David Thomson

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Doomed

Femme fatale Jane Greer had a scent about her that was sweet, but with a hint of death.

By David Thomson August 31, 2001
The most hedonistic woman in America?

Alice Waters has helped us to be less worried about pleasure for its own sake.

By David Thomson August 24, 2001
The mystery we deserve

Marilyn Monroe died 39 years ago this month, and we still yearn for answers we'll never get.

By David Thomson August 10, 2001
Where is the naked ape?

Why was the new "Planet of the Apes" afraid of cross-species sex?

By David Thomson August 3, 2001
Risky business

We can only hope that if Hollywood makes the film "Indecent Exposure," it shoots the most indecent scene in the script.

By David Thomson July 27, 2001
Jules and Jim and Butch

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is worth watching again to see the sexual subtexts that might -- or might not -- have been on purpose.

By David Thomson July 20, 2001
Artificial sexuality

The best thing in "A.I." is Jude Law's robot gigolo, who should make us worry if we still have it anymore.

By David Thomson July 12, 2001
A modern erection

The views from Paris' phallic monument are breathtaking, but the girls in their summer dresses make them even more so.

By David Thomson June 29, 2001
Man in black

Sexy young Allen Iverson was the one everyone watched in Wednesday night's upset of the Lakers.

By David Thomson June 8, 2001
The call of the window

Susannah McCorkle had a sinister, sweet voice and apparently a broken heart on that fateful day.

By David Thomson May 25, 2001
It was 4,000-to-1

With the ratio of guys to gals at Pearl Harbor, the film should have dealt a bit more with what must have been going on.

By David Thomson May 18, 2001
Letting it all hang out

Nicole Kidman shimmies and sings in "Moulin Rouge," her first great film.

By David Thomson May 11, 2001
The selfish man

Philip Roth's latest character gets all hot and bothered over his gorgeous young Cuban lover, but he never loses control -- that's the problem.

By David Thomson May 4, 2001
The erotic camera

Sarah Miles was only 21, and acting wild and experienced in front of all the men.

By David Thomson April 27, 2001
Divine decadence

Helmut Newton is a connoisseur of contemporary sex and death.

By David Thomson April 25, 2001
Dangerous

Juliette Binoche's character in "Damage" is like the real-life Christine Keeler of the Profumo affair.

By David Thomson April 13, 2001
This thing of ours

Some Italian-Americans say "The Sopranos" traffics in stereotypes. You got a problem with that?

By David Thomson April 7, 2001
Flirting while flying

I can't help seeing this Chinese business in sexual terms.

By David Thomson April 6, 2001
No inner life

"The Center of the World" is titillating, but it's not sexy.

By David Thomson March 30, 2001
Oscars folly

In a program with no center and not much heart, the young and unshaved looked to old Hollywood for glamour and class.

By David Thomson March 26, 2001
Love and war

In "Enemy at the Gates" we feel the thrill and mischief of making love secretly while surrounded by others.

By David Thomson March 23, 2001
"Faithless" just might restore our faith

It's utterly simple, terribly intense, all anguish and desire, yet beautifully enigmatic.

By David Thomson March 16, 2001
Who is Angelina?

The possibility or mystery of a real human being has been eclipsed by the photographic aura of her face and her self.

By David Thomson March 9, 2001
Back story

Livia Soprano went to a convent school but gave it up because she knew too much about life.

By David Thomson March 2, 2001
Skinny-dipping

Sports Illustrated's models may look good in their suits, but can they swim out of the voyeur's chamber?

By David Thomson February 23, 2001