Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things
“IT’S WEIRD, ISN’T IT? Why is there no sex in movies?” asked Yorgos Lanthimos at a Venice Film Festival press conference. His latest film Poor Things, which stars and is produced by Emma Stone and features scenes of graphic nudity and intercourse, had just played publicly for the first time to rave reviews. Yet in justifying the scenes, the Oscar-winning director became the latest to contribute to an increasingly loud conversation about just how necessary sex on screen is.