‘Babygirl’: Why Samuel Dances to George Michael’s ‘Father Figure’

Her POV: ‘Babygirl’ is all tension with no release

In her column “Her POV,” Blyss Cleveland reviews classic and contemporary films directed by women. “Babygirl” (2024) examines whether the unequal power dynamics of age-gap relationships are mitigated when the older partner is a woman. The story is even more complicated because it is a workplace affair involving sadomasochism. While the film maintains the camp sensibility of writer and director Halina Reijn’s previous film, “Bodies, Bodies, Bodie…

‘Babygirl’: Why Samuel Dances to George Michael’s ‘Father Figure’

Director Halina Reijn goes inside the music and inspiration (including her own experience taking her clothes off on-screen) of Harris Dickinson’s sensual shirtless dance.

Shocking Babygirl Theory Completely Changes Who Is Really In Control Of Romy & Samuel's Relationship

Babygirl, Halina Reijn's riveting erotic thriller, leaves viewers questioning the true nature of power and control through the depiction of the relationship between Nicole Kidman's Romy and Harris Dickinson's Samuel. While Babygirl, one of A24's highest-grossing movies, presents the surface-level narrative of a high-powered CEO's forbidden affair, a closer look reveals a chilling possibility: Esme (Sophie Wilde), Romy's seemingly submissive assi…