New Italian docudrama series on RAI, based on an autobiographical 1953 novel, “Le libere donne di Magliano,” by the psychiatrist Mario Tobino.

Set in Tuscany during the Second World War, it follows psychiatrist Mario Tobino, as he hallenges the repressive rules of a women’s asylum, striving to safeguard the dignity of his patients. Some of the women have found solace in madness as the only form of freedom they can aspire to, while others have been unjustly locked up simply because they dared to assert their free spirit. Mario lives inside the asylum, confronting and sometimes clashing with the differing approaches of his colleagues. Mario’s life takes an unexpected turn when Margherita Lenzi (Grace Kicaj) arrives at the asylum. She is a beautiful young heiress locked up in the hospital by her husband against her will, but is she really as crazy as they say, or simply the victim of a violent man? Mario begins a gripping search for the truth.

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I looked up Marta Bulgherini to see whether she was some kind of world-class gymnast, but she turned out to be an actress, albeit one who obviously possesses what Liam Neeson impersonators would call “a very particular set of skills”

New Icelandic mini-series

Ex-Danish spy Ditte Jensen retires to Reykjavik for a quiet life but can’t ignore her warrior instincts. She turns her apartment building into a battleground, helping neighbors solve problems her way – whether they like it or not.

It’s one of the craziest nude scenes you’ll ever see. If Trine were young and hot, I’d close the Scene of the Year balloting now, and roll all future scenes into 2027. Trine has always been willing to do anything necessary for a role, and she obviously is not intending to coast through her 50s by settling into granny roles in dignified, staid costume dramas.

Where is the American remake?

Video here. I let the scene run past the nudity until the end of the series, because it kind of tugged at my heartstrings. If you just want the nudity, there is no more after they set off the tear gas containers.

This is a pretty great series, totally nuts. Imagine if your neighbor were a cross between Pippi Longstocking and Charles Bronson, always eager to help, but always overreacting, and ready to go to any extreme against anything she deems unjust – and also against cats. She’s a total pain in the ass, but as a general rule she fights for her neighbors and loves them. Their cats? Not so much.

I read that they might figure out how to do a season two, despite the ending you see here. If they do, I am all in.

The mirror is a nice touch.

Mr. Nip-Slip says:

Discovered a Dakota Johnson nipple slip in the video of her recent Calvin Klein campaign!

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A couple of great Lourdes Leon see-through moments at Paris Fashion Week! She’s showing full tit at the Ottolinger show and flashing her ass at the Demeulemeester show!

Full gallery, including the butt shot, here.

This is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s gonzo 1930s take on The Bride of Frankenstein. Maggie wrote and directed.

The quality of this telesynch copy is mediocre, so I can’t tell whether her bra was a see-thru. She did have a sex scene with Christian Bale where they were theoretically nipple-to-nipple (see below), for what it’s worth. I think it is really Jessie. Both Bale and Buckley went so far over-the-top in this film that they came full circle, finishing back below the top again.

The critic’s scores finish somewhere in the middle, making it appear to be a film that people are indifferent to.

Metacritic: 55
Tomato Meter: 57%
Popcorn Meter: 72%
IMDb: 5.9

Those are the kinds of scores you might expect from a safe, middling rom-com. That apparent mediocrity is misleading. It is not safe, and people were not indifferent. Many critics loved it, many hated it. It’s that kind of movie. It’s just way out there, a work of wild imagination, and not a little unhinged.

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Jessie Buckley’s previous nude scenes

Biopic. Depicts Ann Lee’s attempt to establish a utopian society, and pictures the Shakers’ worship through song and dance, based on real events. Amanda Seyfried did her own singing for the role.

Per Wikipedia:

Ann Lee, commonly known as Mother Ann Lee, was a founding leader of the Shakers, later changed to United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing following her death. She was born during a time of the Evangelical revival in England, and became a figure that greatly influenced religion at this time, especially in the Americas.

What it basically boils down to is that being a member if their religion is like being trapped permanently in a road show production of “Mamma Mia,” which is potentially the scariest possible episode of The Twilight Zone.

By 1920, there were only 12 Shaker communities remaining in the United States. As of 2019, there was only one active Shaker village: Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, in Maine, which is nearly as old as America itself. As of August 2025, there were three members. (The number had fallen to two, but they picked up a convert!)

It’s not surprising the religion disappeared, since they believe in celibacy. They produce no children, so existing members die off without passing the faith to any offspring (although they did adopt children), and their rustic, asexual life attracts few converts in the modern world.

IMDb: 7.0
Metacritic: 80
Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
Popcorn Meter: 82%
Ananda Seyfried was nominated for a Golden Globe.

Amanda Seyfried divulged that she wore a merkin and a “prosthetic butthole” for the nude scenes.

This movie, it needed to be graphic. So, like, I had a prosthetic butthole. I felt so free.

I would appear that she also used a prosthetic breast for the feeding scene, and prosthetic genitalia for the birthing scene. There was also some real nudity in there somewhere.

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