Title: Snow White: The Sequel Year: 2007 Starring: Stephen Fry, Sally Ann Marsh, Lia Williams, Simon Greenall Director: Picha Synopsis: Prince Charming was supposed to live long and happily with Snow White after kissing her back to life. However the jealous ‘good’ fairy decides that she and the prince were meant to be, only the start of a whole series of perversions of various fairy tale characters’ traditional good nature. - Via Letterboxd.com Lilith's Notes: Our first Picha film. "The most sacred law in all the kingdom requires me to resurrect her with a kiss." Fairy tales are a warm comfort to many. If you've been following me around for a while you know I have immersed myself in the world of fairy tales in order to write my own. But now my book is out in the world, so I can, if I so choose, to leave childish things behind. Yet, lucky for me it's Animated April so I can justify one or two more steamy storybook offerings. That's what led me to Sn...

Title: 9 to 5: Days in Porn Year: 2008 Starring: Sasha Grey, Belladonna, Sharon Mitchell Director: Jenns Hoffman Synopsis: 9to5 - Days in Porn focuses on the people behind a controversial and multi-billion dollar industry “The Adult Entertainment industry”. It depicts their stories, each one different, unadorned and authentic, without glorification or prejudice. It delivers deep insight into their personal lives - from glamorous to grotesque - strange, fascinating, offensive, absurd and sometimes funny moments all at once. - Via Letterboxd.com Lilith's Notes: Early in Sasha Grey's career. "Pornography should always be exploring sexuality in every form." On the smoggy streets of California in 2006, the dirty business of porn begins its wiley day. The Valley is where porn production thrives. Mostly because it’s cheap. Viewers, tonight we are granted a peek into what it was like to make porn in the early 21st century. We’re introduced to several real life charac...

Title: Inside Deep Throat Year: 2005 Starring: Dennis Hopper, Gerard Damiano Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato Synopsis: In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel, “Deep Throat,” starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest expectation of everyone involved to become one of the most successful independent films of all time. It caught the public imagination which met the spirit of the times, even as the self appointed guardians of public morality struggled to suppress it, and created, for a brief moment, a possible future where sexuality in film had a bold artistic potential. This film covers the story of the making of this controversial film, its stunning success, its hysterical opposition along with its dark side of mob influence and allegations of the on set mistreatment of the film’s star. - via Letterboxd.com Lilith's Notes: The first NC-17 movie ever aired on HBO "Deep Throat was the perfect ta...

Title: Nikutai Teni AKA Body Transfer Year: 2003 Starring:  Ryo Horikawa,  Director: Yoshitaka Fujimoto, Miho Kuwagata, Kaori Fujisaki Synopsis: Kenichi and several of his friends stay after school to look at a new archaeological find, a bizarre looking mirror. Suddenly, the entire building is transported to an alternate dimension and a magic field surrounds it to prevent them from escaping. Also, their minds have switched to other people's bodies. The only way to switch bodies is when their sexual emotions are high. Kenichi must find a way to return everything back to normal until the dimension falls apart. - Via AnimeNewsNetwork Lilith's Notes: Some good old body swapping! "I know I shouldn't play with it..." Part of the reason I took a hiatus from Animated April for the last…(checks notes)...two years?! Ahem… Is because I knew eventually I wanted to review anime, but there are obvious logistical problems with that. So, since they don't say otherwis...

Well, for this, the Lilith Likes to Watch 3rd Anniversary, I decided to do a very special double feature. Please, do enjoy! Title: Shortbus Year: 2006 Starring:  Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, PJ DeBoy Director: John Cameron Mitchell Synopsis:  A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic/sexual milieu converge at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality. - Via Letterboxd.com Lilith's Notes: Nominated for several awards including the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film. "After all, voyeurism is participation" The human experience is made up of countless milestones, for both good and ill. As soon as we scream our first scream we measure our lives in a set of accomplishments and goalposts. Some are more or less set in stone; first day of school, first crush, first car, first date, first death, first time surviving a global pandemic. Others are more unique to an individual; first pet, first marriage, fi...

Title: Lie With Me Year: 2005 Starring:  Eric Balfour, Lauren Lee Smith Director: Clement Virgo Synopsis: An outgoing, sexually aggressive young woman meets and begins a torrid affair with an equally aggressive young man in which their affair begins to bring a strain on their personal lives. - Via IMDB. Lilith's Notes: It features scenes of unsimulated sex. "Look at Me." At the risk of outing myself, I will admit I love the HBO show Six Feet Under. I love the premise, I love how dynamic every character is; how some episodes your favourite could become your least favourite. Except Ruth. Ruth is always the best. So obviously I know Eric Balfour as Gabe, Claire Fisher's troubled boyfriend. And now, like Claire before me, I know what Gabe's penis looks like. Lie With Me is the story of two young people who just can't. They want to be together, but just can't let down their barriers, or accept change. Leila (Played by Lauren Lee Smith), is a fai...

Title:  9 Songs Year:  2004 Starring:  Margo Stilley, Kieran O'Brien Director:  Michael Winterbottom Synopsis:   In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts. - Via IMDB Lilith's Notes: One of the most sexually explicit mainstream films. It showcases actual unsimulated sex between the two lead actors. "Sometimes when you kiss me, I want to bite you." I've made mention in other reviews that I have no formal education in film, film critique, or any other art-form. So, I'm fully prepared to admit there's a big chance that I'm simply missing something. In reality, I'm just here because I have thoughts and I want to share them. I also want to elevate exceptional films that might otherwise go un-noticed, and deflate arrogant bullshit that's too puffed up on its own ego. If you follow my social media, you kno...

Title:  Secretary Year:  2002 Starring:  Maggie  Gyllenhaal, James Spader Director:  Steven Shainberg Synopsis:   A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one. - Via IMDB Lilith's Notes:  It was a mainstream BDSM movie before 50 Shades of Grey. "I've been doing it since 7th grade." I've been promising this review for months, so no preamble, let's just get into it. Secretary  is a movie I have personal conflict with. It's one of the movies that explains a lot of things about me. If Bram Stoker's Dracula  was a catalyst for pre-pubescent Lilith, then Secretary  was a highlighter. But at the time of my first viewing, I didn't like the film. It made me uncomfortable in ways I didn't understand. I think part of my problem is James Spader. I never really understood where he was coming...

Title:  Graphic Sexual Horror Year:  2009 Starring:  Brent "pd" Scott, Peter Ackworth, Princess Donna, Loralei Lee Director:  Barbara Bell, Anna Lorentzon Synopsis:   Graphic Sexual Horror takes a peek behind the terrifying facade behind the most notorious of bondage websites, exploring the dark mind of its artistic creator and asking hard questions about personal responsibility. - Via IMDB Lilith's Notes:  It's about a notoriously hard core website, InSex.com. "What's the adage? Once money's involved...money corrupts, or something?" Well, not only is it the end of Documentary December, but it's the end of the entire year. It's a time to look back and reflect on where we've been, and plan on where we're going. Look back, with me, dear reader, to a time when I was a little neophyte in the world of erotica. I wasn't yet writing, I was just lurking the periphery of  the kinky world. I hadn't yet known my place in it...