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Embrace of the Vampire 1995
If nothing else, Embrace of the Vampire does offer a glimpse of what Jordan Ladd might have brought to the character of Amy Blue in Gregg Araki's The Doom Generation, had her mother not pulled her out of the film (hence "no thanks to Cheryl Ladd" appearing in the film's closing credits). Ladd's Eliza is a ruthless bitch from the get-go, but watching the thinnest veneer of decorum swiftly dissolve after the only person keeping her mouth in check goes missing is considerably more fun than Alyssa Milano's sexual awakening with the lead singer of Spandau Ballet.
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Birth 2004
If Showgirls was our culture’s collective whoopsidaisy of the 90s—by that, I mean the film critics and audiences both maligned only to realize how wrong they were years later—then Jonathan Glazer’s Birth is that of the Aughts. No film this daring, surprising, and brilliant should ever have a 33% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s easily in Nicole Kidman’s top 2 best performances... and Lauren Bacall plays her mother!