Columns KinoKultur: Monkey business, monkey love The 1970s saw certain corners of cinema longing for a return to the wild and primal, without any thought given to the truth beyond those racist fantasies.
Berlinale Berlinale: “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” is quite a trip Radu Jude's latest is as unsubtle as it is gripping, a strange tryptich about sex, justice, and communal madness.
Features Sex and the Single Woman: How “An Unmarried Woman” changed the game Paul Mazursky’s 1974 drama captured the complexities of restlessness, desire, and sexuality of the modern ‘70s woman. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Sex is not shocking..
Filmmaker of the Month “She Hate Me” Has Spike Lee Shooting Blanks Spike Lee's hamfisted misfire throws everything at the kitchen sink - income inequality, Watergate, lesbian stud service - and none of it sticks.
Festivals SXSW: “The Dilemma of Desire” Examines the Politics of Passion Maria Finitzo's documentary celebrates female sexuality in all its varied forms.
TV “Sex Education” Turns Us On for a Second Season Netflix's droll, witty, refreshingly honest tale of teen sexcapades returns for a second round of sensual salons.
Good Boys Review: Kids Say the Raunchiest Things Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky's edgy tween comedy finds an unexpected sweetness among the swears.
Features How Frank Ocean’s “nostalgia: ULTRA” Shines New Light on “Eyes Wide Shut” Stanley Kubrick's mercurial erotic drama gets some much-needed context thanks to one of Frank Ocean's most infamous mixtapes.
Features Amor Vincit Omnia: The Radical Sentimentality of “Sense8” The Wachowskis took their high-concept empathy to TV with a gloriously ambitious Netflix show that was gone far too soon.
TV Euphoria Review: A Stylish But Empty Tale of Teenage Rebellion HBO's latest series puts its characters through exaggerated adolescent antics, with little substance to show for it.
Ask Dr. Ruth Review: Won’t You Be My Consenting Sexual Partner? Hulu's new documentary on the life of pioneering sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer balances lifelong tragedies with her undying sense of joy.
Features “Under the Silver Lake” Hates Its Target Audience, and That’s Why I Love It David Robert Mitchell's latest might just be reviled precisely because it prods at the solipsism of the film bros who tend to identify with it.
TV Gentleman Jack Review: HBO Flaunts England’s First Modern Lesbian Suranne Jones captivates as historical feminist and lesbian Anne Lister in a messy, but insightful HBO miniseries that overcomes its own stylistic crutches.
Features Why We’re Still Falling For “Love & Basketball” 19 Years Later Our exploration of black women directors continues with a look at Gina Prince-Bythewood's sensitive, layered romantic drama.
Features Heroines, Honeys and Hos: Conflicting Images of Women in the Blaxploitation Era We take a look at the ways Pam Grier, Tamara Dobson, and other blaxploitation stars elevated their iconic characters beyond white-written stereotypes.
Festivals More of a Comment, Really…: Interview with SXSW Composer Carla Patullo (Porno) The composer of the upcoming SXSW-bound horror comedy talks about her rock career, the Sundance Film Music and Sound Design Lab, and scoring with her voice.
Interviews More of a Comment, Really…: CAM’s Daniel Goldhaber on the Lines Between Porn, Cinema and Horror For our first episode, we talk to the director of Netflix's camgirl thriller CAM about finding horror and empathy in online sex work.
TV TV Review: Sex Education is Equal Parts Horny and Heartfelt Netflix's sex-positive teen dramedy offers up raunch and affection in equal measure.
CAM Review: Netflix’s Peep Show Into the Terror of Stolen Identity Director Daniel Goldhaber and screenwriter Isa Mazzei explore the complexities of online sex work with a fascinating thriller about a camgirl facing an identity crisis...
The Front Runner Review: Hugh Jackman’s Misguided Political Drama Stumbles Across the Finish Line Despite a stellar cast and some good intentions, Jason Reitman’s political drama about the rise of the tabloid age does a little too much finger-wagging..
CIFF 2018 CIFF Dispatch, Part 2: What They Had, Retablo, Maria By Callas, and More This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood The Chicago International Film Festival keeps chugging along this week, and so does our coverage. From upcoming big..