A depiction of a sadomasochistic relationship between a CEO and an intern, Halina Reijn's film keeps its distance and misses the meeting of the characters.
Halina Reijn teases next film for A24 on Golden Globes red carpet, describing it as 'really different' from 'Babygirl.'
"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.
For Reijn, the deeper lyrical meaning behind the 1987 classic served as the perfect metaphor for not just the scene, but Romy and Samuel's relationship.
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.
The movie, starring Nicole Kidman, operates at the level of the female gaze. Its inversion of erotic thriller tropes leads to fascinating but, at times, tepid results.
During The Hollywood Reporter Writers Roundtable, 'Babygirl' writer Halina Reijn recalls the moment she knew she wanted to write for cinema, after seeing 'Annie' when she was six years old.
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The writer and director Halina Reijn narrates a sequence from her film, featuring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson.
"A man directing this, it wouldn’t have been the same, because he can’t actually be in my body, but she can," she says of Halina Reijn
A key scene in 'Babygirl' features George Michael's "Father Figure." It turns out writer-director Halina Reijn knew she wanted to use the song before she wrote a word of the script. She tells Entertainment Weekly why.
Justin Kuritzkes (‘Challengers’ and ‘Queer’), Payal Kapadia (‘All We Imagine as Light’), Mangold (‘A Complete Unknown’), Reijn (‘Babygirl’) and Jason Reitman (‘Saturday Night’).