Once More Unto The Crack, Dear Friends: John Leslie’s “Crack Her Jack 9”

For those of you graduating or celebrating Father's Day this weekend—and anyone else not in the know—we'd like to give you the gift of reintroducing you to renowned porn director John Leslie. We like to think of him as sort of the Roman Polanski of smut, minus the quaaludes, statutory rape charges, and exile to France: his oeuvre mainly consists of mordant, occasionally nihilistic psychological thrillers about lonely young women and their search for companionship. And ass fucking.

Leslie releases his anal spelunking movies through Evil Angel, and this week he adds another volume to his critically acclaimed "Crack Her Jack" series. Starring Jenny Hendrix, Alexis Love, Jandi Lin, Candice Nicole, Melanie Scott, and Adriana DeVille, "Crack Her Jack 9" eschews Leslie's usual exploration of anomie and his carefully constructed mise-en-scène and is instead a more freewheeling and obviously affectionate tribute to the caramel-coated popcorn confection the director no doubt enjoyed during the halcyon days of his youth. And ass fucking.

· "Crack Her Jack 9" (DVD info + trailer @ evilangel.com)