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Certainly when it comes to sexuality, there’s nothing simpler than to roll one’s eyes at that tried-and-true brand name, American Puritanism. Attempts at driving a nail through the priggish heart of ...
If you can tell a society by its smut, America in the 1950s couldn’t have been just a Frigidaire of repressive hysteria. Hidden somewhere in the closets of Pleasantville and Peyton Place, after all, ...
The director Mary Harron may have more courage than talent -- and she's got a lot of talent. After fearlessly taking on the notorious "American Psycho" for her last film, her new one is about another ...