Watching the promotional campaign for Harry Lighton's debut feature Pillion play out, since its award-winning world premiere at Cannes last year and its UK opening in late November, has—appropriately enough—felt like an extended edging session. Thankfully, the climax was worth all the teasing and anticipation that came with the perfectly orchestrated slow drip of tantalizing... Continue Reading →
Unless you've been living in a BDSM dungeon for the past few months (no judgements here), you will no doubt have seen dreamboat daddy Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd dominating red carpets around the globe with leather and fetish flourishes ("kinky in the front, kinkier in the back", is how Vogue described his BFI London ensemble) since his... Continue Reading →
Humanizing the submissive: a kinky, brilliant, bittersweet Cannes award-winning feature debut In recent years, there has been a perplexing pushback against sex in film. Whether it be on social media or in general conversation, it seems like sex, and especially kink, has been relegated into being taboo. Regressive to say the least. To combat this,... Continue Reading →
