A retrospective of three films by famed fetish filmmaker Maria Beatty: The Elegant Spanking (1995), Ecstasy in Berlin, 1926 (2004), and Spit and Ashes (2019). This one-night only screening is hosted by the Bay Area’s very own lesbian vampire Annie Rose Malamet, a film writer versed in horror and adult genres, and hostess of the "Girls, Guts, & Giallo" podcast.
Nouveau and sleekly produced, The Elegant Spanking is the story of a unique lesbian S&M relationship between a mistress and her maid. Enter their fantasy: a seductive chain of nostalgically hot images, shocking, amusing and dripping with sexual perversion. This ‘post-modern romantic subversion’ shows fetish, fantasy and role-playing, mutual female masturbation, bare-bottom spanking, spike heel and foot worship in a totally new and classic approach to lesbian S&M erotica. One fetish sequence after another sucks you in on a tide, pulls you along in a climactic ride into the dream sequence finale.
Decadent and luminous, Ecstasy in Berlin, 1926 was hailed as a new achievement of erotica upon its release. A golden Weimar beauty slips a needle into her creamy thigh, and while in her euphoria slips into erotic fantasy. She drifts through a variety of exotic experiences, all made possible by her dazzling submission and her partner’s absolute command. She dreams of being strictly corseted, whipped, and bound, and leads to a glowing, graphic climax. Both delicately sensual and sexually intense, it conveys all the dangerous rewards of passion indulged. To relish Ecstasy is to experience the delirious, consuming, and glorious fever of obsession itself. Music by Nick Holmes.
A Venezuelan filmmaker who directs, acts, and produces, Maria Beatty’s films are often made in black and white and explore various aspects of female sexuality, including BDSM and fetishism. Inspired by expressionist German cinema, French surrealism and American film noir, Maria Beatty is renowned for her profound explorations of female sexuality, fantasy, fetish, and BDSM.
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Annie Rose Malamet is an internationally recognized lesbian vampire expert, freelance film writer, and perverted aesthete. She is the creator of the popular podcast Girls, Guts, & Giallo, where she examines controversial and subversive cinema through the lens of queer leather and sex work history and sensibilities. Annie has lectured and presented work at festivals and colleges in both the United States and Europe. She has appeared as a cultural expert in the Shudder documentary Queer for Fear and on the PBS show Historian’s Take. Her essays and reviews have been in various publications over the last decade. She has published essays and audio commentary for special editions released through Second Sight, Severin Films, and Vinegar Syndrome.
Inspired by the creativity and originality of the erotic movies she saw at international adult film festivals, director Shine Louise Houston created PinkLabel.TV, an online streaming platform where emerging and independent adult filmmakers reach a global audience. Often called a "Criterion Collection" of adult films, the site has become home to over 2500 unique, award-winning films spanning classic to contemporary titles with something for everyone. Rent a film for 48 hours, or subscribe for $25/month to get unlimited access -- and every view supports creators. PinkLabel.TV | @PinkLabelTV