Jason Reitman ('Saturday Night'), Jesse Eisenberg ('A Real Pain'), Justin Kuritzkes ('Challengers' and 'Queer') and Payal ...
NEWS ANALYSIS. Several recent films, including Halina Reijn's 'Babygirl,' feature blossoming romances between women and younger partners. This is hypocritical at a time when the digital age has erased ...
Nicole Kidman was grateful to join her erotic thriller Babygirl in the early stages and help shape what it became. The ...
Director Halina Reijn breaks down the music and inspiration (including her own on-screen nudity) of Harris Dickinson’s sensual shirtless hotel dance.
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There is a 24-year age gap between the two leads in Babygirl, as the official screenplay reveals that Romy is intended to be 49, and that Samuel is supposed to be 25. Ironically, the age difference in ...
Women who are older are often not shown as sexual in film, and it was refreshing to see something a little different.” Reijn ...
The movie, starring Nicole Kidman, operates at the level of the female gaze. Its inversion of erotic thriller tropes leads to ...
While holed up in a hotel basking in sensual bliss, Samuel begins to seductively dance for Romy (while wearing only jeans and ...
With Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, and Actress Oscar nominations, 'The Substance' smashes one of the Academy Awards ...
Babygirl’ is a nuanced exploration of sexual power as a portal of self-discovery that infuses institutions like the office, marriage and family with unexpected sensual tension.
Writer and director Halina Reijn’s erotic thriller centers on sadomasochism in a relationship where the older partner is a woman. The film’s shrewdness is undercut by a heavy-handed narrative that ...