A24's provocative Nicole Kidman drama has become one of the studio's biggest hits, sparking cultural conversations worldwide.

You can now be swept up in Halina Reijn's steamy new film starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson from home as Babygirl makes its debut on digital platforms. The film critics called "daring", "tantalising",

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There was the neo-noir thriller Love Lies Bleeding, the mega-viral love-triangle drama Challengers, the sex-worker-centered Cinderella story Anora, and finally — just hitting theaters with a week left in the year — Nicole Kidman and A24's Babygirl.

Babygirl has been billed as an erotic thriller: the erotic part is accurate, but it’s hardly a thriller. All up, it’s a much more ambitious movie than expected.

The 57-year-old has taken a risk on that rarest of things – a 21st century movie that unabashedly explores sex, and its power dynamics.

In Sigmund Freud’s Madonna-whore complex, some men cannot become aroused by women they perceive as innocent. The Madonna cannot be the disrespected, yet sexually viable, whore. In the modern movie-goer’s Madonna-whore complex,

Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell star in the wedding comedy "You're Cordially Invited," and Questlove helps spotlight memorable "Saturday Night Live" music performances across the last five decades to highlight this week's streaming choices.

Antonio Banderas enjoyed his time working with Nicole Kidman on Babygirl.

Antonio Banderas did everything he could to make Nicole Kidman "feel safe" filming the "complicated scenes" in their erotic thriller 'Babygirl'. The 64-year-old actor plays Nicole's character Romy Mathis' husband Jacob in the X-rated flick,

Brave New World', premiering on Valentine’s Day. This week’s new English-language films include Companion (2025), a thriller about a billionaire’s mysterious death, A Different Man (2024), where an actor’s drastic transformation leads to unexpected consequences,

The hype for Babygirl is high. Audiences are craving a sexy, erotic thriller but could it have ever lived up to those expectations?