By Bonnie Nipar
Blink Twice
In an unsettling anthem to female empowerment, actor, singer, and fashion arbiter Zoë Kravitz is spreading her wings in her directorial debut, Blink Twice. Cowritten by Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum, this dark psychological thriller is about the treatment of women by the rich and powerful. Best friends Frida (Naomi Ackie) and Jess (Alia Shawkat) are waitresses who decide to “party crash” tech billionaire Slater King’s (Channing Tatum) charity event gala. Dressed in chic bright red and royal blue cocktail dresses, they catch King’s attention and he invites them to join him and friends on his private island for a few days. Frida teasingly asks partygoer Rich (Kyle MacLachlan) to “blink twice if I’m in danger.”