Wednesday, September 14 2011
Tainted Pasts: Pornography in ‘Meet Monica Velour’ and ‘The Girl Next Door’
Meet Monica Velour and The Girl Next Door demonstrate that mainstream representations of pornography, even in a society in which sex proliferates, are still surprisingly one-sided and inconsistent with counter-narratives offered by industry insiders themselves.
Wednesday, August 24 2011
‘Entourage: The Complete Seventh Season’: What the Eagles Warned You About
The players of Entourage wield words like weapons, their acidic bon mots the equivalent of machine gun fire.
Thursday, April 14 2011
Reflecting on Sex: Sasha Grey’s Neü Sex and Her Uphill Battle
Candid style photos make Grey's book a very personal work. She urges mainstream media to “send a positive image. Don’t just give the image of sex. Talk about it."
Wednesday, July 7 2010
The New Breed: Sasha Grey, aTelecine and the New Morality
World-famous porn star Sasha Grey attempts to transcend her version of performance art with new band aTelecine.
Friday, October 16 2009
The Girlfriend Experience
The camera continually zeroes on Sasha Grey's face: pretty, unknowable, sometimes out of focus.
Monday, April 27 2009
Summer of Same: May 2009
May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.
