That qualifies as a disappointment for a filmmaker whose sensualist impulses are God-tier. Sometimes, his eccentric, loose storytelling style can dampen the impact of the rarefied emotions he’s ...

But "Parthenope" shouldn’t have to strain as hard as it does — it plays like a fragrance ad. That qualifies as a disappointment for a filmmaker whose sensualist impulses are God-tier. Sometimes, his ...

But we approach sex from such opposite directions. I’m a sensualist, and sex is very much a part of how I feel close to someone. She views sex as a small part of an affectionate relationship.

Indian, Asian, African, Hispanic — beans and rice constitute “a complete currency,” says Brigid Washington, author of ...

A strong cast including Gretchen Mol, Patrick Wilson and Minnie Driver can’t save the writer-director-star from his instincts to dial down the heat.

That is, he fought Plato’s theory of ideas and admitted as real only the particular. Only what we see, touch, or otherwise feel really exists (sensualist teaching). As Alexander of Aphrodisias notes, ...

Waiter, there’s a lobster in my eggs. Actually, it’s a marron, the crayfish native to Western Australia, perched on a velvety scramble and paired with pillowy sourdough. If surrealist Salvador Dalí ...

Trapped in his penthouse prison, the only escape left is a ritual sacrifice. If this is truly the end of The Weeknd, I will remember it as a sort of social experiment: A sensualist experiences an ...