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Now in cinemas: Halina Reijn's Babygirl
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Hello Reader, Is Halina Reijn's Babygirl the erotic thriller of the year? Is it even an erotic thriller?! Nicole Kidman's performance is getting all the buzz; she won Best Actress at Venice. But the film's best asset is rising star Harris Dickinson (Beach Rats, Triangle of Sadness), as the intern to her CEO, the unexpected lover in a power-exchange relationship who knows exactly what she needs and isn't getting from her husband (Antonio Banderas). Love it, hate it, or feel kinda middling about it as we did, Babygirl offers a lot of food for thought! Today on the podcast, I'm joined by Woman in Revolt Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Pugh to dig into why we think Babygirl is worth talking about...even if we didn't totally love it. Episode 155: Halina Reijn's BabygirlHappy watching/listening! Alex
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Seventh Row is a nonprofit Canadian film criticism publication and publishing house. We're dedicated to helping you expand your horizons by curating the best socially progressive films from around the world and helping you think deeply about them. This newsletter is run by Seventh Row (http://seventh-row.com) but features exclusive content not found on the website.
Hello Reader, Welcome to your January edition of The Globetrotting Watchlist. Whether you’re a longtime Globetrotting Watchlist subscriber or Film Adventurer/Cinephile Member, or just finding your way here, thank you. Your support helps to keep Seventh Row nonprofit, ad-free, and fiercely independent. What's Inside the Globetrotting Newsletter This month, I'm recommending the best documentaries of 2025: A Spanish film about bullfighting (no interest in bullfighting required) A German movie...
Near the end of Sound of Falling (the film I discuss on this week's Seventh Row Podcast), Angelika (the blurry figure in the photograph below) poses uncomfortably for a family photo in the 1980s before disappearing. How we read this photo — and what it means that she's blurry in it — is something we can only construct from the film's form: How this image evokes ones we've seen before in the film's 1914, 1940s, and present-day timelines. And how the scenes leading up to this — not just plot...
Every year since I started voting in critics’ awards, I’ve engaged in the time-honoured tradition of effectively spoiling my ballot. In other words, I vote for my favourite picks, even if they have zero chance of being nominated by anyone else. For an insight into my proclivities, in 2023, this was my Best Actor lineup: Alessandro Borghi, The Eight Mountains (Italy/Belgium)Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers (UK)Benoît Magimel, Pacifiction (France/Spain)Luca Marinelli, The Eight Mountains...