Episodes
What's there left to say about 1995's multi-Razzie award winning cult classic Showgirls that hasn't already been said? Quite a bit actually! Rory has seen the movie a million times, but Roe had never seen this hyperbolic exploration of Las Vegas, sex...
Published 07/28/20
2012's foreign language awards magnet is under the sexy microscope this week, as Roe and Rory examine the cinematic depiction of a life-changing injury, and disability scholars' thinking about this representation of the sex life of a character with a...
Published 07/21/20
Roe & Rory take a look at 2002's romantic drama thriller Unfaithful. Aside from netting Diane Lane an Oscar nomination, it also manages to offer a more complex and interesting examination of infidelity than most Hollywood movies. Until, well, it...
Published 07/14/20
This week, Roe and Rory reluctantly cast their gaze on the Netflix phenomenon 365 Days, a film that claims to be an erotic romance and is, in fact, neither. Roe and Rory explore why the film's depiction of violent sex, toxic masculinity and rape is far...
Published 07/07/20
It's time to talk about the sexiest film scenes that don't actually show any sex! Starting with a discussion of Steven Soderbergh's 1998 crime-caper-comedy starring Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney, Roe and Rory talk about how directors can create...
Published 06/30/20
Roe and Rory discuss the groundbreaking feature from Ang Lee.
Published 06/23/20
Roe and Rory want you to join them this week as they discuss what is probably the most famous threesome in cinema history, which takes place in 1998's erotic thriller. Everything from "no nudity clauses" to "sticky champagne boobs" are analysed, as well...
Published 06/16/20
Derek Cianfrance’s 2010 drama Blue Valentine is a non-chronological film depicting the passionate rise and heartbreaking fall of a relationship between Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Sindy (cinema’s perpetual sad wife, Michelle Williams.) In this episode, Roe...
Published 06/09/20
In a time of quarantine and social isolation when we're all thinking about the people we cannot physically touch, what better film to discuss that the disembodied romance, Her? Joaquin Phoenix can't blame COVID in Spike Jonze's 2013 Oscar nominated...
Published 06/03/20
Published 05/22/20
Released in 1992, Basic Instinct starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone was nominated for Oscars, made a huge amount at the box office, and is considered by many to be the greatest erotic thriller of all time. But now, 30 years later, how does it...
Published 05/22/20