Sentences with phrase «sexual frankness»

In the seductively wonderful Weekend (2011, Peccadillo, 18), writer - director Andrew Haigh and leading players Tom Cullen and Chris New evoke an emerging love story that blends the tender uncertainties of Before Sunrise with the goofiness of Gregory's Girl and fragments of the sexual frankness (verbally at least) of Taxi zum Klo.

But there are other, more interesting similarities: both movies are reminiscent of the European art films whose sexual frankness galvanized the American cinema in the 1960s and»70s.

Directed by James Whale in between Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, The Old Dark House (1932) injects a touch of camp and a jigger of sexual frankness into the gothic tropes of a creepy manor in a thunderstorm.

It's sexual frankness may pose a challenge but really — it shouldn't as this is stuff we probably should be talking about in the mainstream but simply don't.

Over his shoulder, he talks to you about his great love, the Afrikaans language: its earthy flavor, sexual frankness, its connections with manor life and with a earlier, seemingly happier, time for his people.

The third chapter surprised readers with its sexual frankness when it appeared as a short story in Partisan Review, but candor defines her approach to every subject, including society, politics, and psychoanalysis.

Not exact matches

This pioneering book by Marnie Ferree bravely addresses the taboo subject of female sexual addiction with frankness, compassion, and vulnerability.