SCREENING AT THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 6TH AND 9TH! If we have anything to thank Madonna for, it’s for bringing the often disastrously misunderstood topic of sadomasochism at least somewhat out in the open. There are no whips and chains in “Secretary”; director Steven Shainberg’s weirdly compelling love story. But the potent and scary theories of dominance and submission suffuse the film like the flush of a swatted backside…
SECRETARY
By | September 2002
