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Sexually Driven: David Cronenberg’s Crash (1996)
Crash turns twenty years old this year. Even today David Cronenberg’s controversial adaptation of JG Ballard’s equally controversial novel feels like an earth-shattering breakthrough in depicting sex in movies. Sex can be weird, kinky, scary, confusing, touching, hilarious, experimental, awkward, … Continue reading
Secretary (2002)
Secretary is a real oddity. But a good oddity. Perverse and sincere in equal measure, it is refreshing in the way it presents a sadomasochistic relationship very frankly and without shock or “hot-topic” dashings. This is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s breakout performance … Continue reading
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Tagged James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary
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"This Film Should Be Played Loud" 