PinkLabel.TV’s PORN CLUB is like a book club for porn nerds. For each edition, we offer a selection of titles in our new adult film review series in efforts to encourage discussion about porn as an indie film genre, reviewing of classic and contemporary titles available on our streaming network. Topics span technical aspects of how a movie was made, directorial influences, perceived social or historical impact, and other aspects of interest to the reviewer.

We’ve covered Radley Metzger, Wakefield Poole, Fatale Media, and Peter Berlin, and the works of Shine Louise Houston, as well as a look at filming threesomes. Now, with COVID-19 forcing distances between people around the world, we turn the focus on a simple action: touch. This month, for PornClub:

TIDAL

Creatures ruled by the moon and the sea! Lovers of softness and ASMR tingling feels!

We like the idea of abandon: of being overwhelmed, of letting go, totally willingly and serenely. Abandon and passivity are too often confused, or associated with submissiveness , however they are very different states, with different power dynamics. Here is abandon, ebbing and flowing with the tide, with Solwenn.

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“ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response. ASMR pieces started on YouTube and have migrated into the porn sphere over time. ASMR offers a soothing and calming visual and audio experience for the brain with the audio created by two microphones, one specifically for each ear, which is best listened to with a headset. Now we can get into Tidal, the short film itself.

“Tidal is all about sensation. The short film is written and directed by Dwam. They have done a beautiful job of creating a visual and auditory experience for the viewer. The viewer is treated to images of Solwenn being caressed by the anonymous hands of the rest of the cast, which is intermixed with imagery of waves cascading down a beach.”
— Flash, AdultDVDTalk

“Tidal is a seven minute film that is part of Vesperal, a French indie project run by queer performer and artist Ursinae, “aiming to explore visual poetry and porn.” There is no verbal language in Tidal, but poetry can take many forms and the cosmic sensuality of the cinematography is, for sure, poetic. For me at least, the most distinctive shot is the first one, where the actor’s hair, floats like tendrils of red sea weed, down her breasts. Quickly, the vision moves to the tattoo of a black spider on the wrist of someone whose hands enfold the woman’s face—Solwenn’s—the only face in the movie. The camera blinks on and off as hands—there are ten—move more assertively over her undulating body, and with her response intensifying there is a flash to the ocean, and the tide, ebbing and flowing, in seeming accompaniment. Sounds increase as the arousal heightens, like loud whispers, like the inhale and exhale of deep breaths—not Solwenn’s—while the hands caress her body, the fingers finding their way. A choralesque background reminds me of the beginning swell of voices in Carmina Burana, but they are softer, mimicking the echo you get from holding a conch shell to your ear. The woman’s movements mirror the waves, and her orgasmic release is “soft” and in synchrony with the comings and goings of the ocean, the ten hands coming to stillness on her stomach. Tidal is about letting go and about connection, a respite of sensuality during this period of coronavirus distance and quarantine. A brief, visual poetry, this film offers us a meditation on the wonders of Touch.”
— Nancy Jainchill

Orgy #001

5 beautiful queers, 3 Business Partners, 2 Magic Wands and one delightful afternoon.

Five perfect powerhouses unite, composing a cacophony of pleasure as they bite, suck, and fist their way to a triumphant climax. Bathed in afternoon light, these beautiful queers playfully kiss, reveling in the joy of touch. Hungrily biting, they hold each other down until each comes, gasping, shaking, and radiant.
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“I’ve been known to ask clients, lovers, and friends, “How does your body feel?” That question has greater significance during this time of Shelter In Place when many of us are starved for touch. Orgy is a feast of delightfully decadent touch with a depth greater than sex. The depth can be found in the lighting, music, and a few quiet moments of acting. This is eleven minutes that you’ll want to rewatch (or perhaps re-enact) with friends. The feast of touch ranges from an amuse-bouche of stinging touch all the way to the dessert of after care caresses. The cast is a joy to watch! The viewer is left with the feeling that this group enjoys the company of one another even when the cameras aren’t recording. Sex with the benefit of friendship is the vibe this cast gives off and I’m 100% here for it. There’s a rapport that jumps off the screen to generate a feeling of peeking into someone’s living room and that’s what makes this film a treasure.”

— Jet Noir

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