Pedro Almodóvar and Halina Reijn have a lot in common. They’re linked by Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play “The Human Voice,” which Almodóvar adapted into a short film (starring Tilda Swinton) as his first ...
When Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn transitioned from acting to directing, Paul Verhoeven (no relation to this article's author) gave her one piece of advice that helped her when she started on her film ...
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 Sennott, Pete ...
After directing her breakout films Bodies Bodies Bodies and Babygirl for A24, Halina Reijn is reteaming with the studio as the writer and director of Please, a new film to mark the acting debut of ...
“I wanted to approach it as a commentary on the time we live in, and Gen Z, but also myself because I’m totally addicted to my phone,” says Bodies Bodies Bodies director Halina Reijn on what drew her ...
"I've never experienced anything like this..." Spicy. A24 has debuted the second official trailer for the erotic thriller film titled Babygirl, which originally premiered at the 2024 Venice Film ...
Or: Never doubt the power of a well-placed call from Nicole Kidman. Reijn’s film is rife with cool, classic, and just plain interesting jams — looking at you, essential “Father Figure” dance break — ...
For many people, the words "Nicole Kidman erotic thriller" are enough to get them to the theater. It's me, I'm one of those people. Babygirl, the second English feature film from Dutch director Halina ...
Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...
Halina Reijn’s Babygirl, the new erotic drama starring Nicole Kidman, exists in a specific realm alongside Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut and Adrian Lyne’s Unfaithful (actually, nearly all of Lyne’s ...
“Sometimes I cry — can you believe it? There was one moment when I had to hide myself in the restroom,” Almodóvar tells Reijn, who does believe it, since she welled up on the set of her film too. “I ...