“The phrase conjures black-and-white visions of Venetian blinds and countless cigarettes, allegorically exposing male anxieties of powerlessness in a changing post-war world. The MFA’s ‘Femmes Fatales’ is a fine selection if you want to study advancing gender roles in genre cinema, and works just as well if you like to go to the movies to look at beautiful women.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 02/28/2018