February 2009

Cinekink 2009: Weekend screenings

by Viviane on 02/27/2024

in cinekink

Filmmakers Bret Wood (The Other Half, 2008) and Robert Pratten (MindFLESH, 2008) with Cinekink's Lisa Vandever.

Filmmakers Bret Wood (The Other Half, 2008) and Robert Pratten (MindFLESH, 2008) with Cinekink's Lisa Vandever.

1) TONIGHT…PERSONAL GROWTH, WANTON FEMALE DESIRE AND GRAPHIC SEXUAL HORROR!

***Friday, February 27th – 6:45 pm

THE WORKSHOP
(Jamie Morgan, 2007, USA, 80 minutes)
In a wooded glade somewhere near San Francisco, a group of people, all in search of a higher personal truth, come together to take part in a 10-day workshop led by spiritual leader Paul Lowe. On day one they are told to introduce themselves and meet everyone else completely naked-and that’s just the start–as “The Workshop” challenges the boundaries of normal convention and takes on societal constructs of sexuality and monogamy.

Enlightenment achieved? Maybe. But searing emotional honesty, full nudity and the exorcising of inner demons are all the hallmarks of this controversial personal growth technology, as well as this provocative documentary.

preceded by…

World Premiere
ARTIST PISSING (IN 3D)
(Benjamin Wilson, 2008, USA, 1 minute)
For description, please see title.

A review

***Friday, February 27 – 9:00 PM

“Wanton Female Desire” (Shorts Program)
What is it that a woman wants?  Most of the answers are infinitely varied, but the shorts in this celebration of female pleasure will help guide you in one generally appropriate direction.

Program includes:

TEAT BEAT OF SEX: 8, 9, 10 & 11
(Signe Baumane, 2007, USA, 7 minutes)
A young girl experiences her first kiss and then a first make-out session. Some wild thoughts run through her head. She isn’t sure what she is supposed to feel but is intrigued to continue exploring.  It takes years to get to sex.

US Premiere!
MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE DAY
(Mike Hallett, 2008, United Kingdom, 12 minutes)
A sly comedy about the unholy trinity of religion, masturbation and teddy bears.

US Premiere!
BARCELONA SEX PROJECT: IRINA
(Erika Lust, 2008, Spain, 19 minutes)
In this chapter from an erotic documentary that delves deep into the personal self-pleasurings of six individuals, Irina, a web-designer and gaming geek, talks a bit about her life and shows a lot about what makes her happy.

CASE 1112: FORTY IS THE NEW 14
(Vena Virago, 2008, USA, 5 minutes)
Inspired by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing’s “Psychopathia Sexualis,” this is a contemporary and autobiographical account of a compulsive and sentimental masturbator.

US Premiere!
STRAP ON MOTEL
(Maria Beatty, 2008, France, excerpt/13 minutes)
Flashbacks of a feverish night at a clandestine motel continue to haunt a beautiful young dancer.

FOOTSIE
(Eva Midgley, 2008, UK, 3 minutes)
A pleasurable encounter between female foot and male member.
(As seen at Tuesday’s kick-off gala…another chance to catch it!)

US Premiere!
MATINEE
(Jennifer Lyon Bell, 2009, Netherlands, 34 minutes)
Actors Mariah and Daniel play lovers every night, but their onstage romance lacks spark. One slow afternoon, they discover that today’s matinée performance will make or break both of their careers. Daniel wants to make big changes, and Mariah starts to wonder: are Daniel’s suggestions reasonable? Rushed to the stage, in front of a live audience, they must figure it out together.

Directors Eva Midgley (FOOTSIE) and Jennifer Lyon Bell (MATINEE) will take part in a Q&A after the screening.

***Friday, February 27 – 11:10 PM

Tickets are going fast, advance purchase is highly recommended!

