"A closeup of that face, with its distinctive halo of dark hair, the lipstick-smeared pout and lush, overgrown eyebrows, is perhaps the most striking scene in her new film The Moment. Charli peels a strip of ugly stick-on gems from her lower lash line, regret and shame flashing across her face. It's a rare raw few seconds in Aidan Zamiri's clever and knowing satire of 21st-century pop stardom,"
"The Moment is already being positioned as Charli's pivot from pop to the silver screen, after a buzzy premiere at the Sundance film festival last month. Charli was there to promote it, alongside two other films she's starring in. I Want Your Sex, a dark romp of a comedy from new queer cinema pioneer Gregg Araki was mostly warmly received, though early consensus has declared The Gallerist, which stars Natalie Portman, something of a dud."
"When Peter Ohs's indie drama Erupcja premiered at the Toronto film festival last year, the New Yorker praised the classical canniness of Charli's onscreen presence, singling out her energetic yet poised performance as emotionally avoidant party girl Bethany. She has a small but significant role in this week's new release 100 Nights of Hero, Julia Jackman's charming feminist fairytale, and will also appear on the soundtrack for Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights."
A closeup cab scene captures Charli XCX removing makeup, revealing regret and shame during a rare raw moment in Aidan Zamiri's satirical mockumentary The Moment. The film imagines a fractured aftermath to the 2024 album Brat and premiered at Sundance, where it was presented as a potential pivot from pop to cinema. Charli attended Sundance and is simultaneously starring in multiple films, including Gregg Araki's I Want Your Sex and the less favorably received The Gallerist. She holds roles in Erupcja, 100 Nights of Hero, and soundtrack work for Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights, with nine IMDb-listed features including forthcoming titles.
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