The sex comedy is a dying art form. Whether that's because of shifting societal tastes or a lack of Hollywood interest, there haven't been much of them in recent years. You could arguably trace the decline of the sex comedy to the slowly-tightening sexual purity that has ravished Hollywood over the decade (remember the so-called groundbreaking "Eternals" sex scene?). If we're being honest, however, the quality of mainstream sex comedies also didn't do it any favors.

However, this subgenre could get a new lease on life thanks to Zachary Wigon's "Sanctuary," a dark comedy that premiered this week at the Toronto International Film Festival that uses the allusiveness of Bdsm to tell a grander story of relationship dynamics. The film's main and mostly sole characters, Rebecca (Margaret Qualley) and Hal (Christopher Abbott), are in an unconventional relationship — Hal is a submissive and ultra-rich client of Rebecca, a dominatrix who...