Overview
- The film opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, July 31, and is Araki’s first feature film since 2014.
- I Want Your Sex follows a young assistant who enters a BDSM relationship with a provocative, older artist and uses a police-style interrogation device to frame the story.
- The project was reshaped after #MeToo with the lead provocateur written as a woman, Magnolia Pictures won U.S. rights after a Sundance-style sales run, and the film was chosen as the opening-night selection for OutfestNEXT.
- Critics are divided: many reviewers praise Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman’s performances and the film’s screwball tone, while others call it timid, uneven, or not as sexy as its premise promises.
- Araki has positioned the film as a provocation about Gen Z’s reported decline in sexual activity and its production—including the use of an intimacy coordinator—spotlights ongoing industry shifts around on-set safety and consent.