Hey, where's our tribute?!

Or where's your nomination, rather, which we're currently accepting for the CineKink Tribute, an annual award that honors outstanding depictions of kink and sex-positivity in mainstream film and television.

Last year's CineKink Tribute was presented to the film Shortbus-- which was directed by our long-time nemesis, John Cameron Mitchell, and distributed by ThinkFilm--for its "frank, funny and human look at the inextricable role sexuality plays in our day-to-day lives and the many flavors it can exhibit."

Meanwhile, honorable mentions (aka the CineKink Nod) went to Focus Feature's Lust, Caution, to ThinkFilm's documentary release Zoo and to the syndicated series, The Oprah Winfrey Show. (Yes, that Oprah...for the episode "237 Reasons to Have Sex"!) (You thought there were only 236?)

A wide range of works--will it be Tyra?--are eligible for consideration, as long as they were released for US distribution (theatrical, broadcast and/or cable) at any time in 2008. Winners will be announced in conjunction with CineKink NYC, which is coming up February 24-March 1, 2009.

So, who's gonna take it home this year? Let us know!

Back soon...

We've got our shirt-sleeves pushed back and we're culling through all of the film and video submissions we received, hard at work creating the best, new CineKink NYC possible for your future!

See you shortly...

Rated X in Amsterdam!

For those of you fortunate enough to find yourself in Amsterdam this weekend--or with the wherewithal to grab a last-minute red-eye across the Atlantic--be sure to drop in for the cinematic antics at Rated X!

More tongue-twistingly known as the Amsterdam Alternative Erotica Film Festival and curated in part by our good friend and CineKink alum Jennifer Lyon Bell, the event promises "big-screen sexuality coming from a myriad of different angles and artistic perspectives." We'll be mixing it up--at least on that big screen--with CineKink's "Kinky Bits," a program featuring such favorites as Anonymity, Coming Out Spanko, Namaha Man, guy101, Hitchcocked, Who's The Top and Married with Children.

Also around for the festivities will be Maria Beatty and Tony Comstock, each of whom will be enjoying a retrospective moment in the spotlight, along with a veritable reunion of CineKink alumni. Past and--we certainly hope--future.

Hope towish we could see you there!

What to do, what to do?

Holy dueling CineKink alumni! Tonight's entertainment options might leave us with something of a dilemma, as disparate performers from CineKink kick-offs past take the stage in different parts of the city. (NYC that is, apologies to be so centric.)

But if you move fast you may be able to catch them both, proving that you really can enjoy everything you desire. Performing at 8 PM, that fabulous cabaret duo, The Wet Spots will bring their sophisticated sex comedy to the Zipper Factory. Then at 10 PM, zoom on down to the Slipper Room for the Jessica Delfino Dirty Folk Rock Show.

Below, a few tantalizing dollops of what treats lie in store, as our performers offer up their musical talents in praise of favorite orifi:



The Wet Spots / "Do You Take It?" (CineKink '06)



Jessica Delfino / "My Pu55y is Magic" (CineKink '08)

Hey, Seattle!

Tell all your friends and make plans to join us, we’ve just landed in town to wind down our annual tour with a two-night run of the “Best of CineKink” at The Grand Illusion Cinema - tonight and Saturday!

Works in this traveling showcase run the gamut from documentary to drama, camp comedy to hot porn, mildy spicy to quite explicit - and everything in between. Among the offerings, the animated TEAT BEAT OF SEX presents three short lectures on sex. OFFICE MOBIUS traces a tawdry office flirtation. In SALT, three people share a passion for food - and other things. COMING OUT SPANKO is one woman's autobiographical coming to terms with her kink identity, while CROSSING looks at what it takes to move between the realms of kink and "normality." In SOMETHING ABOUT NADIA, three women recount the uncontrollable desire they feel for the mysterious Nadia. And in WHO'S THE TOP?, a fantastical S/M musical comedy, one writer finds her true self by determining who's the bottom.

Friday/Saturday, January 2nd & 3rd, 11:00 PM

Grand Illusion Cinema
1403 NE 50th Street

More info!