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Rapper Mike Skinner of The Streets has ventured into filmmaking with a noir-inspired nocturnal crime drama. As it goes on tour, we talk favourite noirs, his love for Raymond Chandler and his weakness for a fiendish twist.

The art critic and poet collaborated with the Chicago-based painter on a series of prints based on “Wanted” posters of the old Wild West.

Nudity is often dismissed as superfluous or sexualized, but these nude scenes left their mark on movie history and culture as a whole. SEE ALSO: Top 10

What we are still lacking in movies is a critical mass of sex scenes that sensitively depict the overwhelming range of what sex is and can be.

“Sex is a part of life – one that isn’t inherently more problematic or dangerous to portray than any other facet of existence – and we stand to lose something if we try to disincline filmmakers from engaging with it, full stop,” Emma Specter writes for Vogue.

Mayukh Sen on “Daughter of the Dragon,” by Yunte Huang, a biography of the Chinese American actress Anna May Wong, and her impact on Asian representation onscreen.

Anti-Catholicism in the United States can be traced back to before US independence, as settlers derided Catholics as papists that would slavishly follow the pope if directed to do so

Red, White & Royal Blue is an exciting catalyst for discussions between mainstream and queer audiences about gay representations in media.

Like other recent queer rom-coms that pitched to the mainstream, Red, White & Royal Blue explains gay contexts to non-queer audiences.