Maria Beatty: Erotic Noir Cinema
Maria Beatty unveiled her hypnotic work with The Black Glove, an intimate portrayal of a sadomasochistic encounter between herself and a dominant female partner. The now-legendary movie made the entrancing submissive a cult star in the worldwide fetish scene and defined a new genre of cinema known as "Erotic Noir", an atmospheric blend of Sapphism, Fetishism and the dark atmosphere of old crime flicks. Committed to total control over her uncompromising work, Maria Beatty has gone on to establish herself as a truly independent film maker. Her highly personal approach achieves an authentic sensuality seldom seen in adult cinema, leading viewers into the enticing world of the fantasies of fetishism, including rope bondage, tickling, sensual teasing, latex, hot wax, foot worship and more. In her own words, "My films delight in the playful relationship between pleasure and pain." Her poetry explores female sexuality, with various aesthetics and highly androgyne female actors.