Sono Sion deconstructs power relationships on a porn movie set in this colourful, cacophonous miniature.
Antiporno screens at ICA London from Friday 24 November, released by MUBI.
Published 21 Nov 2017
A new ‘roman porno’ movie from Japanese mad man Sono Sion.
Heavy going, but rich with ingenuity. And there’s intellectual death beyond the screaming.
Not one of the director’s finest, but amazing in its own unique, erotic and alienating way.
Erika Lust is a Swedish porn director informed by sex-positive, feminist, art-film values.
By Anton Bitel
Sion Sono’s fantasy horror TAG features one of the most arresting opening sequences in movie history.
By Mark Asch
A kaleidoscopic and intentionally lurid gangster rap battle movie from Japanese provocateur Sion Sono.
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