Halina Reijn teases next film for A24 on Golden Globes red carpet, describing it as 'really different' from 'Babygirl.'

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.

The writer and director Halina Reijn narrates a sequence from her film, featuring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson.

Nicole Kidman tearfully dedicated her award at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival to her late mom.

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.

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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.

"A man directing this, it wouldn’t have been the same, because he can’t actually be in my body, but she can," she says of Halina Reijn

Since announcing Variety’s 2025 Directors to Watch on Nov. 19, the ten honorees on our list have received a flurry of accolades: among others, three Golden Globe nominations, two Independent Spirit nods and for one,

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

A key scene in 'Babygirl' features George Michael's "Father Figure." It turns out writer-director Halina Reijn knew she wanted to use the song before she wrote a word of the script. She tells Entertainment Weekly why.

"Babygirl" director Halina Reijn is one of this year's Variety 10 Directors to Watch.