Sam Moore

Film

Groundbreaking films that feature unsimulated sex

As 'Rotting in the Sun' puts penises on screen, here's a potted history of real sex in the movies.
Sam Moore
9.11.23
Film

How to get into... William Friedkin movies

From 'The Exorcist' to 'Cruising', five epics from Hollywood's late king of psychological thrillers.
Sam Moore
8.23.23
Film

7 thrilling movies about queer crime

From Hitchcockian potboilers to modern classics like ‘Kajillionaire’ and ‘The Handmaiden’.
Sam Moore
7.14.23
Film

How to get into… Kenneth Anger movies

The late director's films mixed queer fantasy with fascism, earning him his title as a moviemaking provocateur.
Sam Moore
6.5.23
Opinion

Penn Badgley's anti-sex scene stance & the return to conservative Hollywood

It might seem straightforward, but by normalising chaste adult relationships, sex becomes something to fear.
Sam Moore
2.15.23
Film

6 anime on Netflix you need to watch

From gory thrillers like ‘Devilman Crybaby’ to the light absurdity of ‘The Way of the Househusband’.
Sam Moore
1.25.23
Art

The anime-inspired artist pushing bodies beyond their limits

A satire of hyper-sexualised representations of women, Motoko Ishibashi's work comments on our obsession with bodily exaggeration.
Sam Moore
1.20.23
Film

White Noise is an 80s movie about very modern anxieties

Noah Baumbach’s Netflix adaptation of the classic novel is a horror tale riffing off the things that scare us most right now.
Sam Moore
12.30.22
Film

This queer cult film makes the case for sex on screen

50 years after it first came out, the surreal, erotic and brilliant 'Luminous Procuress' has been restored and rereleased.
Sam Moore
5.30.22
Film

The critically-acclaimed new horror contemplating gender dysphoria

Like 'The Matrix' before it, a queer allegory sits at the heart of 'We're All Going to the World's Fair'.
Sam Moore
4.26.22
Opinion

We need to talk about the treatment of women in Netflix's You

The second season of Netflix's huge cyber-stalker thriller 'You' seriously changed things up when it came to presenting the show's female characters.
Sam Moore
1.7.20
Film

8 queer films you need to watch now

As BFI Flare opens in London, we picked a handful of films worth catching.
Sam Moore
3.8.19
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