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WORKING THE LITERARY SEX SCENE WITH ‘SEBASTIAN’

by Chris Carpenter Take one of gay writer Bret Easton Ellis’ novels, a twist of Alfred Hitchcockian femme fatale/double life sensibility, European indie filmmaking realness, and a lot of male-on-male sex. Shake vigorously, pour, and you will end up with Sebastian, an engrossing new movie from the writer-director of 2018’s acclaimed gay romance, A Moment […]

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