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 ...

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 ...

With the possible exception of Double Indemnity’s murderous femme fatale Phyllis Dietrichson, The Lady Eve provided Barbara Stanwyck’s greatest role ...