The Strange Cultural Legacy of 'Deliverance'

I wrote a pretty epic piece for MEL this week. It's about Deliverance's most notorious scene, which involves Ned Beatty's character being raped. Almost 50 years later, we still rarely see depictions of male rape on screen. How as our society confronted this scene? Mostly by making jokes about it. My essay is here.

Some Thoughts on 'Hustlers'

Since the Great Recession, Hollywood has made several films about that economic collapse, often studying the relationship between sex and money. Hustlers is the latest. I wrote about this crime drama for MEL.