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.
The most hedonistic woman in America?
Alice Waters has helped us to be less worried about pleasure for its own sake.
The mystery we deserve
Marilyn Monroe died 39 years ago this month, and we still yearn for answers we'll never get.
Where is the naked ape?
Why was the new "Planet of the Apes" afraid of cross-species sex?
Risky business
We can only hope that if Hollywood makes the film "Indecent Exposure," it shoots the most indecent scene in the script.
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.
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.
A modern erection
The views from Paris' phallic monument are breathtaking, but the girls in their summer dresses make them even more so.
Man in black
Sexy young Allen Iverson was the one everyone watched in Wednesday night's upset of the Lakers.
The call of the window
Susannah McCorkle had a sinister, sweet voice and apparently a broken heart on that fateful day.
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.
Letting it all hang out
Nicole Kidman shimmies and sings in "Moulin Rouge," her first great film.
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.
The erotic camera
Sarah Miles was only 21, and acting wild and experienced in front of all the men.
Divine decadence
Helmut Newton is a connoisseur of contemporary sex and death.
Dangerous
Juliette Binoche's character in "Damage" is like the real-life Christine Keeler of the Profumo affair.
This thing of ours
Some Italian-Americans say "The Sopranos" traffics in stereotypes. You got a problem with that?
Flirting while flying
I can't help seeing this Chinese business in sexual terms.
No inner life
"The Center of the World" is titillating, but it's not sexy.
Oscars folly
In a program with no center and not much heart, the young and unshaved looked to old Hollywood for glamour and class.
Love and war
In "Enemy at the Gates" we feel the thrill and mischief of making love secretly while surrounded by others.
"Faithless" just might restore our faith
It's utterly simple, terribly intense, all anguish and desire, yet beautifully enigmatic.
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.
Back story
Livia Soprano went to a convent school but gave it up because she knew too much about life.
Skinny-dipping
Sports Illustrated's models may look good in their suits, but can they swim out of the voyeur's chamber?
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