02/02/2021 - Sweden’s Ninja Thyberg signs her name to a sucker punch of a debut feature which is carried by Sofia Kappel’s portrayal of a young woman’s rise within the Los Angeles porn industry
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 industry, under the pseudonym “Bella Cherry”. And worse, her aim is to rise up through the ranks of this roughest of environments, which
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 can see available tickets here.
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Jane Schoenbrun)