Pearl

Pearl (2022) is Ti West's psychological horror film you can watch online on iFILM. The year is 1918, the Spanish flu is spreading, and a young woman is stranded on her family's Texas farm, feeding livestock when she'd rather be dancing under stage lights.

Her husband is away at war, her father is paralyzed, and her devout mother rules the house with cold discipline. Pearl wants one thing: to land a spot in a traveling dance troupe and escape to a life that finally notices her. The harder that door stays shut, the more dangerous her longing becomes — and anyone in her way may not see morning. Mia Goth carries the whole film, swinging from girlish charm to a final, unbroken close-up that runs for minutes.

It's a prequel to West's slasher X, made by the same crew almost back to back. Critics singled out its candy-colored, old-Hollywood look and Goth's long confessional monologue, which turned up in nearly every clip about the movie. Stream Pearl (2022) online on iFILM.