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.

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.

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.

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.

"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,

Justin Kuritzkes ('Challengers' and 'Queer'), Payal Kapadia, ('All We Imagine as Light'), Mangold ('A Complete Unknown'), Reijn ('Babygirl') and Jason Reitman ('Saturday Night').

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.

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,

"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?

While on the topic of showers, Nicole shared another charming detail of her and Keith’s home life: She gets a unique perspective on his songwriting process. When the magazine asked her if she sings in the shower, she admitted that she does, and that her husband does, too. “I’ll hear his new songs forming,” she revealed.

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,

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's son Connor Cruise celebrated his 30th birthday on Friday. Taking to Instagram, where he has about 45,000 followers, he reposted a series of well wishes from his friends.