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Displaying all articles tagged:
Sex Scenes
we’ll get it in post
Sept. 2, 2024
The Stars of
Queer
Discuss Sex Scene ADR
Luca was like, “Can you do noises?” I was like, “Okay.”
By
Bethy Squires
self-care
July 8, 2024
Movie Masturbation Scenes, Ranked
It’s been 25 years since Paul Weitz showed one of the goofiest ways to beat off in
American Pie
.
By
Caroline Madden
heartbreaking
Feb. 7, 2024
Henry Cavill Doesn’t ‘Understand’ Sex Scenes
A mystery even Agent Argylle can’t solve.
By
Alejandra Gularte
performance review
Oct. 17, 2023
The Backs of a Story Say It All
Passages
is the year’s strongest, sexiest acting showcase. Its best performances rely on one body part in particular.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién
sex scenes
Oct. 8, 2023
Sex Between the Pages at The New Yorker Festival
“I used to know that [sex scenes] were good if I turned myself on while I was writing them. … now that doesn’t happen as much.”
By
Brandon Sanchez
sex scenes
Aug. 17, 2023
It’s All in Franz Rogowski’s Gaze
The star of the summer’s most intimate, explicit movie,
Passages,
reveals what’s behind his now-famous stare.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
cannes 2023
May 18, 2023
Michael Douglas Is the Expert on Movie Sex Scenes, According to Michael Douglas
“You put your hand here and then we’re going to go kiss, kiss, and then we’re going to go down.”
By
Bilge Ebiri
scene report
May 16, 2023
New Yorkers Are Reading Smut — and the Audience Is Loving It
Erotica readings have taken over some corners of the literary scene, with stories less gauzy (and more transactional) than you imagine.
By
Whitney Mallett
no more
Feb. 12, 2023
Penn Badgley Says He Wants to Put His Sex Scenes to Bed
He asked if he could go “from 100 to zero” in
You
season four.
By
Jennifer Zhan
lingering questions
Nov. 7, 2022
10 Unanswered Questions to Worry About After Seeing
Don’t Worry Darling
What’s up with the dancing ladies? And the plane? What happens in Kiki Layne’s cut scenes? More important, where can I get Alice’s nail polish?
By
Roxana Hadadi
chat room
June 28, 2022
P-Valley
’s J. Alphonse Nicholson on Showing Lil Murda’s Tender Side
“It was very selfless to comfort his friend, his ex-lover, his once-companion. I don’t think we’ve ever seen anything on TV like that before.”
By
Martine Thompson
vulture festival 2021
Nov. 15, 2021
Mira Sorvino Once Had a Sex Scene With Her Cousin
“He’s a very nice guy. A handsome guy.”
By
Devon Ivie
cannes 2021
July 9, 2021
The Best Sex Scene at Cannes Is in
Cow
I’m talking, of course, about Andrea Arnold’s new documentary about cows.
By
Nate Jones
tribeca festival
June 18, 2021
Matthew Rhys Walks Us Through Getting Humped Off a Bed
It’s one of those
Perry Mason
scenes that just stays with you, ya know?
By
Anne Victoria Clark
movie review
Apr. 16, 2021
Sebastian Stan Makes
Monday
a Movie Worth Waking Up For
The actor and costar Denise Gough give it their all.
By
Bilge Ebiri
snl
Feb. 21, 2021
Bridgerton
’s Intimacy Coordinators Could’ve Prepped Better on
SNL
Washing the dong bags and beav sleeves ahead of time is like Intimacy Coordinating 101, people.
By
Halle Kiefer
the male gaze
Jan. 25, 2021
Keira Knightley Will No Longer Do Sex Scenes With Male Directors
“I’d just rather not stand in front of a group of men naked.”
By
Devon Ivie
yum
Aug. 26, 2020
Kate Winslet Says Sex Scenes Are ‘Not Like Eating a Sandwich’
Depends on the sandwich, but okay.
By
Rebecca Alter
finales
May 14, 2020
How to Get Away With Murder
Was Queer TV Royalty
The unsung legacy of the show that risked putting queer sex front and center on network TV.
By
Steffan Triplett
sad horny and irish
May 8, 2020
Normal People
, But Just the Sex Scenes
An overly detailed guide to our sad and horny Irish lovers.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
backstories
Apr. 30, 2020
How
Normal People
Does Sex So Good
The making of Connell and Marianne’s genuinely hot (but never pornographic) sex scenes.
By
Rachel Handler
a return to horniness
Nov. 22, 2019
Grey’s Anatomy
Promises a Return to Horniness in 2020
When the series returns to a later, more adult time slot.
By
Halle Kiefer
pose
Aug. 6, 2019
Pose
Gave Billy Porter His Very First Nude Scene
“I literally went,
Child, they don’t want to see my black ass …
but these bitches wrote a script that I had to show my ass.”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
sex scenes
July 22, 2019
SAG-AFTRA to Create a Standardized Set of Guidelines for Intimacy Coordinators
“Intimacy coordinators provide an important safety net for our members doing hyper-exposed work.”
By
Halle Kiefer
let’s talk about sex
June 13, 2019
How Do You Choreograph a Good Queer Sex Scene? 6 TV and Film Creators Explain.
