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When Bobby Met Ariane: Maitresse

July 2, 2008 – 10:06 am

Lauren Wissot unpacks an anti-sex scene from Barbet Schroeder’s 1976 controversial film.

By Lauren Wissot | Posted in Classics, Columns, Foreign Films | Comments (0)

LAFF: Sex and Place

June 30, 2008 – 11:00 am

TRINIDAD and THING WITH NO NAME: two LAFF documentaries about how sexuality and its consequences define two extremely different communities.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film festivals, LAFF 2008 | Comments (0)

Top Hot Pride Pics

June 25, 2008 – 3:02 pm

Lauren Wissot recommends five films for celebrating Stonewall in sexual style.

By Lauren Wissot | Posted in Classics, Columns, Lists | Comments (1)

Varieties of Sexual Horror. BlogNosh 06/24/08

June 24, 2008 – 5:33 pm

A tour through Karina’s feed reader reveals rape, genital dismemberment, octogenarian nudity and “erotic photography” by an associate of Dane Cook. But we’ll keep it light hearted, I promise.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, DVDs | Comments (2)

CineVegas, Cyd & Spike: SpoutBlog Week in Review

June 20, 2008 – 6:24 pm

Lists: 5 Unsexy Movies About Sex, 15 Films That Offended Religious Groups; Ethnic Cinematic Atrocities and the Fake Beards That Enabled Them; 10 Movies That Beat Get Smart To The Punch;
CineVegas: Britney Spears, Finally Lillian and Dan, Memorial Day; pictures
SilverDocs: Spike Lee and refugees
RIP, Cyd Charisse.
Proof that the I Dream of Jeannie movie could be [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Week in Review | Comments (2)

Five Unsexiest Movies About Sex: The Breillat Awards

June 18, 2008 – 10:39 am

I can think of no better poster child for celibacy than Parisian “provocateur” Catherine Breillat, the director of such erotic misfires as Fat Girl, Romance, and more recently, The Last Mistress, which stars another over-hyped “hottie” Asia Argento. Exiting the theater after a Breillat flick, I never want to have sex again. Ostensibly concerned [...]

By Lauren Wissot | Posted in Columns, Film Reviews, Lists | Comments (12)

CineVegas: Memorial Day

June 16, 2008 – 8:09 pm

The most controversial film at CineVegas equates spring break to Abu Ghraib.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in CineVegas 2008, Film festivals, Indies, Uncategorized | Comments (6)

Hulky Talky. BlogNosh 06/12/08

June 12, 2008 – 5:29 pm

“If Iron Man was about America’s power overseas — specifically in Afghanistan, where much of the movie takes place — then the Incredible Hulk is about what happens to our soldiers when they come home,” writes Charlie Jane Anders in a long review at io9. It’s about the impossibility of transforming young men into “super-soldiers” [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (0)

Better Than Sex: David Lynch’s Wild at Heart

June 12, 2008 – 11:01 am

Lauren Wissot recalls “the only time I can remember actually feeling embarrassed at the movies.”

By Lauren Wissot | Posted in Classics, Columns | Comments (16)

Dial S&M For Marnie

June 4, 2008 – 4:32 pm

Lauren Wissot reclaims the misunderstood Hitchcock film as a rigorous work of erotic art.

By Lauren Wissot | Posted in Classics, Film watching | Comments (3)