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What Does ‘The Beguiled’s’ Matriarch Reveal About Female Relationships?
Nicole Kidman’s stunning performance of a Civil War-era headmistress subverts the tired trope of a shrill schoolmarm. If only director Sofia Coppola's erasure of slaves didn’t ruin it.