Quotes From Various American Magazine Articles


THE BLACK GLOVE and LADIES OF THE NIGHT (Les Vampyres)
By Sophie DuChien
Nightfall. A young woman, frightened, makes her way along a deserted European street. She feels pursued by something she can not see. Fade to black. She awakens in a candlelit mansion, the prey of vampires -- two beautiful, dangerous creatures of the night. They toy with her, teasing, tormenting, seducing her until she submits to their will, and then she is taken to their dungeon for more refined tortures that end in the sampling of her virgin blood.

That's the basic plot of Ladies of the Night, a new 30-minute surreal fetish experience from Maria Beatty, one of the most interesting and inventive of today's adult filmmakers. Beatty as style in this and the previous The Black Glove, released in 1996, is an erotic silent-film feeling, which is heightened by effective use of sound as a mood element. What makes Beatty (and collaborator R. Pettet) different is her ability to create an exquisitely distinctive, expressionistically gothic, black-and-white excursion into dominance and submission, bondage and discipline, pain and pleasure. Beatty is a master at creating erotic tension.

The difference between these two short films is largely in the overtones and what I have to call "othertones." Ladies of the Night is a lesbian experience. The Black Glove dabbles more overtly in foot fetishism, hot wax and the interstitial between genders, switching focus between a beautiful woman and a TV known as Sabrina.

Both videos are arresting experiences, as unlike LA porn as, say, the work of surrealist photographer Man Ray is from Penthouse Pets. They are hot, arty, kinky and probably not for everybody; there is a lot more tension than resolution. Yet better than any other film maker we've seen Beatty transports the viewer to a decadent place, vaguely Weimar, vaguely New York after dark, vaguely fetish vampire dream. And I, for, one like going on the trip.

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS - PROLOGUE
Beatty is a real artist, with a passion for both exquisite filmmaking and serious kink.This movie has an elegant, old-fashioned look, like a 1920's German art film or a naughty French poscard come to life. Beatty has the knack of creating beautifully framed ironic images, perfect moments of sadistic and masochistic fantasy.
ON OUR BACKS
Greta Christina

THE ELEGANT SPANKING...only several minutes in to the film I felt embodied by a sense of privilege...it is a dynamic interplay, fluid and harmonious, synchronized like some illustrious ballet..."
The Vault Magazine

THE BLACK GLOVE...a facinating and fantasy-inducing excursion into the world Maria Beatty inhabits. Directed with slow, sexy camera work and rounded out by an evocative John Zorn soundscape, it is another winning proposition from a filmmaker whose life really does imitate her art.
Black and Blue Magazine

THE DUELING PAGES is a brilliant video, a phenomenal work of art. Moving and sexy, it contains the element missing from so much adult material: a strong sense of humor.
Adult Video News - Spotlight Pick

THE SASSY SCHOOLGIRL Prt. 1... careful editing, an intelligent script, attractive performers, and high-quality lighting and sound set this tape is a trillion miles apart from the vast majority of offerings in this genre.
This tape is a must for schoolgirl or spanking enthusiasts.
Adult Video News - Spotlight Pick

THE BOILER ROOM is a pure smoker that fires up the gonads. The film never stops cooking, from the opening slap in the face to the final salty trickle splashing across the credits.
Taboo Magazine by Wolfman

NAILED is an example of Beatty at her artistic best, and brilliantly blends and balances emotional dictates of the two main characters with their shared pursuit of harsh erotic pleasures and dark sensuality.
Screw Magazine - Dirty Diversions

TESTI-FY MY LOVE... this tawdry little tale of Ms. Belta's would-be paramour, Honey XXX(a man), should provide a few groans and chuckles if you don't get a sexual thrill from crossdressing or femme training.
Screw Magazine - Dirty Diversions

BEATTY brings a dramatically personal perspective to the screen, bringing her insider's view of SM to her projects. Filmmaker, actress, consummate fetishist and visionary.
Taboo Magazine - The Dark Object of Desire

BEATTY makes porno into fetishistic film noir; imagine a kinky Louise Brooks, a sadistic Marlene Dietrich (who's the top?), and some nipple clamps and hot wax, and you're beginning to get the idea.
The Village Voice - Pucker Up by Tristan Taormino