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Two British film fests are celebrating the femme fatale, from silent vamps to the double-crossing dames of 40's noir - rich female characters "no longer prized by Hollywood or the wider world." [Independent] More »
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Ann Savage, an actress who made her mark in more than 30 films of the 1940s and 50s, has died at the age of 87. More »
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"She was worth a stare. She was trouble." That's Bogie on Bacall, in The Big Sleep, but all you need to know is, it's noir. The noir dame is one of the most awesome female archetypes out there. UCLA's doing a noir retrospective right now and the array of broads represented — from tormented Gloria Grahame to feline Lizabeth Scott — just makes today's female roles look even lamer by comparison. The series shows a bunch of lesser-known films made between 1940 and 1956, the heyday of B-Noir, with its dramatic blacks and whites, snappy dialogue, clouds of cigarette smoke and smart, ruthless heroines. Yeah, there's a Bad-Girl type. But even at its most formulaic, the noir Bad Girl is fascinating in a way the modern version just isn't: A guide to their mystique, after the jump. More »
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