STARRING: MIA MCKENNA-BRUCE, TARA LARA PEAKE, SAMUEL BOTTOMLEY, SHAUN THOMAS, ENVA LEWIS, LAURA AMBLER
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Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, HOW TO HAVE SEX is a vibrant and authentic depiction of the agonies, ecstasies and ride-or-die glory of young female friendship, from rising British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker. Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent and self-discovery. Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s directorial debut paints a painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood, and how first sexual experiences should – or shouldn’t – play out.
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JOHN FRANCIS FOX
3 out of 5 stars
FINAL COMMENTS ON "HOW TO HAVE SEX"
March 14, 2024
I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR BOOKING "HOW TO HAVE SEX" INTO THE CINEMA VILLAGE BECAUSE OF HOW IT SHOWED PEOPLE HOW WOMEN DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF ACQUAINTANCE RAPE. I HOPE YOU WILL ALL FIND A WAY TO BOOK "SHAYDA" INTO THE CINEMA VILLAGE BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH THE TOPIC OF FAMILIAL ABUSE. THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT TOPIC ABOUT WHICH WE MUST ALWAYS BE AWARE!
JOHN FRANCIS FOX
3 out of 5 stars
EMPATHETIC DRAMA ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF INNOCENCE
March 11, 2024
DIRECTOR MOLLY MANNING WALKER SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURED THE ESSENCE OF HOW SOMEONE'S HOPES AND DREAMS CAN BE SHATTERED BY SOMEONE ELSE'S SELFISHNESS AND SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT. SHE ALSO FOUND THE RIGHT PERSON TO CONVEY THAT IN MIA MC KENNA BRUCE, WHO SHOWS HOW THE FUN-LOVING SIDE OF HER CHARACTER, TARA, CAN BE OVERPOWERED BY AN UNEXPECTED ACT OF BRUTALITY TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT WE THEN SEE THE FRAGILITY OF TARA (WHICH MS. MC KENNA BRUCE ALSO POWERFULLY CONVEYS). BUT, THEN THE FINAL SCENE BETWEEN TATA AND HER FRIEND, SKYE (LARA PEAKE) GIVES US THE HOPEFUL SENSE THAT TARA WILL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. AND THIS SENSE OF HOPE IS ALSO PROVIDED BY THE HEARTFUL AND REASSURING TONE THAT MS. PEAKE USES WHEN TALKING TO TARA. THIS FEELS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE FIRST MOVIE I SAW AT THE CINEMA VILLAGE WAS "LAST TANGO IN PARIS." I SAW IT LONG BEFORE MARIA SCHNEIDER DISCLOSED WHAT MARLON BRANDO & BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI DID TO HER DURING THE FILMING OF THAT MOVIE. AND, NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO MS. SCHNEIDER, WE SHOULD PROBABLY THINK OF "LAST TANGO" IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE THINK OF "BIRTH OF A NATION" & "TRIUMPH OF THE WILL": FILMS THAT ARE SO HATEFUL THAT THEY SHOULD BE SHUNNED IN SPITE OF THEIR CINEMATIC BRILLIANCE. AND WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A DIRECTOR LIKE MS. MANNING WALKER WHO OBVIOUSLY HAS A LOT MORE RESPECT FOR THE ACTRESSES WHO APPEAR IN HER FILMS THAN BERTOLUCCI EVER DID.