Has lockdown got you thirsty? This is the episode you need. Inspired by film writer Justine Peres Smith’s popular ‘Best Horny Movies for Quarantine’ list, Letterboxd editor Gemma Gracewood, Montreal-based Smith, and The Black List’s Kate Hagen dive deep into several erotic thrillers from the past two decades: Jane Campion’s In The Cut, Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden and Yann Gonzalez’s Knife + Heart. And we ask: where’s all the hot sex in Western film these days? Plus: Cronenberg, PTA, Roeg, Marilyn Monroe and more.
Links
Horny movies:
- Kate’s Essential Erotic Thrillers and 365 Sex Scenes
- The Black List
- In The Cut
- Justine’s 2018 re-examination of In The Cut for Little White Lies
- God’s Own Country
- The Handmaiden
- Knife + Heart
- Crash
- Don't Look Now
- Inherent Vice
- Damage
- Bound
- Kate’s Playboy article
Quarantine recommendations:
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Justine)
- Peggy Sue Got Married (Kate)
- Ratatouille (Gemma)
Filmmakers on social:
- K. Austin Collins’ Shut-in Movie Club and Letterboxd profile (Justine)
- Vidiots and video stores everywhere (Kate)
- Joss Ackland’s #ReadaLetter (Gemma)
Edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Theme music: ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation. Leave a voice message telling us your favorite Steven Spielberg film for our next episode.