East Coast Premiere!
GRAPHIC SEXUAL HORROR
(Barbara Bell and Anna Lorentzon, 2008, USA, 86 minutes)
Takes a long peek behind the imposing facade of Insex.com, the most notorious of bondage websites, to explore the dark mind of its artistic creator, known as “PD,” and ask hard questions about consent and personal responsibility. Incorporating original Insex.com footage, behind-the-scenes interactions and interviews with its creator, members, models and staff, the documentary reveals deep fascinations with bondage and sadomasochism that run parallel and, in fact, can become irreversibly entwined with the lure of money.

preceded by…

East Coast Premiere!
SPOILED
(Usama Alshaibi, 2008, USA, 6 minutes)
What’s that you’ve got in your handbag, little girl?

Directors Barbara Bell and Anna Lorentzon will both be on hand for a post-screening discussion, along with several of the subjects profiled in their compelling documentary.

An interview with one of the ‘Graphic Sexual Horror’ directors

2) TOMORROW…BDSM, SEX WORK, COMEDY AND A DOUBLE-HEADER SALUTE TO ADULT CINEMA!

12:30 PM
Kicking off Saturday, February 28 at 12:30 pm, KINKY, a sexy, informative and humorous look at black sexuality, fetish and kink, plays with several other BDSM-related shorts–BDSM: IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK, ONLY THE BEST and COCKSUCKER.

2:30 pm
Then, at 2:30 pm, it’s time for HAPPY ENDINGS?, an intriguing exploration of the Asian massage parlor industry in Providence, Rhode Island, where a 25-year-old loophole has made the exchange of sex for money legal–as long as it happens behind closed doors.

4:30 pm
At 4:30 PM, the comedic MARTA’S SEX TAPE, about a painter who decides to make “special films” to pay off a loan, plays with two other colorful shorts on some ins-and-outs of work in the adult sphere – ORANGE PEEL and DACIA’S LOVE MACHINE.

6:45 pm
At 6:45 pm, it’s TWISTED KNICKERS, a swirl of assorted comedic kinky bits, some of them funny “ha-ha,” some of them just, well, a little off-kilter.  Program includes KALEIDOSCOPTICS, THE VERY FIRST DESIRE NOW AND FOREVER, SEXERCISE, ASK JENNA LEIGH: VIRGINITY, SEXY CLOWN BITCH, KRAZY KOCK, SWEDISH BLUEBALLS, UN PIEDE DI ROMAN POLANSKI, VALLEY OF THE DOMMES, BLUNDER, ASK JENNA LEIGH: SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SUCKER and RUBBERHEART

9:00 pm
At 9:00 pm, THE AUTEUR, a mélange of romantic comedy and raunchy satire set in the world of adult film, tells the story of renowned porn director Arturo Domingo, the creative genius behind classics like ‘Five Easy Nieces’ and ‘Requiem for a Wet Dream,’ who has arrived in Portland, Oregon to receive a Lifetime Achievement award at a film festival. (Plays with JE DIS NON, ALI and AT THE PORN SHOP.)

11:10 pm
And rounding out our regular screening schedule at 11:10 pm with BRING IT!, a dazzling array of talent from today’s adult cinema, working in a wide range of genres and visual styles, step up with a hot sampling of their recent creative endeavors.  Works excerpted in this program include BUCKBACK MOUNTAIN (Lawrence Roberts/Buck Angel), CHEMISTRY, VOL. 3 (Tristan Taormino), CORRUPTION, POST-APOCALYPTIC COWGIRLS (Maria Beatty), THE SURRENDER OF O (Ernest Greene), UPLOAD: THE EMERGENCY ROUGH-CUT (Kylie Ireland) and VOLUPTUOUS BIKER BABES (Carlos Batts).

LOCATIONS & TICKETS

All screenings will be at:
Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue (@ 2nd St.),NYC (Google Maps)

Tickets: $10/door; $8/advance; $6/seniors & students, door only

Schedule and ticket purchase links
Alpha list of all films/parties

4) CINEKINK AWARDS
Come out and drink a toast to this year’s fantastic crop of CineKink filmmakers! Featuring encore screenings of jury-selected best shorts from the festival, along with presentations of the annual CineKink Awards-including your votes for Audience Choice!

