Bright Desire Review

Smart porn. That's what Bright Desire calls itself, and honestly, I couldn't have chosen a better label. The founder set out to make thinking porn that engages your mind as well as your heart and your libido, and grateful porn that leaves you happy rather than hollow.

Inside there are real-life couples, a voiceover series of sexy male and female solo films, erotic shorts and documentaries about sexuality, eroticism, diversity and emotion. It's intimate and warm, full of laughter, the good stuff people actually love about sex. I caught myself smiling at the screen more than once.

The films have travelled the festival circuit and won awards. It began with That's What I Like, which took the Petra Joy Award in 2009, followed later by Sexiest Short at the Toronto International Porn Festival in 2017 and 2018.

Add photography, interviews, audio erotica, fiction and columns, and the whole thing feels like a small, lovingly made magazine you can watch. Coming from someone who has read a great many magazines in the bath, that is the highest compliment I can give.