Has lockdown got you thirsty? This is the episode you need. Inspired by film writer Justine Peres Smith’s popular ‘Best Horny Movies for Quarantine’ list, Letterboxd editor Gemma Gracewood, Montreal-based Smith, and The Black List’s Kate Hagen dive deep into several erotic thrillers from the past two decades: Jane Campion’s In The Cut, Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden and Yann Gonzalez’s Knife + Heart. And we ask: where’s all the hot sex in Western film these days? Plus: Cronenberg, PTA, Roeg, Marilyn Monroe and more.

Links

Horny movies:

• Kate’s Essential Erotic Thrillers and 365 Sex Scenes
• The Black List
• In The Cut
• Justine’s 2018 re-examination of In The Cut for Little White Lies
• God’s Own Country
• The Handmaiden
• Knife + Heart
• Crash
• Don't Look Now
• Inherent Vice
• Damage
• Bound
• Kate’s Playboy article

Quarantine recommendations:

• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Justine)
• Peggy Sue Got Married (Kate)
• Ratatouille (Gemma)

Filmmakers on social:

• K. Austin Collins’ Shut-in Movie Club and Letterboxd profile (Justine)
• Vidiots and video stores everywhere (Kate)
• Joss Ackland’s #ReadaLetter (Gemma)

Edited by Morgan Avery. Podcast artwork by Ann Davenport. Theme music: ‘Hitchcock’ by The Phoenix Foundation. Leave a voice message telling us your favorite Steven Spielberg film for our next episode.