Cinematically, exploring the mind of a murderer has always been attempted with a proverbial veil of safe distance between the subject and the uncomfortable matter at hand. Directors Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor attempt no such thing. Their latest movie, Caniba, is an unapologetically uncomfortable feature-length monologue by a murderer, about his murder. Delivered by Issei Sagawa, who in 1981 […]
documentary
‘Hot Girls Wanted’: Stereotypes and Realities of Amateur Porn
This week, Netflix began airing Hot Girls Wanted, a Rashida Jones-produced porn doc that seeks to document a group of young amateur performers as they take their first steps in the porn industry. The five girls — all of them under 20 and new to the business — are recruited via Craiglist ads by Miami-based production company Hussie Models, and lured in with promises of fast, easy […]