Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir: Ready for Her Close-UpThe 'femme fatale' figure in film noir has long served as a central defining feature of these rich and compelling films of the post war American period. In Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir, Julie Grossman shows the extent to which the women often labelled as 'femmes fatales' are in fact sympathetic modern women, whose stories of strength, wit and privation command fascination. This study undertakes to erode the category of the 'femme fatale'