Following within the footsteps of many an onscreen Could-December romance (The Thought of You, Babygirl, Marty Supreme), Mysterious Pores and skin’s Gregg Araki serves up a darkly horny riff on the sub-genre. In it, Licorice Pizza’s Cooper Hoffman is an eager-to-please younger man who lands a dream job with a provocative artist (Olivia Wilde) who enlists him as her sexual muse, drawing him right into a world of sadomasochistic intercourse, depravity, knotty energy dynamics, obsession, betrayal, and homicide. Contemplating former Vogue intercourse columnist Karley Sciortino is a co-writer, and the supporting solid consists of Charli XCX, Daveed Diggs, and Chase Sui Wonders, this ought to be a playful, no-holds-barred romp.
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In her first main big-screen function since Could December, an icy-blonde Natalie Portman is Polina Polinski, an bold gallerist gearing up for her Artwork Basel premiere, on this acerbic artwork world satire from Cathy Yan (Useless Pigs). When Polina hosts an early search for an artwork influencer (Zach Galifianakis), he’s decidedly unimpressed—till one piece catches his eye: a corpse, which Polina is then decided to promote. Truthfully, it doesn’t get extra Sundance than that.
Becoming a member of the pair is Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph, Sterling Okay. Brown, Daniel Brühl, and… Charli XCX (sure, the pop star is making her Sundance debut with a whopping three tasks).
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