When we first meet filmmaker Tomas Freiburg (Franz Rogowski)—the anti-hero of co-writer/director Ira Sachs' feature Passages—he's on the set of his latest movie in Paris. As he fusses with the actors ...
The director discusses his latest movie, which has generated talk for its graphic sex scenes. By Esther Zuckerman Ira Sachs‘ Passages, which is expanding its release this weekend, has become known for ...
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“I wanted to make a movie of pleasure,” offers Ira Sachs. “For me, that means skin is revealed. Skin is part of what cinema can offer in a way that creates a kind of… horny environment for the ...
If you’ve been wondering where all the sex has gone from the movies, you’re in luck: The new film “Passages” does not hold back in depicting the fresh passion of a love affair. But “Passages” should ...
In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2023, Bilge Ebiri, Esther Zuckerman, and Mark Harris—about the year in cinema. Sometimes, other critics interrupt.
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There are a couple of lines of dialogue early in “Passages” that are key to the character of its protagonist, Tomas. “I had sex with a woman,” he says. “Can I tell you about it, please?” Not so ...
The NC-17 rating slapped on Ira Sachs’ 'Passages' and breathless talk about a few scenes in 'Oppenheimer' have renewed questions of whether — or why — American movies seem more sexually uptight than ...
Franz Rogowski as Tomas and Adele Exarchopoulos as Agathe, in PASSAGES. Courtesy of SBS Productions and MUBI PASSAGES is a steamy tale of a romantic triangle in which a Paris-based German filmmaker ...