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TAXI DRIVER — CLASSIC FILM PICK

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March 11, 2014

So much of American popular culture, and modern Cinema’s urban aesthetic, owes a debt to Martin Scorsese’s groundbreaking fourth feature…

NYMPH()MANIAC: VOLUME I

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March 8, 2014

Just as with Harvey Weinstein’s famous mistake of splitting Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” into two parts, the producers of Lars…

BETTIE PAGE REVEALS ALL!

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November 18, 2013

Perhaps the film’s greatest gift is that Mori never shows Bettie Page in her time-ravaged older incarnation, but rather allows…

LOVELACE

Biopic, Porn, Reviews Blog, sex, Sexploitation, THREE STARS, Video Essay, Women's Cinema

August 6, 2013

“Lovelace” [mostly] succeeds as a brief biopic of Linda Boreman, a middle-class girl from Florida who became a household name…

FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH: THE TOMI UNGERER STORY

Art, Capsules Blog, Documentary, Erotic, FIVE STARS, Politics, Porn, sex, Video Essay, Women's Cinema

June 16, 2013

Few artists have so fiercely and eloquently tilled the soil in the “no-man’s land between good and bad” as Tomi…

CALIGULA — CLASSIC FILM PICK

BDSM, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, Erotic, FIVE STARS, Historical Epic, Horror, LGBTQ, Porn, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, Video Essay

December 14, 2012

If ever there was a cinematic guide to Roman debauchery — real or imagined — “Caligula” is it. That this…

SHAME

BDSM, British Cinema, Porn, Psychological Thriller, Reviews Blog, Romantic Drama, Romantic Fantasy, Satire, sex, Sexploitation, Transgressive Cinema, TWO STARS, Women's Cinema

November 13, 2011

“Shame” is an immature attempt at a psychosexual drama with thinly sketched characters set in bare-bones plot structure. Fassbender and…

SLEEPING BEAUTY — CANNES 2011

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October 12, 2011

A bold feminist think-piece about the perceived and disguised societal demands placed on women, “Sleeping Beauty” is a hauntingly erotic…

WHO KILLED NANCY?

Capsules Blog, Documentary, Music, ONE STAR, Porn, Punk, Rock 'n' Roll, sex, True Crime

July 27, 2010

Cheesy exploitation punk rock history takes a random path around the mystery of Nancy Spungen’s death with an odd-fitting score…

VARIETY

Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, FIVE STARS, Independent Cinema, Porn, sex, Sexploitation, , Suspense, Transgressive Cinema, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema

May 5, 2009

The richness of atmospheric detail and urgent social tone is equal to that of John Cassavetes’s best films. Bette Gordon’s…

MISS MARCH

Capsules Blog, Comedy, Porn, sex, Sexploitation, TWO STARS

March 14, 2009

In something like a Judd Apatow comedy, I have a feeling Cregger and Moore could make an audience laugh its…

THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

BDSM, Capsules Blog, Drama, Porn, sex, Sexploitation, THREE STARS, Women's Cinema

January 17, 2009

Wayne Wang’s non-judgmental style lets the characters breath in a way that opens the movie up to repeated viewing although…

INSIDE DEEP THROAT

Capsules Blog, Documentary, Porn, sex, Sexploitation, THREE STARS, Women's Cinema

January 3, 2009

Fenton Bailey’s and Randy Barbato’s gregarious documentary tells the story of the 1972 X-rated porn movie that attracted mainstream appeal…

GOOD DICK

Capsules Blog, Porn, Romantic Drama, sex, Sexploitation, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema, ZERO STARS

October 15, 2008

A distinctly unlikable movie about dislikable people, writer/director/actor Marianna Palka’s mumblecore version of dysfunctional romance is the most unromantic picture…

ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO

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October 14, 2008

The fact that Smith wasn’t able to mitigate his film’s sexual setting enough to get an R rating might lead…

SOUTHLAND TALES — CANNES 2006

African American Cinema, Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Comedy, Dystopia, Politics, Porn, , ZERO STARS

November 14, 2007

Justin Timberlake also plays a chic war vet with a knack for lip-syncing and punk cloting. There’s political satire ostensibly…

EXTERMINATING ANGELS — CANNES 2006

Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Erotic, French Cinema, LGBTQ, Porn, sex, Sexploitation, THREE STARS, Women's Cinema

February 20, 2007

Provocative, erotic, and unforced “Exterminating Angels” is a cautionary story about the perils of awakening useless desire. Cole Smithey.

SHORTBUS — CANNES 2006

Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Drama, LGBTQ, Porn, sex, Sexploitation, Transgressive Cinema, TWO STARS, Women's Cinema

October 8, 2006

Director John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig and The Angry Inch”) flaunts cinematic tradition with a raucous sex comedy filled with truly…

THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED

Capsules Blog, Documentary, FOUR STARS, Hollywood, Politics, Porn, sex, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema

September 24, 2006

Even if you’ve never given a second thought to who bestows ratings on movies or how those ranks are given,…

9 SONGS

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September 15, 2005

“9 Songs” is high-art pornography that doesn’t neglect its compulsory gooey payoff scene. The movie is even bookended with travelogue…

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