“When I was 20, I thought I knew how things worked: desire, intimacy, beauty,” director Adina Pintilie, 38, tells The Post. But “reality is much more complex.” Her film “Touch Me Not,” screening at ...

The camera, tweezer-close, skims the surface of an unidentified body, the skin and hairs like a pale wasteland, a curled appendage lies in rest like a sleeping giant, and there’s the atmospheric sound ...

Adina Pintilie’s first feature, 'Touch Me Not,' is an eye-opening look at human sexuality on the uncertain edge of fiction and non-fiction. By Deborah Young There’s no room for prudes in the ...

More than a few people were surprised when “Touch Me Not” took home the Golden Bear, the top prize at 2018’s Berlinale. The sexually explicit film from Adina Pintilie was in the festival’s competition ...

Lukas Dhont's transgender drama 'Girl,' Gustav Moller's sparse Danish thriller 'The Guilty' and Adina Pintilie's Berlin festival winner 'Touch Me Not' are contenders for the best first-film honor at ...

When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By A.O. Scott “I’ve never told you what this is about,” Adina Pintilie says at the ...

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This nonlinear exploration of intimacy seeks to challenge notions of beauty while opening viewers up to a range of sexual pleasures. If anyone is shocked by “Touch Me Not,” they’re not getting the ...