On this special episode, Mike talks with director Steven Shainberg about his career from The Big Hit (1996) to Secretary (2002), to Fur (2006) to his latest, Rupture (2016) starring
Noomi Rapace,
Michael Chiklis, and
Peter Stormare
Links:
Buy Rupture on streaming video
Listen to our episode on Secretary
Adapted by Erin Cressida Wilson from a short story by Mary Gaitskill, Steven Shainberg's Secretary stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a young woman from a dysfunctional family who goes to work for Mr. Grey (James Spader), a lawyer with a penchant for kink.
Erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel joins Mike to discuss Secretary and 50 Shades of Grey. Interviews include the co-founder of Babeland, Claire Cavanah, and the author of Self-Injury: The Ultimate Teen Guide, Judy Dodge Cummings.