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Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping's feature-length debut Femme is both a movie of our moment and wildly overdue. A savage deconstruction of the forms of drag we all wear when we walk out the door, it funnels very current themes of gender presentation into a thriller context, and it lets its marginalized characters be complex in ways that go well beyond wardrobe. Basically, if you've been starving for LGBTQ characters behaving badly onscreen, then Femme is here to feed you. It's sto...

Imagine a rom-com but queer, fearless, and twisted — that's "Femme." Review.

A new film starring Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor has raised our hopes

The NC-17 rating slapped on ’ 'Passages' and breathless talk about a few scenes in 'Oppenheimer' have prompted re-assessments of sex scenes on film.

Guest star Michael Ealy steals the show in Apple TV Plus’ The Afterparty in "Danner’s Fire," an episode that parodies erotic thrillers.

New Hollywood filmmaker William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, has died at 87.

Few actors are brave enough to admit that they turned down some of the most famous films in recent memory, but these ones did, writes Adam White

Friedkin was something extra special, even among the Young Turks of the New Hollywood. He was an unknown quantity, even while successful.

The world wasn't ready when Oscar-winning director Jane Campion’s 2003 erotic thriller hit screens — the subversive take on the genre starring Meg Ryan was a flop. But the film has been critically reevaluated over the last few years.

Legendary costumer Ellen Mirojnick tells GQ about recreating the real J. Robert Oppenheimer’s turquoise belt, her appreciation for Cillian Murphy’s sheer shirt, and how dressing Wall Street’s Gordon Gekko set the tone for Oppie’s power suits.