Blake Simons

Blake Simons is a film journalist and programmer with a taste for the self-reflexive, sentimental and surreal. Specialising in contemporary Japanese and queer cinemas, they enjoy speaking with filmmakers about what makes them and their films tick.

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Gregg Araki on I Want Your Sex: “The despair of the bad makes the euphoria of the good even more intense”

After more than a decade away from the big screen, Gregg Araki returns with I Want Your Sex, a provocative screwball comedy that doubles as a defence of messy desire. The New Queer Cinema pioneer reflects on sex positivity, generational attitudes to intimacy, and why personal heartbreak can feel like its own apocalypse.

By Blake Simons

Gregg Araki on I Want Your Sex: “The despair of the bad makes the euphoria of the good even more intense”
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