(CNN) — “I’m rotten to the heart,” Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) confesses with breathless bitterness in Billy Wilder’s classic 1944 noir, “Double Indemnity.” Eighty years ago this month, ...

LOS ANGELES — The press has often labeled Mon Laferte a “femme fatale” — a seductive woman who inflicts distress upon her love interests. Nearly two decades into her singing career, the Chilean singer ...

The femme fatale trope has long been a mainstay of film noir, from Phyllis Dietrichson in “Double Indemnity” (1944) to Amy Dunne in “Gone Girl.” (2014). Beyond those on the screen, however, many tend ...

This week, Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” picks up the femme fatale and takes her for another run at her usual narrative — seducing a good man with doe eyes and promises of sex and money. Things have ...

Editor’s Note: Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) is a freelance writer in Chicago. The views expressed here are his own. View more opinion on CNN. “I’m rotten to the heart,” Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara ...