The 2025 festival programming slogan is "Where Winsome Women Turn Wicked." Let's round up the usual suspects and see which performers are featured in the screenings.

Day 1

Colleen Gray and Marie Windsor: "The Killing"
Angelica Huston and Annette Bening: "The Grifters"

Day 2

Ann Savage and Esther Howard: "Detour,", Peggy Cummins: "Gun Crazy," Jane Greer and Rhonda Fleming: "Out of the Past," Virginia Madsen and Jennifer Connelly: "Hot Spot"

Day 3

Helene Walker: "My True Story," Audrey Totter: "Tension," Evelyn Keyes: "Prowler," Joan Bennett: "Woman in the Window"

Day 4

Lizabeth Scott: "Dead Reckoning," Joan Bennett: "Reckless Moment"

Day 5

Barbara Stanwyck and Lizabeth Scott: "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers," Ella Raines: "The Phantom Lady"


Day 6

Rhonda Fleming "Cry Danger," Audrey Totter "Alias Nick Beal"

Day 7

Joan Bennett "Scarlet Street," Esther Howard and Claire Trevor "Murder, My Sweet"

Summary

Joan Bennett 3
Rhonda Fleming 2
Esther Howard 2
Lizabeth Scott 2
Audrey Totter 2
Annette Bening 1
Jennifer Connelly 1
Colleen Gray 1
Jane Greer 1
Angelica Huston 1
Evelyn Keyes 1
Virginia Madsen 1
Ella Raines 1
Barbara Stanwyck 1
Claire Trevor 1
Helene Walker 1

Truth be told, neither Gray or Raines rate as Violent Femmes in their film appearances during the festival. Gray is sympathetic while Raines is playing the role of an angelic rescuer. One of Scott's character also possesses redemptive characteristics. Joan Bennett plays a variety of roles and only one of her films depicts her as a predatory female without any virtues.