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tOuch Kink Review: Destigmatizing BDSM

by Courtney Small
July 30, 2023
Festivals/Reviews

tOuch Kink works to destigmatize the practices of the BDSM community, but could have a greater sense for the wild side.

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The Disappearance of Shere Hite Review: Let’s Talk About Sex

by Pat Mullen
January 24, 2023February 1, 2023
Reviews/Sundance

Crip Camp director Nicole Newnham profiles the pioneering sex researcher and the backlash she faced in The Disappearance of Shere Hite.

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Bloom Up: A Swinger Couple Story Review – Let’s Get Physical

by Pat Mullen
August 11, 2022
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Bloom Up: A Swinger Couple's Story is an intimate observation of an Italian couple who keeps their relationship fresh by spicing up their sex life in this portrait of polyamory.

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Putting the D in Doc: Alex Liu Talks A Sexplanation

by Pat Mullen
May 27, 2021June 13, 2022
Festivals/Interviews

A Sexplanation director Alex Liu on making sex education fun and personal.

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Acts of Love Review: Dating Doc Swipes Right

by Pat Mullen
April 29, 2021August 9, 2021
Hot Docs/Reviews

Director Isidore Bethel is on the rebound. He’s a young, attractive, and scruffy actor/filmmaker getting over a recent break-up with an older man. Bethel explains in voiceover that the May-December romance was

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Fantasia Film Festival Review: ‘Morgana’

by Courtney Small
August 20, 2020August 7, 2022
Reviews

Morgana (Australia, 71 Min.) Dir. Isabel Peppard & Josie Hess The internet was set ablaze last month when Martha Stewart posted a photo of herself looking cute by the poolside. While many praised her

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The Sex Raft: Rethinking ‘One of the strangest group experiments of all time’

by Harry Karlinski
July 9, 2019August 31, 2021
Essays/Features

Marcus Lindeen’s latest documentary revisits a 1970s radical social experiment by way of a creative and revelatory re-enactment involving the surviving research participants. For 101 days in the summer of 1973, ten volunteer subjects

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Asking Dr. Ruth

by Pat Mullen
May 16, 2019December 11, 2021
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

Ryan White profiles iconic sex therapist and broadcaster Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Ask Dr. Ruth, an upbeat portrait of an unexpected life and career.

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Review: ‘Hugh Hefner’s After Dark: Speaking Out in America’

by Pat Mullen
December 3, 2018August 28, 2021
Reviews

Hugh Hefner’s After Dark: Speaking Out in America (Canada, 98 min.) Dir. Brigitte Berman Hugh Hefner’s claim to fame might his centerfold spreads of bunnies and beavers, but he did a lot

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TIFF Review: ‘Mostly Sunny’

by Pat Mullen
October 3, 2016December 12, 2021
Reviews/TIFF

Sunny Leone is more exposed than she’s ever been in Mostly Sunny, Dilip Mehta's portrait of the porn star and activist.

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There's a great slate of docs at @viffest again th There's a great slate of docs at @viffest again this year, including #TheGreatNorth (pictured), which we're co-presenting Oct. 2 (9:00pm) and Oct. 8 (4:00 pm). Comment below to win tickets to a screening! (And let us know which one.) 🎟🎟

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