James has apparently come here for “inspiration”, and he’s both flattered and flabbergasted when a fellow guest, actor Gabi (Goth), tells him: “I loved your book”. These days, his wealthy wife, Em (Cleopatra Coleman), can’t tell if he’s asleep or awake, particularly within the dreamy confines of this chic resort – a white palace in a poor country, where the peace of the super-rich is broken occasionally by local protesters, largely kept at bay by barbed wire fences. A minor author whose debut novel, The Variable Sheath, owed its existence to his media mogul father-in-law, James has been blocked for the last six years. “Where are we?” asks James (Skarsgård), staring out from the terrace of an exclusive hotel towards an anonymously blissful beach on a remote holiday island. She may take second billing to Swedish star Alexander Skarsgård in this Canadian-Hungarian-Croatian co-production but make no mistake – it’s her anarchic energy that drives the deliciously outre and satirical third feature from writer-director Brandon Cronenberg. A uniquely arresting screen presence (check out the final-frame smile of Pearl for proof), Goth is back again in another jaw-dropping role that positively fizzes with playfully dangerous pizzaz. E arlier this month saw the UK release of Pearl, a prequel to Ti West’s retro-horror X, starring and co-written by the extraordinary Mia Goth.
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