Sunday, March 1 @ 6:00
Location: The Delancey, 168 Delancey Street, NYC
Admission: Free!

5) DON’T MISS OUT ON THE AFTERGLOW!
You’ll definitely want to make plans for our popular Afterglow Party, one last chance to meet, mix and mingle with your fellow CineKinksters and enjoy a few more select screenings, this time in a relaxed play party setting. Lounge on the sofas, find yourself a private nook or recline across a spanking bench and settle in for one final evening of CineKinky goodness unfolding all around you. Feel free to bring your toy bag! Priority VIP admission will be given to CineKink NYC All-Access Pass holders, but a limited number of advance purchase admissions will be available.

Sunday, March 1 @ 8:30 PM
Location: Mid-town loft setting, address given upon RSVP/purchase
Admission: $30/individuals, $50/couples, $60/triads; advance purchase only, absolutely no door sales

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NCSF Statement on Professional Dominatrices in New York

by Viviane on 02/27/2024

in bdsm, sexwork

NCSF has been contacted by over a dozen concerned members of the BDSM community in New York about the arrests of dozens of professional Dominatrices in Manhattan that started in early 2008. The pro-Domme community in New York City, which has been a vibrant part of the BDSM community for decades, has been ravaged by these prosecutions for prostitution and for promoting prostitution, resulting in the closure of a number of pro-Domme houses.

NCSF contacted the Manhattan DA’s office in order to clarify what sort of “for-pay” BDSM activities are considered legal in New York State. On February 5th, Susan Wright, along with outside counsel, met with ADA Leroy Frazer and Lisa Friel, head of the Sex Crimes Unit, to get their legal opinion.

Pro-Dommes have traditionally considered their BDSM-for-pay to be legal. One case decided by a local misdemeanor court, People v. Georgia A., 163 Misc.2d 634 (Crim. Ct. Kings Co. 1994), supports this position, holding that “sado-masochistic acts such as domination, foot licking, spanking and submission” are not “sexual conduct” prohibited by the prostitution statute. However, that decision is not binding even on other misdemeanor courts, and Ms. Friel described it as “not worth the paper it was written on.” Also, as stated in Georgia A.:

“The term sexual conduct is not defined in the statute but has since been described in various cases. That conduct includes acts of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact of the person’s clothed or unclothed genitals, buttocks or a woman’s breast. ( People v Block, 71 Misc 2d 714 [1972].)”

According to ADA Frazer, their office does not make prosecution of pro-Dommes a priority. However, according to their interpretation of the law, any form of “payment in exchange for touching in an intimate place either over clothing or nude” would constitute prostitution. This includes any touching of the genitals, anus, and breasts.

Under Georgia A, certain BDSM activities such as humiliation, role-play, foot worship, D/s, service activities, and bondage were found to be exempt from the prostitution statute, as long as no other sexual activities were involved.  Ms. Friel opined Georgia A is based on a misunderstanding of the scope of the prostitution statute and that “sexual conduct” should be defined as what is arousing to the participants, not what is arousing to the outside “vanilla” observer.

Therefore, activities such as flogging, CBT or genitorture, spanking, body worship and nipple torture, in addition to more overtly sexual activities, would fall within the Manhattan DA’s understanding of prostitution when they are done for pay and either party is aroused by them.

NCSF opposes the prosecution of pro-dominants under prostitution laws. Consenting adults engaging in safe, sane, consensual SM, fetishes, and cross-dressing services do not pose legitimate health or safety issues for local communities. What these adults agree to do in private is no one else’s business.

