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Femme Fatale is a 2002 erotic thriller film [2] [3] written and directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars Antonio Banderas and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. [4] Upon its release, Femme Fatale received mixed reviews from film critics and became a box office flop.
Mari Blanchard (born Mary E. Blanchard, April 13, 1923 – May 10, 1970) was an American film and television actress, known foremost for her roles as a B movie femme fatale in American productions of the 1950s and early 1960s.
Brian De Palma helped usher in the classic period of the genre with films Dressed to Kill and Body Double, [2] and directed Femme Fatale and Passion later in his career. Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven directed Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and Benedetta.
Watching the Detectives is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Paul Soter.The film stars Cillian Murphy as the film geek owner of an independent video rental store whose life is turned upside down when a femme fatale comes into his life.
Gilda was a cross between a hardcore noir adventure of the 1940s and the cycle of 'women's pictures.' Imbued with a modern perspective, the film is quite remarkable in the way it deals with sexual issues." [21] Mike D'Angelo of The A.V. Club said that "part of Gilda's fascination is the way that it complicates the idea of the femme fatale ...
Femmes fatales were standard fare in hardboiled crime stories in 1930s pulp fiction.. A femme fatale (/ ˌ f ɛ m f ə ˈ t æ l,-ˈ t ɑː l / FEM fə-TA(H)L, French: [fam fatal]; lit. ' fatal woman '), sometimes called a maneater, [1] Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising ...
Republic Pictures: Release date. May 23, 1991 ) (USA) ... Country: USA: Language: English: Femme Fatale is a 1991 American drama film, directed by Andre R. Guttfreund ...
The Woman in the Window is a 1944 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, and Dan Duryea.It tells the story of a middle-aged psychology professor [2] who murders in self-defense the lover of a young femme fatale he just met while his family is on vacation.