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Danny explores sex and gender in Nymphomaniac, Girlhood and Tangerine.

The Hollywood sex scene's heyday was rendered obsolete by the internet's arrival. Away from the mainstream, arthouse auteurs reacted to online porn's challenge - or perhaps took advantage of it. But as well as being explicit, and sometimes brilliant, von Trier's Nympomaniac and films like Brown Bunny and Blue is the Warmest Colour were films about women as seen by men, as directed by men; the definitive 'male gaze'.

But, slowly, women have started to get their visions seen on-screen, and they see women differently - soaringly so in Celine Sciamma鈥檚 Paris-set Girlhood; a rough-edged, vibrant, coming-of-age movie that explores female friendship and sexuality without a trace of cliche.

And gender, sexuality and relationships are central to Tangerine, which portrayed trans street culture in Los Angeles and smashed conventions with both its casting choices and filming techniques.

Sex is the third part of Film Now with Danny Leigh: What the Hell Happened?, a series about film in the 21st century.

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