“Venus in Fur” borrows from a classic literary trope, the frame narrative — presenting a play about a play — to relate the tale of director Thomas Novachek’s struggle to find an actress toperform the ...

This photo released by IFC Films shows director Roman Polanski, left, and Mathieu Amalric as Thomas behind the scenes in Polanski's film, "Venus in Fur," a Sundance Selects Release. “Venus in Fur” is ...

Roman Polanski moves "Venus in Fur" to Paris and gives it a French translation, but it's otherwise a straightforward adaptation of David Ives' hit play. It's a chamber piece between two people in a 96 ...

Venus in Fur, a metatheatrical comedy drama, refuses to be tied down. Its characters include a misogynistic director, and an actress auditioning for a role in a play, adapted from an 1870s novel ...

Photo by John Barrois Todd d'Amour and Veronica Russell star in Venus in Fur. The 19th-century Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch does not usually spring to mind when we hear the word he ...

The sexual term “masochism” was coined in 1886 by an Austrian psychiatrist in response to the sexually charged works of Austrian nobleman, writer and journalist Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895), ...

Griffin and Holley turn us on in Venus in Fur Credit: Siggi Ragnar Kacey Griffin, as the protagonist of David Ives’ terrific play Venus in Fur, gives the best performance I’ve seen in San Antonio in ...