Entertainment Journalists Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper Discuss the Films Babygirl and Queer

Over the course of their careers, Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper have been  internationally-syndicated entertainment journalists. 

This review of movies offers Reba and Tandy’s take on two films:

Queer was distributed by A24 and penned by Justin Kuritzkes. The film was directed by Luca Guadagnino and was adapted from the semi-autobiographical novella of the same name by writer William S. Burroughs. It follows the character William Lee who’s living in post-World War II Mexico City. There Lee encounters a young U.S. Navy veteran, Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey). Lee pursues Allerton, who does not identify as queer, though Lee most definitely does.

Babygirl, also distributed by A24, was written and directed by Halina Reijn. It stars Nicole Kidman as Romy, a corporate CEO, and Harris Dickinson as Samuel, an intern in the company she runs. Their relationship is turned on its head in psychosexual fashion.