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Sebastian review – journalist turned sex-worker aims to turn side-hustle into art

Ruaridh Mollica is very good as Max, a freelance writer with a secret app life in prostitution, but Mikko Mäkelä’s film is not clear enough about his motivations Sex work as a window into human nature is a longstanding theme in cinema, from Kenji Mizoguchi’s Street of Shame to Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, and onwards. It is intensified here by the fact that the protagonist Max (Ruaridh Mollica), who mines his side-hustle escort work for material, is also a writer. But this uneasy, self-regarding sophomore effort by Finnish-British director Mikko Mäkelä, never fully distancing itself from the narcissistic prism of artistic creation, only fleetingly makes contact with flesh-and-blood human truths. By day, Max is a freelance hotshot for London’s trendy Wall magazine; he has just bagged himself a sweet assignment to interview Bret Easton Ellis. By night he is “Sebastian”, a hot commodity on an app called DreamyGuys. Typically servicing the older gentleman, he turns his experiences...

Green Bay Packers Wins Over Los Angeles Rams

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 Packers Vs Rams  The Green Bay Packers are one of the most successful franchises in the NFL, but they have had some tough luck this season. They lost Aaron Rodgers to a broken collarbone in week six and Davante Adams to a concussion against the Bears on Sunday night. Now, they’re without three wide receivers as well. Kevin King is also out with a hamstring injury, while Geronimo Allison missed last week’s game against the Bears because of his concussion, and Randall Cobb has just been ruled out The Packers started the season off with a 4-1 record. But then they lost 4 of their next 5 games. They and the Lions are both 4-4 this season, but the Lions have a better division record and thus hold the tiebreaker. The Bears beat Detroit on Sunday, which would mean that the Packers need to win out for any chance of making it back to the playoffs. Green Bay had a difficult time offensively in their most recent game against Tampa Bay, as they could only muster 16 points even with Rodge...