sexuality
Celebrating Female Desire on Screen
The writer-director-star of The Poet and the Professor on the personal and cinematic experiences that informed her taboo-busting film.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Looking for Mr. Goodbar
LaBruce writes a love letter to the film, featuring a dark, defining performance by Diane Keaton, which prompted his teenage sexual awakening.
Across the Aisle: The Fosters Shows America As It Actually Is (Not As We Want It To Be)
Hidden away on Freeform (formerly ABC Family), one of the best political shows on TV right now isn’t even (overtly) about politics.
Was Ariana Grande’s Feminist Twitter Manifesto More Dangerous Than Her Album?
Nite Jewel’s Ramona Gonzalez delves into Grande’s Dangerous Woman.
Megan Griffiths (Lucky Them) Talks Marielle Heller’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl
A period coming-of-age dramedy, Heller's debut feature is a portrait of adolescence femininity that embraces complexity.
Nico Muhly Talks Madonna’s Rebel Heart
A lifelong Madonna fan contemplates her new album, the role she had in his life and the role she’s had in everything.
Shannon Plumb (Towheads) Talks Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang
When and why did we start treating children like adults? And when did men get so scared of women?
Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm
A Dolan hater does a 180 on the French-Canadian wunderkind after seeing his audacious psychosexual thriller.
Jana Hunter (Lower Dens) Talks with Mike Hadreas (Perfume Genius) for The Talkhouse Music Podcast
Two of indie music's finest artists — and most outspoken thinkers — get together for laughs and some very candid exchanges.
Jenny Hval Talks Björk’s Vulnicura
What makes Björk’s new album Vulnicura so devastating? The combination of the private and the ordinary.
Bruce LaBruce (Gerontophilia) Talks Jason Banker’s Felt
Can a film about young woman's violent and self-destructive acting out against the patriarchy make the best of its difficult material?
Onur Tukel (Summer of Blood) Talks David Wnendt’s Wetlands
One of the most shocking and controversial movies of the year inspires not an enraged critical attack — but a cartoon.











