SXSW Film Review: The Dutchman

Cerebral drama flips the script on Civil Rights era classic

"...align when a white woman, Lula (a hauntingly imperious femme fatale played by Kate Mara), follows Clay onto the..."

March 9, 2025 SXSW Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...right-hands of a swordsman and smoking gun, and a femme fatale would blend with what Western audiences understand of..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Pickin’ Party, a Big Squeeze, and Mother’s Day Music Are This Week's Crucial Concerts

Some recommended sounds for your week

"...woodwinds, accordions) and sounds: trip-hop tempos, digital chops, Auto-Tune. Femme fatale one moment, wronged the next – digital disco..."

May 10, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's The 39 Steps

An aerobic workout for the cast, a delightfully mindless experience for the audience

"...movie, including its low-budget aesthetics, gentlemanly hero and mysterious femme fatale, dark and misty ambience, unforeseen double crosses, and..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Qmmunity: Real Roxy Hours

Local queer comic and jill-of-all-trades Roxy Castillo talks her performance style and history ahead of her run on the Moontower Just for Laughs Fest

"...a she/they looking for yer forever bae or a femme fatale finding yer next victim, this queer dating event..."

April 14, 2023 Column by James Scott

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Chicago

Hello, suckers!

"...top of the second act of the touring Chicago, hoofer-turned-femme fatale Velma Kelly (Texas State University's own Logan Floyd)..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Fantastic Fest Review: Hellraiser

The Cenobites are back in the third best entry in the franchise

"...of the era's screens, the idea of a horror femme fatale was intriguing and alluring. Because of her, the..."

Sept. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...the main event: Lynne's fever dream seduction from a femme fatale. As choreographer Alexandra Achieng Ligawa and A Giant..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

ACL Live Review: Kali Uchis

Astral chic all femme fatale

"...All femme fatale, Uchis sashayed to the Afro-Caribbean rhythms on “Nuestra..."

Oct. 6, 2019 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Billie Eilish

"...musical status quo and lacerates it, opting out of femme fatale for tomboy cargos and goth macabre, and sleek..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Louisianna Purchase Named Dragula Season Three Contestant

Austin's leading scream queen to take on her next frontier of drag

"...zombies. Then there's Louisianna Purchase, giving us her ultimate femme fatale vixen with a little evil Bond girl mixed..."

July 12, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 1

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 1-7

"...and finds himself snared in the web spun by femme fatale Joan Bennett. With his terrific leads and directorial..."

July 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Life Reconstructed in Noir Classic The Killers

A death in New Jersey

"...noir (the benevolent close friend, the trigger-happy acquaintance, the femme fatale) – this enigmatic man whose character entrance gives..."

June 21, 2019 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

Top 20 Hip-Hop Artists at SXSW Music

"...Rico NastyThu. 14, Belmont, 11:45pm Ricocheting between pop-trap femme fatale Tacobella and goth nü metallist Trap Lavigne on..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Qmmunity

Austin's 10 queerest highlights of 2018

"...Cherry Haze, Veronica Valentine, and Chitah Daniels embrace their femme fatale onstage. Fri., Dec. 28, 10pm-2am. Swan Dive, 615..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

GayCL 2018 Is Queerer and More Diverse Than Ever

Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows you’re queer

"...Dungeon femme fatale Belladonna got her start in the local drag..."

Oct. 10, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Fantastic Fest Review: Bad Times at the El Royale

Was it good times for the Fantastic Fest closing film?

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

Oct. 3, 2018 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Gay Place

Tarik Daniels celebrates the release of his first novel and GQB raises cash for SAFE

"...Violent Fem (ROUND II) High-glam drag goes femme fatale. Hentaii, Rhonda Jewels, Chique Fil-Atio, and more –..."

April 27, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Enron

This production of Lucy Prebbles' play smartly recounts and reframes the corporate beast's rise and fall

"...impressive as it is entertaining, as is Bella Medina's femme-fatale-on-steroids version of Claudia Roe. But first-year BFA student Kayla..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

SXSW Music: Must-See Latin

Puerto Rican rap, Mexico City shoegazing, and seven other acts en español

"...a wistful pop-rock balladeer in "Mira Mira" and lovesick femme fatale in "Quiero" to a soaring pensive heartbreaker in..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

The Austin Music Scene's Spectrum of Sexism

From sexual assault to all-female bills, women musicians face myriad issues in the live music capital

"...bill that was female-fronted," admits Ryan, who booked a "Femme Fatale" show this past fall – although the lineup..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Chronicle Recommends: Sweaty Films

Make sure you stay hydrated watching these persperational picks

"...and blackmail are nothing compared to being caught between femme fatale Virginia Madsen and jailbait Jennifer Connelly. No wonder..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Hyde Park Theatre's The Flick

Annie Baker's drama movingly shows us that the drama in a movie theatre isn't only on the screen

"...from movie tropes: the grizzled veteran, the greenhorn, the femme fatale, the beloved business in danger of closing, the..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Selena Gomez Delivers Pop Spectacle

Don’t call it a revival just yet, but it’s close

"...Revival’s “Same Old Love,” her voice ricocheting between confident femme fatale to a muddled self-restraint that ultimately won out...."

June 20, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

I Like to Watch

Saying goodbye to The Good Wife

"...show they made. Remember Weeds’ Nancy Botwin? An inscrutable femme fatale whose internal life and motivations and vulnerabilities only..."

May 6, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

A Case of Synchronicity

Director Jacob Gentry and star AJ Bowen reunite to rewrite history

"...I could take these film noir tropes – the femme fatale, the big heavy, the guy who's pressing his..."

Jan. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...thriller genre: double crosses, heists, missing money, and a femme fatale (Ava Gardner transmuting 18 years later into Angie..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Desolation Angel

Ana Lily Amirpour on the cult of cinema

"...Night may have as its central character an undead femme fatale with a penchant for truly transgressive pop music..."

June 26, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

First Plates Extra Helpings: The Midnight Press

Now you can drink the Chronicle

"...enough mystery and allure to be a film noir femme fatale. Think of the Midnight Press as a long,..."

Feb. 5, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Top 5 Soundtracks and Original Scores of 2014

Awesome Mix, No. 2: Tehran punk, Cave, and Carpenter

"...background for an ethereal monochrome movie featuring an Iranian femme-fatale bloodsucker with delusions of Ms. 45 on her mind..."

Dec. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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