With 'Don't Worry Darling' and 'Deep Water' dominating 2022 headlines—plus two more steamy films on the horizon—high stakes, sexy mysteries are, once again, stirring.
, according to the streamer, indicating that there’s a strong appetite for this type of content, regardless of its quality. Similarly, Netflix’sfame as a mystery writer who begins fantasising about her children’s nanny, hit No. 1 for the streamer when it was released last year;Don’t Worry DarlingCourtesy of Warner Bros.
, was spat at by Harry Styles at the Venice Film Festival ; or whether Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde are no longer speaking to each other . Thus far–and it’s still early–reviews of, “If you want to talk about problems related to, you need look no further than at what’s onscreen.” Personally, I feel that the script’s shortcomings were offset by a tremendous, emotional performance by Pugh and stunning cinematography by Matthew Libatique.
Now that the erotic thriller is back at the multiplex, we can only hope that it will continue to progress with the times, featuring more complex storylines and more diverse depictions of modern relationships. For now, we can look forward to, starring Margaret Qualley as a dominatrix who gets romantically involved with a young hotel scion, which critics were buzzing about at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month.