While there have been debates about whether or not the film fully delivered (there are some Twitter truthers who argue it wasn't that kinky), the general public can all agree on one thing: the film's "Father Figure" scene was pure cinema.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s most talked-about movies continues with the Venice Film Festival-premiering Babygirl, A24 ’s erotic thriller from writer-director Halina Reijn that stars Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson. It hit theaters December 20.

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.

This article contains spoilers. Producer Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl” is a not-so-twisted yet triumphant tale of desire. Centering a powerful female lead who seemingly has it all, the movie depicts Romy Mathis (Nicole Kidman) as the CEO of a flourishing robotics company,

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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"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

Halina Reijn is clearly in the A24 business. The Dutch actress-turned-director made her English-language feature debut for the studio with 2022’s “Bodies Bodies Bodies” starring Rachel ...

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’).

It’s a miracle,” beams Nicole Kidman, her ­crystalline eyes wide with delight. The actor’s face fills a Zoom window, at home in Nashville, off-duty in a slouchy grey hoodie. In another is the actor Sophie Wilde,

“Babygirl” was indeed fun, but not quite great. Romy (Nicole Kidman) is our protagonist, a high-powered tech CEO. Antonio Banderas plays Jacob, her husband, whose smothering love she finds irksome. Ultimately, Romy is driven into the arms of Samuel (Harris Dickinson) — an intern at her company many years her junior.