Movies
Bruno Barreto, the Brazilian director of “Happily Ever After” (Fine Arts) is a film maker with a high talent for the erotic.
April 29, 1987
Books
Read Edwin Schallert’s 1945 review of “The Lost Weekend”
Nov. 30, 1945
“Reading is fine,” says the police inspector in “La Lectrice” (opening Friday at the Balboa Cinema in Newport Beach) “but look where it leads.”
May 17, 1989
World & Nation
A Vietnamese radio broadcast alleged Monday that violent and erotic films from Europe, Hong Kong and Taiwan--shown by the government under the pretext of research--are triggering an “alarming rate” of student misbehavior.
June 24, 1987
Science & Medicine
Bisexuals exist. Duh! Or duh?
Aug. 23, 2011
The most frequently proposed remedies to sexual harassment and rape hang on the idea that sexual words and pictures are the root of the trouble.
April 5, 1992
‘Avatar’ arouses conservatives’ ire
Jan. 5, 2010
Somehow, amid the cinematic welter of late-summer movies that seemed to hit the theaters by the dozen last weekend, several films distinguished themselves at the box office.
Sept. 22, 1987
Director Daniel Armando and screenwriter Dane Joseph throw a bit of everything into “The Breeding,” a tale of dangerous sexual obsession that also functions as both an arty cinematic essay on race relations, and soft-core erotica — although it’s mostly the latter.
Sept. 5, 2018
Entertainment & Arts
Last week, the headlines about the Walt Disney Co. focused on Chairman Michael D.
July 24, 1994