“Sexual liberation must mean freedom to enjoy sex on our terms, to say what we want, not what we are pressured or believe we are expected to want,” writes Gillian Anderson in the introduction to Want, the collection of essays about sexual fantasies she curated. It’s not a new idea – in fact, Want is … Read more
Actress and director Olivia Wilde has been chosen to star in the psychological erotic thriller Monkey Hill, directed by Sarah Adina Smith. The film is based on Paul Theroux’s story of the same name. Wilde will portray an heiress alongside actor Gael García Bernal, who will play her husband. The story follows the couple as … Read more
“An American writer.” This was Gary Indiana’s self-description when I first met him in the early 1980s at the Village Voice in the midst of the no-wave scene. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Small yet fierce, with a gaze that … Read more
“It was a low-budget, erotic film that became the most successful French movie of the time. “Emmanuelle” went on to be the symbol of the sexual liberation and free love of the 1970s. Fifty years after Just Jaeckin’s softcore movie first became a global phenomenon, a remake is being released with some big changes. Directed … Read more