What, exactly, is the 'female gaze'? Allow a man to explain
Cinema theorists’ most hallowed idea, the ‘male gaze’, is being upturned by a feminist wave – but old ideas, as two new films show, die hard
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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Pleasure review - that Eve Harrington syndrome again
The film title Pleasure begs the question, who’s pleasure? Since first-time feature director Ninja Thyberg’s cautionary drama depicts the journey of a newcomer intent on becoming the Los Angeles adult film industry’s top female performer, the pleasure in question self-evidently isn’t hers, but that taken by the hordes of men who’ll watch her being systematically degraded on Pornhub and its ilk.
Source: theartsdesk.com
Ninja Thyberg: "Instead of trying to erase the bad porn, I was like, 'We need to do good porn!'"
The Swedish director of Pleasure was an anti-porn activist – until she saw how sex workers valued their “erotic capital”.
Source: newstatesman.com
Pleasure review – porn industry drama explores complex questions of consent
Sofia Kappel is striking as a young Swedish actor taking her first steps into the adult film industry, where power relations are the same as they ever were
Source: theguardian.com
Pleasure review: a porn-world pic lacking in potency
Ninja Thyberg’s explicit yet curiously remote debut seems caught between challenging ideas about the porn industry’s corrupting influence, and reinforcing them.
Source: bfi.org.uk