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Director Halina Reijn breaks down the music and inspiration (including her own on-screen nudity) of Harris Dickinson’s sensual shirtless hotel dance.

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 fails to satisfy.

Babygirl” is a film that looks at kinks and the shame women often feel with having those kinks/desires in the bedroom.

Nicole Kidman’s Baby Girl remains a box office hit following its Christmas release, earning $2 million in its fourth weekend. With $26 million to date, the A24 thriller is on track to gross $30M plus in the U.

The Hollywood star, 57, stars as married company boss Romy who falls for her young intern Samuel, played by Harris Dickinson, 28, and they embark on a steamy affair.

Seeing about 150 new movies in a year might seem like a lot, but it’s one of the best ways to really grasp the cinematic calendar that was. The year 2024 will not go down as a banner one for film in a vacuum because of how the Hollywood strikes impacted the release calendar.

While we wait for more international titles to be announced, here are ten big-ticket films I’m genuinely excited to see as 2025 unspools.

"Babygirl"—A24's steamy thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson—appears to be coming soon to digital streaming. When and where can you watch it at home?

Nicole Kidman was grateful to join her erotic thriller Babygirl in the early stages and help shape what it became. The Australian actress read one of the first drafts of the script for Dutch director Halina Reijn's thriller and immediately agreed to play Romy Mathis,

"Cementing her status as Hollywood's boldest actress, Nicole Kidman bares herself every which way – physically, emotionally and artistically – in 'Babygirl'", Halina Reijn's erotic thriller about a kinky workplace affair, said Tom Shone in The Sunday Times.

Sonically, Perverts is far from its predecessor. Cain replaces the rousing, classic rock-esque riffs of what is arguably her most popular song, “American Teenager,” with a slow drone that thrums through the entire record — all distorted licks and haunting piano melodies.