Katie Walsh

Director Robert Eggers has wanted to remake F.W. Murnau's silent horror classic for decades, but his results show a lack of imagination and too much deference to the original.

Romy (Nicole Kidman) can't climax. At least not with her husband of many years, Jacob (Antonio Banderas), although she delivers a fairly convincing performance for his benefit.

Romy (Nicole Kidman) can't climax. At least not with her husband of many years, Jacob (Antonio Banderas), although she delivers a fairly convincing performance for his benefit. This bit of commonplace sexual theater makes up the bold opening of writer/director Halina Reijn's daring and provocative sexy psychological thriller “Babygirl.”

Romy (Nicole Kidman) can't climax. At least not with her husband of many years, Jacob (Antonio Banderas), although she delivers a fairly convincing performance for his benefit.

F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent horror film “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror,” was inspired by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel “Dracula” (with names and details

Among Kidman's prestige television projects, biopics, comic book films and other mainstream fare, she makes the time to work with forward-thinking filmmakers.

With her daring new erotic thriller “Babygirl” hitting theaters, Nicole Kidman turns in yet another unconventional (and sexy) Christmas movie, making for a perfect pairing with “Eyes Wide Shut,” Stanley Kubrick's Christmas in New York tale of sexual obsession, starring the married (at the time) couple of Kidman and Tom Cruise.

The thing about the “Sonic the Hedgehog” movies is that they continue to surprise — with how humorous, self-referential and even insightful they can be. Since the first movie defied

The thing about the “Sonic the Hedgehog” movies is that they continue to surprise — with how humorous, self-referential and even insightful they can be. Since the first movie defied expectations in 2020 (the creative team redesigned the character after online backlash to a first look), the third film now cruises into theaters, and the series shows no signs of stopping.

The erotic thriller is back, and it's never been better than in “Babygirl.” Romy (Nicole Kidman) can't climax.