Of Love and Other Demons: ‘American Gigolo’ (Paul Schrader, 1980)
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
Justine Smith (@redroomrantings) lives and writes in Montreal, Quebec. She has a bachelor’s degree in Film Studies and a passionate hunger for all kinds of cinema. Along with writing for Vague Visages, she has written for Vice Canada, Cleo: A Feminist Journal and Little White Lies Magazine.
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
A Column on Film Criticism by Justine A. Smith
“In the forbidden, Oshima reveals the fear of our own meaninglessness and our inability to face death as a certainty.”
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
A Column on Film Criticism by Justine A. Smith
“A deeply affecting and personal vision, it’s an essential entry in the history of eroticism in Canadian cinema.”
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
A Weekly Column on Film Criticism by Justine A. Smith
“As formally challenging as ‘The Pillow Book’ may be, it romantically creates a love affair unbound by its physical limits, connecting it to past and present through art and literature.”
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith