A tale as old as time. Long before the emergence of film noir in the cinematic conscience. Long before hard-boiled novels, before silent-film vamps, before the puritanical notions of witchcraft took root. Back all the way to early mythology, to more formative, Biblical times. For as long as men have been telling stories, women have been around to lead them straight into darkness.
We return with a new season, focusing on another key element of film noir - the femme fatale. Join us for the next twenty-two episodes as we look at all the ways that the femme fatale has changed - and stayed the same - over the last hundred years of societal progress.
November 22, 2023
Double Indemnity (1944)
Fallen Angel (1945)
November 29, 2023
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
December 6, 2023
Scarlet Street (1945)
Framed (1947)
December 13, 2023
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Suspense (1946)
December 20, 2023
Gilda (1946)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
December 27, 2023
Death is a Caress (1949)
Story of a Love Affair (1950)