Cults on Film Episode 5: Isolation (Martha Ma...

In the final episode of our Cults on Film series, Sarah and Mary talk deprogramming in Jane Campion’s Holy Smoke! (1999) and Mary Harron’s Charlie Says (2018). Our discussion covers the termination of psychoanalysis, education and the ‘cult of love’. Also we wonder whether any Ma ...  Afficher plus

We tried to take January off, but felt duty bound to analyse the FEAST of signifiers within the (alleged) Armie Hammer DMs situation. Mary and Sarah talk abandonment issues, wife envy and borderline personality disorder, and come up with an amazing idea for a screenplay. Slide in ...  Afficher plus

In part 2 of the Eyes Wide Shut story, the movie is finally unveiled, and critics are divided on its quality, and the use of digital effects to evade an NC-17 rating. Where could Hollywood eroticism go from here? We’ll wrap up the Erotic 90s story with some thoughts on Richard Ge ...  Afficher plus

Just as the AIDS-related death of Rock Hudson was finally forcing straight people – and Hollywood – to acknowledge that epidemic, a film was released that transposed the new climate of sexual fear into a murder mystery. The sleeper hit of 1985, Jagged Edge turned Glenn Close from ...  Afficher plus

In the early 90s, Madonna was the biggest pop star in the world, and she used – and in the minds of some, squandered – her star capital to launch a multi-media exploration of sexuality: the album Erotica and its companion book Sex, followed by her starring role in the much-malign ...  Afficher plus

Dans cet épisode spécial d'AMIES, enregistré en direct et en public au Paris Podcast Festival, sur la scène de la Gaité Lyrique, Anaïs et Marie ont décidé de s'attaquer à la plus grande œuvre érotico-romantique du premier trimestre de 2015, le seul film qui allie buttplugs et dro ...  Afficher plus