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'Pleasure' Review: A Raw and Real Inside Drama About the L.A. Porn Industry 'Pleasure' Review: A Raw and Real Inside Drama About the L.A. Porn Industry Ninja Thyberg's documentary-like drama, starring radiant newcomer Sofia Kappel as a young woman rising through the industry, takes the measure of life in the age of extreme porn as few movies have. Owen Gleiberman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director: Ninja Thyberg With: Sofia Kappel, Revika Anne Reustle, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock, Dana Dearmond, Kendra Spade, Jason Toler, Lance Hart, Mark Spiegler. If you had to say what the biggest di...

How has cinema's perspective on the porn industry changed since the Gen X masterpiece Boogie Nights, which was completed in 1997 but set in the '70s? According to Pleasure, a film written-directed by Ninja Thyberg, a Swede, and set in the capital of US porn, LA: a lot and not so much. Let's begin with the former. In our day, a person with big porn dreams, such as that maintained by the main character of...

Sofia Kappel in Pleasure "There will always be people who want to bring you down, especially when you’re a young woman. That’s life, Linnéa, but you’re in charge. And when you really want something, you can do it." This advice meted out by a mother on the phone to her 19-year-old daughter and trying to cheer her up from the other side of the Atlantic is sound to say the least. But what this parent is totally oblivious to, is the fact that this young woman who’s newly arrived from Sweden isn’t working in a cafe, as she’s told her mother, but rather in the Los Angeles porn industr...

by Chase Burns and Jasmyne Keimig • Jan 25, 2021 at 3:30 pm Sponsored We usually don't pay too much attention to the Sundance Film Festival on Slog since it's over in Park City and we're in Seattle. But this year is different. Sundance is going digital, partnering with film organizations around the country to create an accessible and safe national event. In Seattle, the fest is working with Northwest Film Forum to put together forum panels and workshops, like Our Right to Gaze, a 90-minute session on dismantling industry gatekeeping and em...

Our 15 Most-Anticipated Sundance 2021 Premieres January 25, 2021 The 2021 Sundance Film Festival, beginning Thursday, will look quite different. Forging ahead during the pandemic, they’ve to continue offering some of the year’s finest independent discoveries, with a new online platform, drive-ins, screenings at independent arthouses around the country, and more. We’ll have extensive coverage from the festival (which one can follow here or on Twitter). Before reviews arrive, we’re counting down our most-anticipated films. If you’re interested in experiencing Sundance from home, one c...