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Most male mantids mate and live for another day because well fed females do not attack their mates.

One of the most legendary femme fatales, exotic dancers and courtesans of the twentieth century, Mata Hari was first and foremost remembered as a spy. But was she?

Though Ophuls' women seem intimately linked with the ruin and death of their lovers, his deeper message lies in the condemnation of women's disempowerment.

Do Black Widows have a modus operandi (MO), or do they just knock off their husbands and relatives at random?

In this article you will gain tips on how to avoid the real life femme fatale before your dream girl becomes your lawfully wedded nightmare

The sensuous Dutch performer and courtesan who became renowned as a 'femme fatale' during WWI was eventually accused of espionage and sentenced to death.

This short and concise glimpse of one of art history's most infamous painters is a quick and easy read.

The Velvet Underground's first album spawned an entire genre of music. How the 'alternative' version was discovered on an acetate and what tracks it contained.

Roman Polanski's classic defies detective film conventions with its artistic integrity and its emotionally satisfying story

Korean arthouse violence comes full circle in last of Vengeance Trilogy. Go Su-Hee and Choi Min-Sik shock with their excellent portrayals of the worst kinds of criminals.

Few B-movies are as admired for their pacing and prescience as 1949's Gun Crazy, which equated guns with sex and directly inspired a classic American film 18 years later.

Bizet's(1838-75) famous opera, Carmen, was based on Prosper Merimee's 1845 novella, which gained little success at the time.

British soap operas have dished out some great villains over the years, but how do this year's offerings compare to the likes of Dirty Den and Richard Hillman?

The Big Sleep, classic hardboiled fiction from Raymond Chandler, with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, embodies 1940s Hollywood and the old film noir genre.

'The 39 Steps' is not a play to be sniffed at; it is a winner of the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award as well as two 2008 Tony Awards.

Marianne Moore takes the post game analysis from a 1950's New York Yankees game, and transforms it into a free form poem about what is great about baseball.

A two year old girl is stolen from her own home, and an old friend of Beckett's wants her to help him in the investigation, but he's not too fond of Richard Castle

Quite often referred to as the quintessential film-noir, The Big Sleep stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in a gripping, feisty murder mystery.

A look at some of great screenplays that should be studied by film students when learning about script writing.

A smart, slick, and intelligent initial foray by Rian Johnson into the world of film making. Brick is a smooth watch with much to entertain and amuse.

Some fashion classics (the Hermes Kelly bag) never die. Others are tossed aside as irrelevant. An innovative new program has students to re-tool old school classics.

Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake star in The Blue Dahlia (1946) is a classic film noir based on a story written by detective writer Raymond Chandler.

Jess Franco's 1965 eurosleaze classic The Diabolical Dr.Z is at the top of the schlock-meister's short list of genuinely not-terrible works.

A peek-a-boo lace dress, or sexy black lace leggings - there are endless ways to work this fashion trend into your wardrobe.

Some easy ways to look stylish for Winter 2009 include woolen snoods, elbow-length gloves, patterened tights and over-the-knee boots.

Several fine actresses in Oscar history never won Academy Awards as best actress. Some were given Academy Honorary Awards during their careers.

Superbad director Greg Mottala directs his own script, recounting a summer of growing up and falling in love, with Twilight star Kristen Stewart.

Lee Server, reputable Hollywood biographer, tries his hand at the studio era bad girl

The book Lover of Unreason details the relationship between Assia Wevill and Ted Hughes. This book also places the plight of Assia Wevill into a social context.

Australian novelist Tim Winton's latest book is an exhilarating surfers' rights-of-passage' novel that is far more nuanced than such a summation might suggest.

Fans of USA's Burn Notice will return to Miami on June 4th to watch Michael Westen try to outsmart and outgun his enemies, but now the ex-spy must also outrun his past.

Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises explores stereotypical gender roles and challenges early 1900s images of masculinity and femininity.

Twentieth Century Fox/Blue Sky Animation's Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is a pleasant, but forgettable, diversion. 5/10.

On April 10, Quebec City went back to the 80's with Rick Astley, Debbie Gibson, Samantha Fox and Tiffany on stage together for the first time.

From retro to raunchy, one-pieces are flying off the shelves in high-street stores, with their sexy cuts and elegant styling to suit all shapes.

Having co-directed his own comic book adaptations on Sin City in 2005, Frank Miller takes several wrong turns, in this film version of Will Eisner's The Spirit.

What Stars do best is craft songs out of melodrama that approaches the unbelievable, reining in their symphonic urges with compelling personal details or turns of phrase.

Thirst by filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Oldboy), co-written by Seo Gyeong-jeong, is a creepy vampire movie and a psychosexual love story fused into one.

No filmmaker can send chills down the spines of audiences like the incomparable Alfred Hitchcock.

Two universities, each subdivided into many colleges - spire inspirations for many writers and works of fantasy...fatal, freakish, and fairytale stories from Oxbridge.

Also known as Dirty Money, Un Flic is the last film by the great French director Jean-Pierre Melville. Alain Delon plays a cop hunting a gang of robbers.

This is the first of three articles examining the history of Vampire films. First is a look at the basis of vampire mythology and the archetypes they created.

The episodes collected here are hit and miss in quality. But all demonstrate a determination to bring something new to television in the mid 1960s.

Arie Posin's The Chumscrubber (now available on DVD) has some great pieces that never quite complete the puzzle.

WWII and the post-war years were characterised by short but feminine hairstyles such as the Victory Cut and shingle, accented with pin-curls, waves and reverse rolls.

It is no exagerration to say that certain films define their specific era. Films of the 1980's were no exception, and some stand above the rest in quality and impact.

Actor / producer Michael Douglas is a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood. Here are five of the best films he has appeared in.

Manipulation, Sex and Politics Gone Haywire at College: A Review of Francine Prose's "Blue Angel" A surprising look at seduction, manipulation, political correctness,

Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, as depicted in works by Jean-Léon Gérôme, Alexandre Cabanel, Gustave Moreau and Jean André Rixens.

Wilmer Valderrama's voice work can't save Stan Lee's latest comic creation, Hispanic skateboarding superhero The Condor, from a weak script. 4/10