NCSF is currently exploring ways to cooperate with other sex-positive activist groups in New York City to protest these arrests, as well as the alleged entrapment and arrests of gay men for prostitution. If you have been arrested for prostitution for doing BDSM activities, or if you would like more information, please contact: susanw@ncsfreedom.org

February 11, 2009

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Four Classes with Midori in Las Vegas @ Erotic Heritage Museum

by Viviane on 02/27/2024

in Events, Midori

Midori by Michele Serchuk (www.photodiva.com)

Midori by Michele Serchuk (www.photodiva.com)

Wild Side Weekend with Midori. March 14th and 15th

  • Predicament Bondage
  • Hands-on Rope Body Harness
  • Pink Japan: Contemporary Sex Culture (Discount on-line tickets available)
  • Aural Sex: Seduction by Voice (Discount on-line tickets available)

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Details:

SATURDAY, MARCH 14TH

URL: http://www.nawayoi.info/
(Inquire with Nawayoi on possible advance ticket purchase)
Location: Museum of Erotic Heritage. 3275 Industrial Road
Cost $25 at the door.

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11:30am – 2pm Predicament Bondage
Here’s a class for fun-loving, wicked tops and for bottoms who enjoy a challenge. A predicament bondage creates a situation where the bottom is ‘between a rock and a hard place.’ Which ever direction the bottom moves has consequences, either physical or psychological. It can challenge your endurance, your pain threshold, or your pride.

The class will include several demos, and you may have an opportunity to volunteer for one. If you’re a service bottom or an escape artist, you may get a new challenge!

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3pm – 5pm Hands-on Rope Body Harness
Rope bondage can be simple, elegant, effective and sensual, but if you don’t know how to do it right, it can be dangerous.

Midori will teach you how to use this versatile bondage tool to maximize fun and minimize risks. Learn basic techniques including two-column restraint, body harnesses and creative positions. Midori is the author of The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage, and is an expert in safe and effective Japanese inspired rope bondage.

Wear comfortable clothing and bring a minimum of 2 lengths of 15 feet and 2 of 25 feet of rope.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 15TH

Info and Advanced Ticket Purchase

Location: Museum of Erotic Heritage. 3275 Industrial Road
Cost $20 advance on-line or $25 at the door.
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3pm – 5pm Pink Japan: Contemporary Sex Culture

From cuisine, music, fashion, technology to anime, Japan’s cultural influences on the West is immense. In many ways the Japanese erotic cultures are also influencing today’s Western tastes. Yet the daily realities of Japan’s gender relations, sexual habits, sexual consumer culture and gay/lesbian/transgendered world remain hidden to us, creating an aura of mystique. In this funny and insightful talk, join Midori for a double-expatriate’s photo tour of Japan’s hidden sexual culture today.

Midori is a Kyoto born, Japanese-American author and sex educator based in San Francisco. Raised by trail blazing feminist professors in Japan, she’s well versed with the contradiction that is 21st Century Japan. Graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in psychology and trained as a sex educator, she possesses a keen insight into culture and sexuality. www.PlanetMidori.com

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7pm – 9pm Aural Sex: Seduction by Voice

The brain is the biggest sex organ and the voice can be the most powerful tool to create the hottest sensual encounters. Midori will show you how to use the hypnotic magic of the voice to seduce your lover long before you enter the bedroom or the dungeon.

Learn how to suggest, command, tease and take control with the art of voice. Enjoy practical exercises, tips and secrets of aural seduction. Most of the class will address fundamentals and skills applicable to all sensual encounters. Then bring the magic of Scheherazade to your bedroom. Incorporating seductive voice techniques learned in this class to heat up the bedroom and add spice to your erotic life. Mesmerize your lover and transport both of you to an erotic landscape. Learn how to build and enrich a powerful fantasy, practice effective voice techniques and spellbinding.

In this hands-on workshop style class you’ll learn techniques of finding out yours and your lovers fantasy, practice story telling skills and improve them with Midori’s gentle guidance.