Vida
’s Tanya Saracho,
Special
’s Ryan O’Connell,
Pose
’s Steven Canals, and more discuss the challenges of depicting queer intimacy onscreen.
By
Rachel Handler
booksmart
May 24, 2019
Diana Silvers on
Booksmart
’s Groundbreaking Sex Scene
This summer’s breakout star on how
Booksmart
made her reconsider her sexuality — and how
Ma
’s Octavia Spencer was behind her big break.
By
Rachel Handler
game of thrones
Apr. 22, 2019
Maisie Williams Thought Her Big
Game of Thrones
Gendry Scene Was ‘a Prank’
“I was like, ‘Yo, good one.’”
By
Halle Kiefer
party report
Feb. 25, 2019
Crazy Rich Asians
Cut Some ‘Steamy’ Sex Scenes and We Feel Robbed
“Give the people what they want!”
By
Taylor Ferber
chat room
Jan. 22, 2019
Sex Education’
s Ncuti Gatwa Doesn’t Want to Play the Gay Best Friend
The breakout star of Netflix’s teen comedy talks rom-com stereotypes, season two, and Eric’s show-stopping prom look.
By
Dee Lockett
last night on late night
Dec. 28, 2018
The Real Star of Emma Stone’s
Favourite
Fingering Scene Was a ‘Big, Wet Sponge’
Get that sponge in SAG-AFTRA!
By
Devon Ivie
vulture lists
Nov. 30, 2018
Every
Outlander
Sex Scene, Ranked
Based on a highly sophisticated formula.
By
Amy Wilkinson
party report
Nov. 16, 2018
Patricia Arquette: ‘Dinosaurs’ More Likely in Film Than Sexual Middle-aged Women
“And that’s kind of crazy, you know?”
By
Katja Vujić
party report
Nov. 2, 2018
Outlander
’s John Bell Has a Knitting Great-Auntie Who Lives for the Sex Scenes
We get it.
By
Katja Vujić
it’s not tv it’s…
Oct. 27, 2018
Every HBO Sex Scene Will Now Have Required ‘Intimacy’ Supervision
It started with
The Deuce.
By
Devon Ivie
June 28, 2018
Sex Educators React to Hollywood’s Sex Scenes
They’re not impressed by the peach in
Call Me by Your Name
.
By
Samantha Lee
sex scenes
May 23, 2018
Maggie Gyllenhaal Fought David Simon for That Masturbation Scene in
The Deuce
“The second I got to set, I was like, ‘Where is the orgasm?’”
By
Dee Lockett
May 21, 2018
The Making of
Vida
’s ‘Radical’ Queer Sex Scene
“To put two queer bodies having queer sex like this is a political act.”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
May 15, 2018
How Onscreen Sex Sounds Are Made, From Kissing to Hand Jobs
We talk to the Foley artists behind some of the most intimate big-screen moments.
By
Rebecca Pahle
Mar. 6, 2018
Donald Sutherland on His Famous
Don’t Look Now
Sex Scene
“We were in a room by ourselves. I don’t know about Julie [Christie], but I’m never naked in front of somebody! I was shy.”
By
Miriam Bale
Dec. 7, 2017
2017, the Year Movies and TV Came On Your Screen
This year, TV and film hit us with their best shots.
By
E. Alex Jung
Sept. 11, 2017
Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams Have Incredible Sex In
Disobedience
In which one Rachel spits in the other’s mouth.
By
Jada Yuan
chat room
Aug. 13, 2017
Insecure’
s Jay Ellis on Lawrence’s Sexual Escapades and Fragile Masculinity
“He’s a bit of an anti-hero.”
By
Dee Lockett
May 16, 2017
The Best Sex Scene of the Year Is
Alien: Covenant
’s Chest-Burst
It’s sweaty, agonizing, and very exciting.
By
Emily Yoshida
May 14, 2017
Bryan Fuller Reshot
American Gods
’ Gay Sex Scene Because It Wasn’t Gay Enough
“Unless he has a 12-inch, candy-cane c*ck and can f*ck around corners, his dick’s not getting in him.”
By
Abraham Riesman
awkward sex scenes
Apr. 18, 2017
Every
Girls
Sex Scene, Rated by Awkwardness
Remember Hannah and Ray?
By
E. Alex Jung
last night on late night
Mar. 10, 2017
Allison Williams on Sex-Scene Excitement: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t
“We found the one way I have more experience than Samuel L. Jackson.”
By
Karen Brill
let’s talk about sex scenes
Feb. 17, 2017
Why Are American Directors So Bad at Sex?
The gulf between how American directors present sex and how their colleagues across the pond do it has never been wider.
By
Kyle Buchanan
hard times
Jan. 12, 2017
Ben Affleck Found His Sex Scenes Depressing
Who should we speak to about helping Ben Affleck get his confidence back?
By
Hunter Harris
movies
Dec. 7, 2016
How Do You Direct a Sex Scene? 10 Directors Tell Their Secrets
With wild tales from
Bridesmaids
,
Showgirls
,
American Psycho
, and more.
By
Kyle Buchanan
still the 80s
Oct. 28, 2016
How the 1980s Defined the Look of Movie Sex Scenes
Movies like
Fifty Shades of Grey
owe all their iconography to that decade.
By
Kyle Buchanan
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