texas' literary crime scene

"...the mind of a handsome, charming, and psychopathic "homme fatale," even as the "femme fatale" concept had just emerged...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Molly Odnitz

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...retro-pop tunes, starring Jon Lawler of the Fratellis and femme fatale Lou Hickey, on the band's self-titled 2009 debut...."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Fast Cars, Strip Bars, and Elvis, Even

What's new, Pussycat? Onetime Russ Meyer leading lady Tura Satana comes to town for the first annual Alamo Drive-In.

"...of Jack Ruby's Dallas nightclubs, she took to her femme fatale role with a vengeance...."

May 3, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Jokers, Murders, and Walpurgisnacht in This Week’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture events to populate your weekdays

"...the gangster roots of Batman’s detective origins. And a femme fatale whose steely edge and soft core will knock..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

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