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Bill and Desiree: Love Is Timeless

by Domina Doll on 02/27/2024

in comstock films, comstockfilms, movies

Bill and Desiree: Love Is Timeless (2008)
(Real People, Real Life, Real Sex series)
Studio: Comstock Films
Director: Tony Comstock
Cast: Bill and Desiree

billanddesiree

I didn’t know quite what to expect when I received “Bill and Desiree: Love is Timeless” by Comstock Films for review.  Would I enjoy watching “older lovers” in their “later years” making love on film?  Well, within the first few minutes my doubts were eased as I watched Bill passionately recount how he and Desiree first met and how he was “blown away” by her “beautiful genitals” in the pre-sex interview.  I was immediately drawn into the film through Bill’s joyful candor and enthusiasm, who is like a school-boy enamored by new love.  I thought: “This is not going to be your typical film.”  And, it definitely isn’t.  Bill and Desiree have much to share with the viewer through their celebration of sex, love and desire, with a few erotic revelations thrown in that might surprise you as well.

Bill and Desiree are an attractive 50-something couple who are recreational naturists and happened to meet at a “clothing optional” event.  Bill is charming, endearing and gregarious; a bohemian poet who is thrilled to be in the prime of his life.  Desiree is exquisite (Bill refers to her as a “Goddess”) with a lovely glowing face, expressive eyes and an animated smile.  You can immediately tell that they are each other’s “soul mates” as they reminisce about their “delirious” love making on their first real date in Sam Taylor Park under the Redwoods where they are stumbled upon by a spotted-owl researcher.

During the interview, they talk about the importance of human touch and how they stay connected through what Desiree calls “a daily nourishment”.  Bill also discusses how mainstream pornography and sexual “how-to” advice can be damaging as it sets unrealistic goals to perform and try to achieve magic every time.  “Peak experiences are just that,” says Bill, “Not every experience is Mount Everest”.  What I learned through watching Bill and Desiree is how accommodating and self-less they give themselves to each other, not always interested in orgasm for themselves, but delighted to give each other pleasure and enjoy what they receive with so much gratitude.  This is the way relationships should be and I have to thank Bill and Desiree for sharing their respect, love and passion with the world, for it is so inspiring and wonderful to see.

Another aspect of their relationship is that they approach their lovemaking as an adventure, constantly trying new things.  Bill laughs as he tells the viewer about Desiree making love to him with her strap-on, then later in the film gives her dildo a blow-job as they giggle blissfully.  They use a lot of variation during their lovemaking scene, switching sexual techniques and types of foreplay with penetration and back again.  This takes the pressure off Bill to constantly perform as their desire gains momentum through sensual valleys and rapturous peaks, building until their ultimate climax.

Everything they do, they do with exhilaration and wild abandon.  They explore their sexual love like children who are delighted and amazed by everything they see and touch.  I had a perma-smile welded on my face as I watched them make love with such tenderness: their smiles, laughter and joy radiating out of the screen to affect me as well.  It was so powerful and beautifully poignant to watch their sweet ecstatic moans and tearful orgasms as they convulsed with ecstasy.

This film could not have been made by anyone else.  Tony Comstock’s camera-style invites you in-close and intimate-focusing on the joy on their faces, the tenderness with which they hold each other’s hands, the gaze in their eyes as they immerse themselves in their shared moment of bliss.  Comstock uses what I call a “haptic” style of cinematography, in that the lighting is soft and muted with a somewhat diffused quality and close-up sensuality that evokes the sense of touch.  Unlike mainstream porn that is glaring, stark and in your face, Comstock’s films seductively roam the bodies of their participants like a lover’s touch, moving in and out of focus, in a way that highlights the physical beauty between two lovers and celebrates sexual intimacy as an art form in itself.  In this way, Bill and Desiree become more than just the components of their sexual moving parts, as their emotional, spiritual and amorous bond transcends the screen.

“Bill and Desiree: Love Is Timeless” is a magnificent film: a sexual tapestry of touch, unconditional love, and vivacious desire.  This film should be a part of the curriculum in Sex-Ed classes and is a must-see for all couples regardless of age.  It will inspire couples how to stay passionate, vibrant and innovative in their approach to love and sex, no matter at what stage they may find themselves on their journey through life.

Comstock Films: Real People, Real Life, Real Sex.

You can buy Bill and Desiree: Love Is Timeless (Real People, Real Life, Real Sex series) from Amazon.com

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Valentina

by Viviane on 02/26/2024

in galleries

abbywinters.com

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