Streaming: Steven Soderbergh’s Presence and the best haunted house films

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The director’s witty supernatural thriller joins Psycho, Hereditary, The Brutalist and more – films in which buildings are characters in their own right The first more-or-less horror movie in the lengthy, genre-skimming career of director Steven Soderbergh , Presence is a film about grief, trauma, familial dysfunction and abusive masculinity. But it’s also, to a significant and compelling extent, about property. Beginning with a family’s first viewing of a handsome Victorian home in an unidentified stretch of suburbia, the film never ventures outside its walls for the next 85 minutes, as the ensuing chills make us consider the merits of that purchase. Wittily and unnervingly shot from the perspective of the restless spirit roaming its halls, it’s a haunted house film in which much of the tension feels determined by the shape and flow and light and shade of the house itself. It’s a while since I’ve seen a film where I could quite so exactly draw the floor plan of its primary location,...
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During The Met Gala, Lili Reinhart Didn’t Hesitate To Criticize Kim Kardashian’s Figure

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The Riverdale actress, who recently made news for criticizing Kim Kardashian's extreme pre-Met Gala diet and workout routine earlier this year, stated that she is highly skeptical that she will ever receive another invitation to the prestigious event. Reinhart, 26 years old, told W magazine that attending the 2021 gala in a flower-print gown by Christian Siriano was a lot of fun. But after participating for the second time this year, I doubt I will be asked to return. I made a specific comment about a particular individual wearing a unique attire. She notably wore Marilyn Monroe's Happy Birthday, Mr. President dresses for the evening. Still, because the dress was a museum piece, it could not be modified in any way, so Kardashian, who is 42 years old, had to change her body to fit into the outfit. The singer, who shed 16 pounds in a matter of weeks, revealed her weight loss regimen to Vogue: "I would wear a sauna suit twice a day, exercise on the treadmill, completely take out all sugar and all carbs and just eat the cleanest greens and protein." After the gala, Reinhart expressed her frustration with Kardashian's diet and exercise regimen on her Instagram Story. To appear on a red carpet and participate in an interview in which you declare that you are ravenous... because you haven't eaten carbs in the past month...all for the sake of fitting into a f—king dress? That's insane. So wrong. She said that she was so fucked on a hundred different levels. To publicly acknowledge that you starved yourself to look your best at the Met Gala. When you know that millions of young men and women worldwide look up to you as a role model and listen to what you have to say, the level of ignorance is repulsive and comes from another world. Reinhart, who has been upfront about her difficulties with body dysmorphia, has stated that she has no remorse about speaking out about her condition almost six months after doing so.

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