Co-presented with Maggie’s Toronto!
Our Sex in Cinema series returns featuring a post-film panel with sex industry professionals who will discuss the realities of sex work and how it’s portrayed in film.
This instalment’s selection is Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling mosaic of life in the adult-film world.
The story follows the surrogate family of porn auteur Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds, in a career-topping performance)—among them the uniquely qualified star Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg), nurturing Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), and sweetly pathetic boom operator Scotty J. (Philip Seymour Hoffman)—riding high in the late 1970s before changing tides and technologies render them has-beens in a culture that is rapidly becoming more conservative and austere.
“Boogie Nights” weaves an epic tale of pleasure and pain fuelled by a propulsive energy and an amazing soundtrack that makes for an unforgettable cinematic experience.
