THE CASE FOR Her Films Are Excessive (in a Good Way) Her vibes-and-dream logic approach makes for delicious viewing. Emerald Fennell loves an unbridled swing for the fences, and she knows exactly what she’s doing. Some filmmakers work within genre constraints. Others push against them. Still others think hard about how to subvert them. But … Read more
Jacob Elordi is no prude. The “Frankenstein” star has opened up about his 2023 thriller “Saltburn” – and one scene in particular that left viewers shocked about what unfolded on the screen. “I actually think it shows me just how, I guess, prudish we are,” the Australian actor, 28, told Entertainment Weekly in an interview … Read more
movie review CHALLENGERS Running time: 131 minutes. Rated R (language throughout, some sexual content and graphic nudity). In theaters. When the movie “Challengers” hits Prime Video after its theatrical run, I suspect the response will echo that of last year’s most controversial film, “Saltburn.” Like Emerald Fennell’s shapeshifting mystery, “Challengers” is, at once, artful, addictive … Read more
Drayton House, a privately owned mansion with more than a hundred rooms, has stood in Northamptonshire, England, for close to 700 years. For most of those seven centuries, the manor was a silent countryside presence, known mostly to locals or experts with a penchant for viewing beautiful homes owned by England’s upper classes. But that … Read more
Here’s the naked truth: he went too far. The BBC has apologized after one of its reporters repeatedly questioned actor Andrew Scott about Barry Keoghan’s “naked dance scene” in the movie “Saltburn,” in which Scott does not appear. The interaction was deemed “homophobic” by many viewers. The incident occurred on the red carpet at last Sunday’s BAFTA … Read more
Sex in “The Dreamers” isn’t merely about shoving youthful abandon in our faces, it’s a means of exploring the boundaries between fantasy and reality — sex, in a sense, is about finding a happy balance between unleashing your animal instincts and performing for your partner. Yet the characters are completely blind to where that boundary … Read more
After an hour, it all went sideways, with Oliver revealed to be a great deal less naïve than he presented himself as. He’s just a mess. But the halo of “Brideshead Revisited” remained. It’s an essentially theological book about beauty, desire and conversion, written by Waugh in the wake of hardship and containing a thickly … Read more
Warning: “Saltburn” spoilers ahead! Jacob Elordi poked fun at that disturbing “Saltburn” sex scene during his “Saturday Night Live” monologue. Making his “SNL” debut on Jan. 20, Elordi, 26, told the audience, “So you might know me from ‘Saltburn.’ Not from seeing the film, just from seeing the TikToks, like this scene…” A quick clip of … Read more
This scene gives a whole new meaning to the term “laid to rest.” Barry Keoghan revealed Sunday that the creepy, erotic graveyard scene in his brand-new film “Saltburn” was fully improvised. “I wanted to see what Oliver would do next,” Keoghan, 31, said on the red carpet for the 2024 Golden Globes, per Deadline. “I … Read more
TikTokers, gonna burn this godd–n house right down! Rich Gen Zers are being accused of being tone-deaf as they dance around their mansions and show off their extravagant stays as the “Saltburn” TikTok trend takes off. “Saltburn,” the movie everyone seems to be talking about, follows dorky Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) as he begins Oxford … Read more
Rosamund Pike revealed she got into a scary ski accident over Christmas ahead of her red carpet moment at the 2024 Golden Globes. The “Saltburn” star graced Sunday’s carpet in a black Dior Haute Couture gown and matching headpiece that she called a “protective veil” in an interview with Variety’s Marc Malkin. “I had an … Read more
The euphoric victory boogie by Barry Keoghan’s coked-up character Oliver at the end of the buzzy black comedy psychological thriller is set to the bass-bumping groove of “Murder on the Dancefloor.” Source link #Saltburn #23yearold #hit #song #Murder #Dancefloorback #top #charts
Jacob Elordi was feeling salty. The Australian “Euphoria” actor, 26, has opened up about his reaction to the most controversial scene in his new movie “Saltburn,” now streaming on Prime Video. Spoilers for “Saltburn” below. The movie follows Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), a misfit college student at Oxford, who feels out of place among his … Read more
Warning: Spoilers below. Barry bared it all. Irish actor Barry Keoghan, 31, did not use a body double while going nude in the new movie “Saltburn,” (now streaming on Prime Video). Rather, the nudity was all him. “It totally felt right,” he told EW. “It was fun.” The shocking psychological thriller / black comedy movie … Read more
“Saltburn” is the sort of embarrassment you’ll put up with for 75 minutes. But not for 127. It’s too desperate, too confused, too pleased with its petty shocks to rile anything you’d recognize as genuine excitement. This thing was written and directed by Emerald Fennell, whose previous movie was “Promising Young Woman,” a horror flick … Read more
If “Promising Young Woman” was Emerald Fennell’s darkly comic take on the rape-revenge thriller — one that rode a zeitgeisty wave of discourse onto a best original screenplay Oscar in 2021 — “Saltburn” is the writer-director’s entry in the country house canon. The film (in theaters) is the latest in a subgenre ripe for dramatic … Read more
For much of the movie “Saltburn,” writer-director Emerald Fennell’s addictive second feature, the viewer is caught in the same seductive web as its timid main character, Oliver Quick. movie review Running time: 127 minutes. Rated R (strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language throughout, some disturbing violent content, and drug use.) In theaters. At first, the … Read more